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IU’s lone senior, Jeremiah Rivers, will step on McCracken Court in Assembly Hall for the final time tonight. The Indiana Daily Student caught up with Rivers as he reflected on his past with the Hoosiers and looked to his future after college.
It’s a question that’s been tossed around more and more as IU’s season ends with a whimper. Is this year’s team really no better than it was last year?
In a road matchup against the No. 2 squad in the country, the IU men’s basketball team needed every player clicking for a chance at an upset. This was especially true for sophomore guard Jordan Hulls, one of the most prolific shooters on the Hoosiers’ roster.
By the time some read this today, Ohio State should be the No. 1 team in the nation. And while the Buckeyes may not have played the toughest opponent or made the biggest statement this weekend, it’s a spot they deserve.
Even with a National Player of the Year candidate spending the majority of his time on the bench, Ohio State didn’t miss a beat.
COLUMBUS, Ohio --- Freshman DeShaun Thomas scored 22 points, two points less than his career high, and No. 2 Ohio State cruised past IU 82-61 on Sunday at Value City Arena.
IU coach Tom Crean said his team’s loss to No. 8 Purdue on Wednesday night was largely based on the inability to stop potential All-Americans E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson.
Maybe it was just drinking the Kool-aid, but it wasn’t hard to believe an upset was brewing Wednesday in Assembly Hall.
Following the Hoosiers’ loss at Purdue earlier this month, IU coach Tom Crean pined for the day when he wouldn’t have to face senior Boilermakers JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore.
It was a theme seen many times throughout the season: trail early on, fight back and come up short in the end. And similar to games in the past, it happened again for IU on Wednesday.
JaJuan Johnson scored 20 points and grabbed 9 rebounds and Purdue shot 50 percent from the field to top IU 72-61 Wednesday at Assembly Hall.Purdue led by 10 points at halftime, and IU narrowed the deficit to three points twice, but never took the lead. Christian Watford led the Hoosiers with 18 points, but he did it on 4-for-13 shooting.
There was a time Jeremiah Rivers didn’t know Purdue was in Indiana. Before the senior guard transferred to IU from Georgetown, Rivers said he was admittedly a novice when it came to college hoops history. As far as he was concerned, West Lafayette was located in North Carolina.
If sophomores Tony Adragna and Zach Litzelswope have any say, then organized chants will soon be filling Assembly Hall.
After Saturday’s 70-64 loss to Northwestern, IU coach Tom Crean, who appeared as disappointed as he’s ever been this season after a loss, wanted his team back to practice as soon as possible.
Playing their first game in exactly one week, the Hoosiers saw the Wildcats jump out to a 10-point halftime lead backed by seven 3-pointers. And despite another late comeback attempt, IU dropped its fourth-straight game in a 70-64 decision against Northwestern.
IU junior guard Verdell Jones said Saturday’s outcome was a result of two things: energy and focus.
That wonderful little word “it,” at least in the IU basketball dictionary, could be lots of different things. Ultimately, it means winning basketball games.
The Hoosiers, playing their first game in exactly one week, opened cold on both ends of the floor and couldn't climb out of a 10-point halftime deficit in a 70-64 loss to Northwestern on Saturday in Assembly Hall.
When the Hoosiers aren’t playing well defensively, they usually aren’t winning. It’s a fact of life IU coach Tom Crean has preached since game one and a harsh reality that reared its ugly head again last Saturday at Michigan.
