Column: A Big Ten choke, a look ahead and Matt Painter’s decision
Nathan Hart takes a look at a variety of topics surrounding Big Ten basketball.
Nathan Hart takes a look at a variety of topics surrounding Big Ten basketball.
Although this Final Four may have been unpredictable, it’s what most people want to see happen in March Madness.
Lawrence Central (Indianapolis) junior Jeremy Hollowell, the No. 39 overall player according to Rivals.com, decided Thursday afternoon at his high school that he wanted to become a Hoosier.
Lawrence Central junior Jeremy Hollowell, the No. 39 recruit in the 2012 class by Rivals.com, announced today he will attend IU.
The middle-Zeller brother steps up his game for the Tar Heels, while Jimmer Fredette carries a hopeful BYU squad
Maybe the references get old. You can only say the “Butler did it” line about once per year and the whole David vs. Goliath thing has been used up. Even the “Hoosiers” comparisons — which are eerily similar — are so 2010. I mean, really, what’s left to say about the Butler Bulldogs?
Similar to IU’s loss to Penn State in December at Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers could not contain the Nittany Lion frontcourt in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Well, that’s it. IU’s season is over. Maybe mercifully and maybe for the best. The 2010-11 IU basketball season has faded into oblivion.
INDIANAPOLIS — As time expired in the first half of IU’s Big Ten Tournament matchup with Penn State, Nittany Lions forward Jeff Brooks symbolized how the rest of the game would go.
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IU sophomore forward Christian Watford wanted to make one thing clear: Not one player on the roster believes the season will end after Thursday night’s matchup against Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Once March began, everybody knew it meant the start of the best month of college basketball.
In Triple Threat, IDS men’s basketball columnist Nathan Hart will look at three issues concerning IU, the Big Ten or college basketball in general.
When exactly did the season end? I’m not sure. It’s impossible to point to any one date and say, “Aha. That’s it. That’s when this thing ended!”
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – When asked about his team’s performance against Illinois on Saturday, IU junior guard Verdell Jones answered with three words: “disappointing and embarrassing.”
Illinois outplayed IU on both ends of the court in its 72-48 win in Champaign, Ill.
As Jeremiah Rivers walked off the court with 11 seconds remaining, he did so to a standing ovation from the fans and his name being echoed throughout Assembly Hall.
Halfway through the second half Thursday, IU was in a threatening position to pull an upset on No. 10 Wisconsin.
There are probably a few ways to look on Jeremiah Rivers’ career as an IU basketball player. Yes, some good, some very good and some that didn’t quite reach expectations.But Thursday night was Rivers’ Senior Night, and as the team’s only true senior, it was (more or less) his alone.
Wisconsin guard Jordan Taylor led all scorers with 39 points as the No. 10 Badgers defeated IU 77-67 in Assembly Hall.