Zeller continues personal win streak at Conseco Fieldhouse
He has cut down nets and set records in Conseco Fieldhouse before, yet after a performance two points shy of his career-high, freshman forward Cody Zeller wasn’t satisfied.
He has cut down nets and set records in Conseco Fieldhouse before, yet after a performance two points shy of his career-high, freshman forward Cody Zeller wasn’t satisfied.
It didn’t have anywhere near the same atmosphere as last Saturday, but the IU (10-0) men’s basketball team ground out a 69-58 win over Notre Dame (7-5) Saturday afternoon at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.After falling behind by nine early in the first half, the IU defense held the Fighting Irish without a field goal for the last 14:32 of the opening half.Notre Dame was 4-of-20 from the field in the first 20 minutes and finished the game shooting 38 percent from the floor.
The IU men’s basketball team currently leads the Notre Dame Fighting Irish by a score of 26-20 at the end of the first half in the Crossroads Classic at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Hoosiers look to remain undefeated, as they take on Notre Dame in the Crossroads Classic at 4:30 p.m. The live chat will begin here at 4:15.
The No. 18-ranked Hoosiers will look to avoid a hangover when they take on Notre Dame on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in the inaugural Crossroads Classic.
The final shot arced toward the basket, and time stopped.
IU (9-0) was able to keep the frontcourt duo to a combined 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting and came away with a 73-72 win against No. 1 Kentucky (8-1) Dec. 10, at Assembly Hall.
Students not only filled their entire 7,800 seat allotment, but they arrived loud and early Saturday evening, making their presence felt with an environment the No. 1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats hadn’t seen all season.
Down by two with 5.6 seconds remaining, senior guard Verdell Jones III penetrated the arc and kicked the ball back out to Watford on the left wing, who then hit the game-winning three-pointer as time expired, giving the Hoosiers (9-0) a 73-72 win against the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (8-1).
Amid the shock of Christian Watford’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer to knock off No. 1 Kentucky, many probably didn’t care much about the box score. But here are some statistics as to how and why IU was able to pull off the upset.
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Three things IU did on the court to propel them to victory (other than the Watford shot).
After Kentucky guard Doron Lamb hit the second of two free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead to two, IU forward Christian Watford hit the game winning three-pointer as time expired to give IU (9-0) a 73-72 win against the No. 1 ranked Wildcats (8-1) on Saturday evening.
Sophomore Victor Oladipo went from the goat to celebrating the victory on the scorer’s table, surrounded by thousands of IU students on the Assembly Hall floor.
Indiana has upset No. 1 Kentucky, 73-72. The Hoosiers are 9-0.
While IU takes on No.1 Kentucky, we will be live chatting here starting at 5:00 p.m.
This is the first time a Tom Crean-led team takes the court against the Wildcats and has a legitimate chance of winning from the outset. Once the final buzzer sounded in Kentucky’s victory against North Carolina, IU fans knew they would get their shot at beating the No. 1 team in the country at home Saturday.
To say there is hype for the IU men’s basketball game against No. 1 Kentucky at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at Assembly Hall might be an understatement.
The IDS contacted @FogiYerrell and @HeremyJollowell to find out their take on fake accounts and what it’s like to be a fake IU recruit.
Pitching tents wasn’t the only thing taken away from the IU students who camped out at Assembly Hall on Tuesday. They now have no reason to even stand in line.