Column: Same old story for Hoosiers
When IU Coach Tom Crean is prepping for the next game, he needs to lie to his team. No matter who IU is playing, put a single digit number in front of their name.
When IU Coach Tom Crean is prepping for the next game, he needs to lie to his team. No matter who IU is playing, put a single digit number in front of their name.
To overcome the Spartans’ home-court strength, IU Coach Tom Crean brought his team into the game keying on two keys to the game that often prove vital in capturing Big Ten road victories: limiting turnovers and shutting down the other team’s star player, in Michigan State’s case, sophomore guard Gary Harris.
When IU Coach Tom Crean is prepping for the next game, he needs to lie to his team.
The IU men’s basketball team (12-7, 2-4) will be kicking itself after Tuesday’s 71-66 loss to the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans. The Hoosiers led by one at halftime, and after weathering an early second half run by the Spartans, held a five point lead with 10 minutes and 37 seconds remaining in the game.
For the second consecutive week, the IU men’s basketball team (12-6, 2-3) will face the No. 3 team in the country.
For the second consecutive week, the IU men’s basketball team (12-6, 2-3) will face the No. 3 team in the country. The Hoosiers will travel to East Lansing, Mich., to play the Michigan State Spartans (17-1, 6-0) at 7 p.m. today.
The two Big Ten teams in Michigan have been much more successful than the two Big Ten teams in Indiana.
Roughly 92 hours after IU basketball was at the top of the mountain after taking down No. 3 Wisconsin, an avalanche of missed jump shots and poor perimeter defense drug the Hoosiers back down to where they started.
In the wake of the IU men’s basketball team’s 54-47 loss to the Northwestern Wildcats, the lone bright spot for the Hoosiers was freshman forward Noah Vonleh.
An inept offensive performance haunted the Hoosiers in their 54-47 loss to Northwestern on Saturday.
So we’ve seen the good side of IU. But this team has been inconsistent this year. Can IU sustain the same intensity it exhibited Tuesday night for the entirety of the season?
The IU men’s basketball team (12-5, 2-2) will look to raise its winning streak to three against the Northwestern Wildcats (8-10, 1-4) on Saturday.
During its five Big Ten games in this season, Northwestern struggled with one of the most basic aspects of basketball — putting the ball in the hoop.
With a signature win on its résumé after Tuesday night’s victory against Wisconsin, the IU men’s basketball team (12-5, 2-2) will look to raise its winning streak to three against the Northwestern Wildcats (8-10, 1-4) on Saturday.
To storm, or not to storm? It's the question for people incensed by the court storming after IU upset No. 3 Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
After losing its previous 12 games against Wisconsin, IU overcame a 10-point second-half deficit to defeat the No. 3 Badgers at Assembly Hall.
Sophomore guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell had a game-high 25 points, 19 of which came in the second half.But it was freshman guard Stanford Robinson who provided the Hoosiers with a relentless offensive approach to attacking the rim.
Inconsistency is the mantra of young teams like the Hoosiers, whether they like it or not.Tuesday night, IU fans saw the benefit of being inconsistent.
The streak is over. IU had lost its previous 12 matchups against Wisconsin and IU Coach Tom Crean had never defeated the Badgers since arriving in Bloomington.
Despite Wisconsin making its first seven shot attempts of the game, the Hoosiers fought back to cut the Badgers’ lead to 35-34 at halftime.