IU set to face Kentucky at the right time
IU showed a confidence in its 74-64 win that it lacked in previous contests.
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.
Statistics can measure the attendance level – 17,039 fans. They can measure points – IU’s 68 to Maryland’s 80. But if they could measure decibels, Tuesday’s crowd against Maryland would have hit a season-high.
The Hoosiers were tied with the Terrapins at 54-54 in the second half, before Maryland reeled off a 24-9 run that lasted up until the final minute. The loss had the feel of many IU contests from a season ago. More than anything, it proved that there is still growing to be done in Bloomington.
When Maryland coach Gary Williams and IU coach Tom Crean sat down for their postgame press conferences, the coaches told two different stories.
A lot can change in a year, but IU’s 80-68 loss against Maryland proved that not much is different in Assembly Hall.
When junior guard Jeremiah Rivers drives or begins a half-court set, his vision is rarely impaired. At 6-foot-5, he has faced opponents who usually stand about five inches shorter.
As a 12-year-old, Maurice Creek watched the 2002 NCAA championship game, which IU played in, and he cheered on his hometown team – the Maryland Terrapins.
Whether or not we ask for it, not a press conference goes by in which IU coach Tom Crean fails to mention the home crowd.
Saturday marked the Hoosiers’ highest point total this season, fueled by 48.1 percent field goal shooting.
As freshman Derek Elston went to the bench with 8:06 left in the second half, the 11,128 fans in attendance Saturday gave the 6-foot-9 forward more than just a polite golf clap for his efforts.
In IU’s 90-72 win against Northwestern State on Saturday at Assembly Hall, freshman guard Maurice Creek looked like the player that would step up and lead the squad in the first half.