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Frustration was in abundant supply Thursday night at Assembly Hall. So was exasperation.
Since 2001, when Bo Ryan took over as Wisconsin's head coach, the Badgers have possessed one of the most recognizable styles of play in the country with their slow-it-down, slug-it-out defensive mentality.
In a season where only the abnormal seems expected, Tom Crean’s going to get a little piece of homemade comfort tonight. Although one doubts if Bo Ryan is going to make it all that comfortable.
After serving a team-imposed, two-game suspension for throwing multiple elbows in a game at Michigan State on Feb. 7, junior guard Devan Dumes has been reinstated by IU coach Tom Crean
It’s now been nine days since Devan Dumes logged game minutes for the IU men’s basketball team because of his program-enforced suspension.
Almost every time the Hoosiers address and temporarily fix a problem that’s plagued them recently, a new weakness is exploited.
Kelvin Sampson • Five “major” recruiting violations • Feb. 13, 2008 If the night is truly darkest before the dawn, things for the cream and crimson then were approaching pitch black.
“I think Indiana will suck. Don’t put that on the Internet.” Those words came from Illinois coach Bruce Weber at a fan function late last June. The utterance chucked tinder onto the barn fire that has been the IU-Illinois rivalry in recent years.
Rhetorical question: Does any man ever truly deserve to take a shot to the “lower midsection”?
A few stray elbows could end up costing the Hoosiers an arm and a leg against the Gophers.
Coming into the conference season, freshman forward Tom Pritchard was a driving force. His scoring – highest among Big Ten freshmen – combined with an impressive if small array of post moves almost assured him the pole position for conference freshman of the year.
These two share more than just a first name and a profession. Simply put, Tom Crean and Tom Izzo are the closest of friends.
Tom Crean kissed his wife before taking a microphone and reiterating one message to the 14,247 fans assembled inside the storied building: “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. This is your win,” he said. “This is your win. There’s no way we could have done it without the greatest fans in America.”
All season long, IU has turned the ball over at an alarming rate. Not last night.
Mired in an 11-game losing streak – tying for the longest in school history – fresh off an 0-for-January and still winless in the Big Ten, the Hoosier faithful, once whispering, now see those whispers evolving into an honest question.
It’s been 56 calendar days since the IU men’s basketball team last tasted victory. Defeat, in that span, has come in all forms: large, small, close – and heartbreaking.
Track and Field pole vaulter Jeff Coover received a Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honor, and the IU men's basketball team had two games previously "to be determined" on their schedule set.
The Hoosiers will play Purdue at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in West Lafayette. Then on Tuesday March 3, the Michigan State Spartans will come to Bloomington for a 7 p.m. game at Assembly Hall.
