Column: Hoosiers play together to knock off No. 1 Michigan
With ESPN’s spotlight focused on Bloomington Saturday night, the Hoosiers put together their most complete team effort of the season to beat the No. 1 team in the nation.
With ESPN’s spotlight focused on Bloomington Saturday night, the Hoosiers put together their most complete team effort of the season to beat the No. 1 team in the nation.
With less than a minute to go, the game was not officially over. Michigan’s cries of desperation from beyond the arc were starting to fall as the Wolverines tried to pull off a miracle comeback in Assembly Hall.
In a game of runs, No. 3 IU emerged with a 81-73 home upset of top-ranked Michigan to give the Hoosiers sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.
In a game of runs, No. 3 IU emerged with a 81-73 home upset of top-ranked Michigan to give the Hoosiers sole possession of first place in the Big Ten along with the national accolades likely to come their way today.
Hoosier fans who had braved the cold to rock ESPN College GameDay earlier that morning before setting decibel records during Saturday night’s game could tell what was coming. “We’re number one,” they chanted in unison.
After a game of scoring sprees and slumps, No. 3 IU emerged with a 81-73 home upset of top-ranked Michigan that will likely elevate the Hoosiers back to No. 1.
IDS men's basketball beat writers Nathan Brown and Max McCombs and columnist Michael Norman are tweeting live from Assembly Hall for this evening's game between No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 Indiana. Follow them and IDS Sports on Twitter for updates. Tipoff is at 9 p.m.
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All the hoopla from ESPN’s College Gameday aside, Saturday’s titanic clash between No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 IU at Assembly Hall carries major implications.
At No. 1 and No. 3, Saturday’s matchup will be the highest pair of teams to ever play in Assembly Hall in its history as the Hoosiers attempt to take down their second top-ranked foe at home in two seasons.
The surest sign of the Purdue faithful were the sounds, eager yells echoing through the night as the students waited to flood into their home.
Indiana’s ability to attack the basket in the opening minutes Wednesday changed the course of the game because it put the Boilermakers’ big man, A.J. Hammons, in foul trouble.
The Hoosiers triumphed against the Boilermakers at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette 97-60.
After Purdue got into quick foul trouble early on, the IU men's basketball team was able to run out to a 20-point lead at halftime against the Boilermakers, up 47-27 heading into the locker room in West Lafayette.
IDS men's basketball beat writers Nathan Brown and Max McCombs and columnist Michael Norman are tweeting live from Mackey Arena for this evening's game between No. 3 Indiana and Purdue. Follow them and IDS Sports on Twitter for updates. Tipoff is at 8:30 p.m.
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A tilt in any sport between IU and Purdue is steeped in an inevitable history, and basketball is no exception.
Rarely, if ever, does the first basketball battle between Indiana and Purdue get upstaged, but this week has that feeling.
For more than 100 years, the best college basketball players in Bloomington and West Lafayette have faced off in an annual rivalry.