IU repeats old mistakes in season-ender
The season came to an end in IU’s 73-58 loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament. And while the Hoosiers played 30 games before Thursday’s matchup, the same problems remained.
The season came to an end in IU’s 73-58 loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament. And while the Hoosiers played 30 games before Thursday’s matchup, the same problems remained.
It’s been another down season for the IU men’s basketball team, and now it’s officially done. The Hoosiers fell to the Northwestern Wildcats 73-58 on Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse. With the win, Northwestern moves on to play Purdue tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
The Hoosiers will be well versed in the Wildcats’ play when they see the team for the second time in such a short span. But there’s one thing IU knows Northwestern won’t change when the two teams play in the Big Ten Tournament’s first round at 5 p.m. Thursday: its volume of 3-point attempts.
In its final regular season game against Northwestern last Saturday, IU managed to scrape out an 88-80 win in overtime. The Hoosiers will look to use the same methods that got them the Senior Day victory in the Big Ten Tournament’s opening round in a rematch with the Wildcats today.
Twenty losses: see ya. A 4-14 conference record and 1-11 finish to the regular season: gone. An eight-point Saturday victory against today’s opponent: You can probably forget about that as well.
Another Horizon League outright and tournament championship, and another NCAA Tournament appearance.
It’s somewhat fitting that IU couldn’t pull out its win against Northwestern in regulation. The 88-80 overtime win in the finale of the regular season just wouldn’t have been right if it didn’t feature a time of uncertainty, which has been the only constant for the 2009-10 IU men’s basketball season.
Saturday afternoon at Assembly Hall, Tom Crean’s wolf pack grew by three. It was a day honoring four seniors. It was a day in which IU’s one-two punch of sophomore guard Verdell Jones and freshman forward Christian Watford combined for 38 points and 16 rebounds.
A group of four freshmen — and one sophomore — propelled IU to an 88-80 overtime victory against Northwestern.
IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean informed assistant coach Roshown McLeod on Sunday that his contract would not be renewed for next year and he will no longer be with the team effective immediately.
It took an overtime period in their last regular season game, but the Hoosiers finally broke their losing streak and avoided the worst slide in IU history against the Wildcats.
Third time’s not the charm.The IU women’s basketball team won both games against Illinois in the regular season but lost when it mattered most.
IU fans might not be interested in hearing it, but Tom Crean eyed something possessed by Purdue on Wednesday. It’s called stability.
When the Hoosiers walk into Assembly Hall on Saturday, they will enter as the Big Ten’s last-place team and with one of the worst records in IU history.
When I stepped onto campus Aug. 23, 2006, I joined a number of first-year students at IU that included basketball players Armon Bassett and Xavier Keeling.
It was Senior Night at Mackey Arena on Wednesday, and Tom Crean’s Hoosiers essentially served as a prop in Purdue’s festivities. The Purdue fans bid their farewells to seniors Chris Kramer, Keaton Grant and some guy named Mark Wahlford. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, said hello to their second consecutive 20-loss season in the 74-55 defeat.
Regardless of the odds it faced in the past two seasons, this Hoosier squad never seemed intimidated. That changed during the first trip to Mackey Arena in the Tom Crean’s era as IU coach in a 74-55 loss Wednesday.
If it’s any consolation to IU fans, it will all be over soon. In its last road game, the Hoosiers were easily defeated by rival Purdue, 74-55.
As the IU women’s basketball team journeys to Conseco Fieldhouse for the 2010 Big Ten Tournament’s opening round, it will be facing a familiar and previously-defeated opponent.
They yell, berate officials, cheer for every player and sit in floor seats for every basketball game. And while they aren’t exactly Spike Lee, they still spark both the players and the Assembly Hall crowd. To the media, these fans are lovingly referred to as Superfan and Ponytail