IU opens season with exhibition victory
Fans flocked to Assembly Hall Saturday night to see the emergence of the IU men’s basketball team’s freshmen class in the team’s first exhibition matchup against the University of Southern Indiana.
Fans flocked to Assembly Hall Saturday night to see the emergence of the IU men’s basketball team’s freshmen class in the team’s first exhibition matchup against the University of Southern Indiana.
After a struggling first half from the field and the free throw line, the IU men’s basketball team picked it up in the second half to pull away from the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles, taking the exhibition victory 83-68 Saturday evening at Assembly Hall.
Shortly after IU Coach Tom Crean and the men’s basketball team released Sept. 12 that the Hoosiers would face the University of Southern Indiana in the team’s first exhibition game of the 2013-14 season this Saturday at 7 p.m., USI lost its leading scorer until at least the middle of December.
Getting the start at point guard, Rose scored 13 points on five-of-12 shooting from the field in 20 minutes.
Former Hoosiers Jordan Hulls (348 points), Christian Watford (443 points), Victor Oladipo (491 points) and Cody Zeller (594 points) accounted for 1,876 of IU’s 2,831 total points last season.
After a fateful move during the final five seconds of Friday night’s scrimmage during Hoosier Hysteria at Assembly Hall, the IU men’s basketball team has now had four of the team’s six scholarship freshmen go down with injuries during preparation for the 2013-14 season.
I never thought the IU basketball fans, known collectively as Hoosier Nation, would replicate that type of unfortunate and, frankly, childish behavior.
The dark basketball gym transitioned to a scene of paparazzi. Small beams of white light started to creep up everywhere in the audience during the banner’s two-minute rise to the top, each person looking to capture the moment of the first new banner to enter Assembly Hall since 2002.
In between the different skills competitions Friday evening in Assembly Hall for Hoosier Hysteria, highlights from the 2012-13 flashed quickly across the jumbo-tron.
The Hoosiers’ recruiting class for this season ranks third in the Big Ten. Miller also had high praise for it.
Though it’s been less than a week, Crean said he’s seen the entire spectrum of success, from signs of a contending team to one that kept him from sleeping Tuesday night.
If you weren’t aware that IU Coach Tom Crean made a living coaching basketball, you’d likely assume he’s a minister or a motivational speaker.
The IU women’s basketball team will have up to eight games televised on the Big Ten Network this season. The games and times were announced by the conference Tuesday.
Thursday afternoon, just a day before the first official practice, IU men’s basketball team announced another freshman injury from a workout.
While the rest of Big Ten country is steeped in the dramatics of another eventful college football season, those who call themselves “Hoosiers” meticulously count the days until the celebration that is Hoosier Hysteria.
IU Coach Tom Crean will deliver his sixth preseason lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at the IU Auditorium, according to a Union Board release.
Freshman forward Troy Williams suffered a right hand injury during a workout and will miss “the next few weeks,” according to a program release.
Freshman forward Troy Williams suffered a right hand injury during a workout and will miss “the next few weeks.”
When I think of former IU Coach Bobby Knight’s non-existent relationship with the University, I’m reminded of Hollywood.
Looking ahead to the coming IU basketball season, Hoosier fans can anticipate more than just the marquee matchups dotting the schedule.