Hoosiers ride Creek, defense to 81-58 win
Through one half, IU played down to the level of its opponent - a first-year Division I school with a 2-8 record.
Through one half, IU played down to the level of its opponent - a first-year Division I school with a 2-8 record.
In the game against North Carolina Central on Saturday, a 81-58 victory for IU, he started somewhere he’s never started before – on the bench.
Maurice Creek leads IU with 29 points and 7 boards, and the Hoosiers advance to 5-5 on the year. Follow live by clicking here.
Watch the latest episode of the "The Tom Crean Show," which aired Friday on the Big Ten Network, here on the IDS Hoosier Hype sports blog.
Between dunks, alley-oops and second-chance layups from the big bodies of No. 4 Kentucky, there was Maurice Creek.
Following IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky, another reporter and I engaged in a brief conversation about what had just taken place.
The sold-out crowd in Assembly Hall screamed, cheered and yelled, but the signs, chants and stripe-out couldn’t help the Hoosiers squeak past the No. 4 Kentucky team.
The beginning of IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky on Saturday at Assembly Hall seemed too good to be true – and it was.
The beginning of IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky on Saturday at Assembly Hall seemed too good to be true – and it was.
If the IU men’s basketball team thought Ole Miss was good, wait until it sees Kentucky.
IU showed a confidence in its 74-64 win that it lacked in previous contests.
Crean’s win came on the biggest stage of his coaching career at IU. The Hoosiers faced a team that had received votes in the top 25 only a week ago. And it came just before a Saturday bout with No. 4 Kentucky.
NEW YORK – It wasn’t a blow-out. Just a solid win. Just the game IU needed.
Pitt has earned a reputation in recent years of bullying its opponents at Madison Square Garden, but it was the Hoosiers who socked the Panthers in the mouth and took their lunch money.
NEW YORK – Sophomore guard Verdell Jones drove with a determined look on his face before turning on his pivot foot to drain a midrange jump shot.
One of the youngest teams in the country will play Pittsburgh today in one of the oldest and most renowned arenas in America.
When the basketball team opens the Big Ten season Dec. 31 against Michigan, IU will be ready.
One of the youngest teams in the country will play Pittsburgh today in one of the oldest and most renowned arenas in America.
When IU makes its way out onto the floor of the Garden, it should be more than just about winning or losing. It should be more than just a game. This is the Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Turner had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Jon Diebler added 22 points to lead No. 15 Ohio State past No. 21 Florida State 77-64 on Wednesday night, clinching the Big Ten’s first victory in 11 years of its annual series with the ACC.