Despite struggles from the free throw line, the IU men’s basketball team moved to 4-0 Sunday evening after a 90-74 against Stony Brook at Assembly Hall.
Fueled by a career-high 26 points from sophomore point guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, IU dismantled Samford 105-59 Friday night at Assembly Hall.
But today, as the Hoosiers take on Samford at 7 p.m. at Assembly Hall, Crean will have to game plan for the coach that worked alongside him for six years during his final two seasons at Marquette and the outset of his career in Bloomington: Bulldogs Coach Bennie Seltzer.
In his early high school years, Evan Gordon visited Bloomington for a basketball camp with then-IU Coach Kelvin Sampson and the rest of the IU roster.
IU men's basketball columnist predicts each game of the 2013-2014 season.
It started to click for sophomore forward Jeremy Hollowell immediately after losing to Syracuse in the Sweet 16 last year. He thought about how his role would change.
When sophomore guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and senior forward Will Sheehey went to Russia to play for Team USA in the World University Games last summer, Ferrell was the youngest player on the roster — the only freshman on the team.
IU Coach Tom Crean said Tuesday night’s battle with LIU Brooklyn, a No. 16 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, wasn’t a game where “we get on a yellow school bus and we’re supposed to win by 30 ‘cause it’s us.”
IU isn’t supposed to struggle to put away a team such as LIU Brooklyn in the second game of the regular season.
Brickman would miss a 3-point heave at the buzzer, and IU would hold on to win 73-72 Tuesday night at Assembly Hall.
After a woeful shooting start in the first half – just 11-for-40 from the field – the IU men’s basketball team managed a charge in the second half, led by the reformed 3-point shooting of senior forward Will Sheehey to narrowly escape with a 73-72 win over LIU Brooklyn at Assembly Hall.
IU men’s basketball freshman forward Noah Vonleh was named the first 2013-14 Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday after his debut double-double against Chicago State Friday.
Tuesday evening, IU Coach Tom Crean’s squad will play its second game of seven in the span of 19 days.
There couldn’t have been a more blatant discrepancy between IU’s final exhibition win against Hillsdale and the Hoosiers’ 100-72 season-opening victory against Chicago State Friday evening at Assembly Hall.
Sophomore forward Jeremy Hollowell scored 16 points and blocked four shots, both career highs, to lead IU to a 100-72 victory in its season-opener against Chicago State on Friday night at Assembly Hall.
Noah Vonleh’s trips to the line were just a handful of the 55 shots the Hoosiers took at the line Friday night. Of those 55, IU sunk 45 to set a school record that was previously 43.
Largely fueled by 55 free throws stemming by 36 personal fouls by Chicago State, the IU men’s basketball team pulled off the team’s first win of the season with ease, defeating the Cougars 100-72 Friday night at Assembly Hall.
IU Coach Tom Crean said Friday’s matchup is about seeing just how deep a team he and his coaching staff truly have.
IU begins its regular season Friday night against Chicago State, a deep, experienced team. While it should be an easy victory for the Hoosiers, the Cougars’ press should be a good test for IU.
During the game, Robinson, making his first game appearance at Assembly Hall, was fouled when he had an open path to the basket on a fast break. He said before the foul he had big plans for what he thought would be his first-ever dunk in an IU uniform.
