Men's Basketball

Pounding might finally be getting to Pritchard

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.

Dumes emerges as legitimate scoring threat for Hoosiers

Longtime friends square off Saturday

These two share more than just a first name and a profession. Simply put, Tom Crean and Tom Izzo are the closest of friends.

'This is your win'

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.”

Beating the turnover bug

All season long, IU has turned the ball over at an alarming rate. Not last night.

IU tries to break 11-game skid

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.

Crean: We’ll bring the moxie

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.

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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.

Purdue, Michigan State game-times set for men's basketball

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.

Lack of ‘D’ contributes to IU's 11th loss

As agitated as IU coach Tom Crean and the Hoosier fan base appeared toward the referees, the numbers don’t lie: The Hoosiers’ inability to stop Ohio State’s offense is what doomed them.

Roth shines from range in loss to Ohio State

Matt Roth doesn’t look the type to bring 17,202 people to their feet. He’s certainly not one you would expect to drop Ohio State coach Thad Matta’s jaw. “I honestly wanted him to keep shooting,” Matta said after Saturday’s game, “because I was like, ‘This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.’”

Lack of ‘D’ contributes to men's basketball's 11th loss

As agitated as IU coach Tom Crean and the Hoosier fan base appeared toward the referees, the numbers don’t lie: The Hoosiers’ inability to stop Ohio State’s offense is what doomed them.

Guards getting better in Big Ten

The general wisdom surrounding Tom Crean at Marquette suggested he was a coach guards would love. His up-tempo, drive-and-kick system created lots of open looks for shooters and assists for passers, creating legends such as Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener and the impressive backcourt trio he left in Milwaukee to take the reins at IU.

IU takes on Ohio State on Saturday

Fifty days ago, the United States didn’t have a black president, the Arizona Cardinals were still dwindling in mediocrity and an outfielder on IU’s baseball team was spotlighting as Tom Crean’s sixth man.A lot has changed since the Hoosiers (5-14, 0-7) last won a game.After Wednesday’s heartbreaker to Northwestern, Crean and his players have lost 10 in a row. The team’s most recent victory came Dec. 10 against TCU. Back then, the Hoosiers were above .500, and few saw a losing streak of this magnitude in IU’s headlights.But since then reality has slowly set in. Facing unprecedented challenges, the Hoosiers have performed much like you would expect a team facing unprecedented challenges would, losing in blowouts and squeakers, Big Ten battles and non-conference gimmes.

Buckeyes offer no bulletin board incentive

Even with the season more than halfway through, the young Hoosiers are still experiencing firsts. Saturday will mark the first time IU will see a team for the second time this season when it faces the Ohio State Buckeyes.

One more lesson

“Heartbreaking” would be an appropriate adjective. So would “gut-wrenching.” But like anything else the Hoosiers do this season that doesn’t involve sleep or food, this two-point loss presents a great lesson: Every single possession counts.

A columnist’s notebook for you

The IU men’s basketball team heads up to Northwestern tonight, and while I’d love to regale you with witty repartee that would surely cut you all to the collective quick, well, frankly, I’m just not that good.

Sampson appeals NCAA punishment

Kelvin Sampson wants to return to college basketball in the next five years. That much is apparent from the Indianapolis Star’s report that the former IU coach has appealed the punishment the NCAA levied on him two months ago.

Sampson appeals NCAA punishment

Kelvin Sampson wants to return to college basketball in the next five years. That much is apparent from the Indianapolis Star’s report that the former IU coach has appealed the punishment the NCAA levied on him two months ago.

Stepfather became part of recruit’s success

Michael Morgan has always been there for his stepson Maurice Creek. They bonded through basketball early on, whether it was Morgan doing drills with Creek out on “the hill,” watching him play at the elementary school or pitting him against older kids at the local rec center. “If it weren’t for him working me out, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Creek said in a phone interview last week.