Oladipo named Player of the Week
After stat sheet-stuffing performance in a pair of IU wins, junior guard Victor Oladipo has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week.
After stat sheet-stuffing performance in a pair of IU wins, junior guard Victor Oladipo has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week.
After several games in which IU slowed to the pace of its opponents, Sunday’s contest against Michigan State saw the Hoosiers’ return to their customary speedy ways.
Junior guard Victor Oladipo helped IU beat Michigan State Spartans 75-70 with a season-high 21 points and career-highs of six steals and three blocks.
Even when the second half slowed to a physical dogfight, No. 7 IU still emerged with a 75-70 win against No. 13 Michigan State.
IDS men's basketball beat writers Nathan Brown and Max McCombs and columnist Michael Norman are tweeting live from Assembly Hall for this afternoon's game between No. 7 Indiana and No. 13 Michigan State. Follow them and IDS Sports on Twitter for updates all game. Tipoff is at 1 p.m. ET.
Although Appling might be the Spartans’ most important piece because of his scoring and leadership, freshman Gary Harris, a native of Fishers, Ind., might be Michigan State’s most dynamic player.
Playing in what IU Coach Tom Crean has called the “best conference in the country” numerous times this season certainly has its benefits.
After five seasons in the Big Ten, IU Coach Tom Crean facing his mentor, Michican State Coach Tom Izzo, is no longer a novel occurrence. A stifling IU defense in such a game might be, though.
Sparking both IU’s 7-0 spree to start the first half and the 11-5 run to begin the second period of its 72-49 home win against Penn State, freshman guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell grew up beneath the lights of Assembly Hall on Wednesday night.
Until late in the second half Wednesday night, the IU men’s basketball team was shooting at a higher percentage in contested 3-point shots than on free throws.
After a home loss last week to Wisconsin, the Hoosiers could not have planned for two better opponents than Northwestern and Penn State to appear next on their schedule.
After a slow first half offensively, the IU men's basketball team excelled from beyond the arc in the final 20 minutes to defeat Penn State 72-49 Wednesday night in Assembly Hall.
Even though they have struggled from the floor and the free throw line thus far, the IU men's basketball team leads Penn State 33-19 after the first half tonight in Assembly Hall.
IDS men's basketball beat writers Nathan Brown and Max McCombs and columnist Michael Norman are tweeting live from Assembly Hall for tonight's game between No. 7 Indiana and Penn State. Follow them and IDS Sports on Twitter for updates all game. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. ET.
At 7 p.m. today, IU vs. Penn State will mark the first Big Ten rematch of the season, though Minnesota vs. Northwestern, another rematch, tips off two hours later.
In the teams’ first meeting, the IU men’s basketball team kept Penn State to its second-lowest scoring total of the season, pulling off a 74-51 victory.
IU players and coaches have been able to watch as much film of upcoming opponents as they like all season, but in preparing for today’s contest with Penn State, the Hoosiers have the benefit of firsthand experience for the first time.
EVANSTON, Ill.— As the IU men’s basketball team ventured into the Big Ten portion of its 2012-13 schedule, the Hoosiers had been tested very little late in games this season.
After posting a Big Ten best, 89.4 points per game in 13 nonconference games, the Hoosiers’ offense has not been nearly as explosive against Big Ten teams, leaving some fans concerned with the recent struggles.
Sunday’s 67-59 victory against Northwestern was just another example of how much more crisp the Hoosiers are when senior forward Christian Watford locks in early.