Column: Hoosiers look to end 17-game losing streak at Michigan State
That is the last time an Indiana men’s basketball team has beaten the Michigan State Spartans on the road was Feb. 28, 1991.
That is the last time an Indiana men’s basketball team has beaten the Michigan State Spartans on the road was Feb. 28, 1991.
For much of the 2012-13 men’s college basketball season, the talking heads of the media have debated which team, IU or Michigan, would come out on top in arguably the best conference in the country.
The last time IU won at Michigan State’s vaunted Breslin Center, only three current Hoosiers had been born and Bob Knight was at the IU helm.
After a pair of lopsided home victories, combined with Duke’s loss to Maryland on Saturday, IU retained its No. 1 spot in the AP poll released Monday and returned to the summit of the Coaches poll.
Going into Saturday’s home rematch against Hammons and Purdue, IU Coach Tom Crean said Hammons’ career performance was still fresh in their minds.
When people look back on this year’s season series, it will be remembered as a year where IU and Purdue switched ends of the spectrum.
Junior forward Will Sheehey set a career-high with 22 points and a new school mark for consecutive field goals with 9-for-9 shooting in a Hoosiers 83-55 win against Purdue.
The senior forward guarded Purdue's Hammons for much of the game, holding him to just 3-of-10 from the field and limiting him to only three rebounds.
Will Sheehey set a new career high with 22 points as IU rolled to a season sweep against archrival Purdue with a 83-55 win in Assembly Hall.
If the Hoosiers allow Hammons another 30-point performance Saturday night, Crean may not be very pleased, but IU will have to make sure the freshman’s performance and confidence doesn’t spread to the rest of his teammates.
With Saturday’s rematch against Purdue at home, the momentum would seem to favor the Hoosiers even more, particularly considering each team’s last time out.
After 1,517 days, IU Coach Tom Crean can even his record as the Hoosiers coach with a win against Purdue on Saturday.
IU broke away from the Cornhuskers for a 76-47 victory at Assembly Hall.
All year, the Hoosiers have looked to their sixth man for a spark when the team’s energy is down, but Wednesday night might have been Sheehey’s most impactful injection of energy for the season.
IU would end the night 24-of-29 from the charity stripe, with six different players making free throws for the Hoosiers. Nebraska finished with 22 fouls to 12 for IU.
Behind a 49-point second half performance, the IU men's basketball team defeated Nebraska Wednesday night at Assembly Hall, 76-47. The Hoosiers are now 22-3 in the 2012-13 season and are 10-2 in the Big Ten with six games remaining.
This year, the senior’s shooting from behind the arc has been more about consistency than flare.
The Nebraska team that will compete in Assembly Hall tonight bears little resemblance to the one that completed its inaugural Big Ten season last year.
Even with the success and praise the No. 1 Hoosiers have received since a 70-69 loss to Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., last season, members of the IU men's basketball team still have a hard time stomaching the close defeat.
Even with a last-second loss to Illinois last Thursday, Indiana remains No. 1 in the newest Associated Top 25 poll released today, receiving 26 first place votes.