IU advances with 80-64 Illinois revenge
A late run, combined with first half dominance in the paint put No. 3 IU in front early and the Hoosiers never trailed in their 80-64 drubbing of Illinois.
A late run, combined with first half dominance in the paint put No. 3 IU in front early and the Hoosiers never trailed in their 80-64 drubbing of Illinois.
Illinois and Minnesota will clash Thursday with the winner advancing to play top-seeded IU in Friday’s second round, leaving the Hoosiers to try to solve the intricacies of two teams that outplayed them in just more than the past month.
The IU men's basketball team has gone 2-1 in neutral site games this season as they prepare for the team's first game of the Big Ten postseason tournament Friday at the United Center in Chicago.
As the Hoosiers now move into the postseason, there are a number of lessons that can be taken away from the final regular season game of the year.Here are a few of them.
After falling down by five points in the game's final minutes, the IU men's basketball team, led by six points from sophomore forward Cody Zeller in the final 41 seconds, pulled off a 72-71 victory over No. 7 Michigan in the Big Ten regular season finale.
IU began the game with a 10-3 run that gave them both momentum and an idea of how to attack the Wolverines in the Crisler Center.
Although the IU men's basketball team trailed by five points with less than a minute left, six points from sophomore forward Cody Zeller in the final 41 seconds fueled a late IU run to seal a 72-71 victory against No. 7 Michigan for sole possession of the Big Ten regular season title.
After running out to an early 10-3 lead, the IU men's basketball team went cold midway through the first half before clawing back within three against No. 7 Michigan at the Crisler Center.
Could Sunday’s game between No. 2 Indiana and No. 7 Michigan decide the Big Ten Player of the Year race between Victor Oladipo and Michigan’s Trey Burke?
Even before their stunning loss to No. 14 Ohio State March 5, on Senior Night no less, the IU men’s basketball team already had something to be proud of.
Could Sunday’s game between No. 2 Indiana and No. 7 Michigan decide the Big Ten Player of the Year race between Victor Oladipo and Michigan’s Trey Burke?
Despite posting just seven points in No. 2 IU’s upset loss March 5 to No. 14 Ohio State, junior guard Victor Oladipo was named a semifinalist March 7 for the Eddie Sutton Tustenugee award, according to a press release.
Not many people wanted to talk about the actual matchup on the floor, but it was the result of the game, a 67-58 Ohio State win, that would put a damper on the night.
Derek Elston, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford were honored during IU's Senior Night.
With an offense at times as cold as the snowy climate, IU dropped its final home game 67-58 to Ohio State.
In a Senior Night letdown, IU dropped its final home game of the season to Ohio State, 67-58 on cold shooting and offensive inefficiency.
Could you ask for a more fitting way to send off a senior class that persevered through a 22-41 record in their first two seasons than a chance to lead the IU program to its first outright Big Ten championship since 1992-93?
No. 14 Ohio State comes to town today for a 9 p.m. Senior Night tipoff at Assembly Hall, looking to avenge a home loss to the Hoosiers earlier this year.
Luckily for IU’s three seniors, last Saturday’s game against Iowa wasn’t the trio’s last game in Assembly Hall.
Tuesday may be Senior Night, but an IU freshman earned an award for his recent heroics Monday morning.