Column: The future is bright with Miller at the helm
In their second Big Ten game under Miller’s coaching, IU defeated Northwestern 68-64
In their second Big Ten game under Miller’s coaching, IU defeated Northwestern 68-64
For the game, Hulls posted 14 points, two assists, two rebounds and two turnovers in 29 minutes of action, but it was his spark in the beginning that led IU to a huge 44-27 halftime lead.
After jumping out to a 31-13 lead in the first half, the IU men's basketball team was able to maintain its lead during an offensive drought to defeat Penn State 74-51 Monday night in State College, Pa.
At halftime, the IU men's basketball team leads Penn State 44-27 in the team's second-straight Big Ten away game to start the conference season.
The Sunday afternoon win in Assembly Hall gave IU Coach Curt Miller his first conference victory as a Big Ten coach of the IU women's basketball team.
Without a play initiator like Tim Frazier on the floor for PSU, the Nittany Lions are simply mismatched in a game like this one.
Penn State senior guard Tim Frazier had been averaging 21.7 points to lead the Nittany Lions through their first three games. However, on Nov. 18, 2012, the preseason All-Big Ten selection suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon in the team’s 85-60 loss to Akron in the Puerto Rico Tipoff and was declared out for the season.
A day short of one year ago, a highly ranked IU squad stormed into the Bryce Jordan Center against a seemingly overmatched Penn State team and left with a narrow 88-82 victory against a team IU would later dominate in home and neutral floor contests.
With the game tied at 22, Michigan outscored IU by 14 in an eight-minute stretch sandwiched by halftime to put away the Hoosiers, winning 65-48 in each team’s Big Ten conference opener.
Last season’s Hoosiers finished with just six wins. At 14-16 overall and 4-13 in conference, the 11th place Wildcats had only IU between them and last place. Fast forward to this season, and the picture looks a little different.
While 2013 will hopefully bring IU basketball fans plenty of new memories that should make this year special, let’s take one last look back at some of the best IUBB performances and moments 2012 produced.
A review of the men's basketball games over break.
In front of a packed house at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Sunday night, the IU men's basketball team was able to defeat Iowa on the road for the first time since 2008.
Fast breaks and sloppy shooting gave way to zone defense and free throws as IU emerged from a grind-it-out dogfight against Iowa 69-65 to start the Big Ten season on a winning note Monday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
IDS mean's basketball beat writers Nathan Brown and Max McCombs are blogging and tweeting live from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa for Monday afternoon's Big Ten opener. Join the conversation.
Freshman forward Jeremy Hollowell will suit up and is expected to play for IU against Iowa in the Big Ten Opener for both teams on Monday. He has missed the last three games as the team investigated his family's possible connection with an agent.
Senior guard Jordan Hulls scored 20 points on six 3-pointers Friday night to lead the IU men's basketball team to a 93-59 win over Jacksonville in the team's final non-conference game of the season.
After a slow start to the first half, the IU men's basketball team broke away from Jacksonville on the heels of senior guard Jordan Hulls' 3-point shooting, taking down the Dolphins 93-59 Friday night at Assembly Hall.
After the first 20 minutes, the IU men's basketball team leads the Jacksonville Dolphins 48-33 off of 17 points from senior guard Jordan Hulls.
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