Wildcats too much for IU
Following IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky, another reporter and I engaged in a brief conversation about what had just taken place.
Following IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky, another reporter and I engaged in a brief conversation about what had just taken place.
The sold-out crowd in Assembly Hall screamed, cheered and yelled, but the signs, chants and stripe-out couldn’t help the Hoosiers squeak past the No. 4 Kentucky team.
The beginning of IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky on Saturday at Assembly Hall seemed too good to be true – and it was.
The beginning of IU’s 90-73 loss to Kentucky on Saturday at Assembly Hall seemed too good to be true – and it was.
If the IU men’s basketball team thought Ole Miss was good, wait until it sees Kentucky.
IU showed a confidence in its 74-64 win that it lacked in previous contests.
Crean’s win came on the biggest stage of his coaching career at IU. The Hoosiers faced a team that had received votes in the top 25 only a week ago. And it came just before a Saturday bout with No. 4 Kentucky.
NEW YORK – It wasn’t a blow-out. Just a solid win. Just the game IU needed.
Pitt has earned a reputation in recent years of bullying its opponents at Madison Square Garden, but it was the Hoosiers who socked the Panthers in the mouth and took their lunch money.
NEW YORK – Sophomore guard Verdell Jones drove with a determined look on his face before turning on his pivot foot to drain a midrange jump shot.
One of the youngest teams in the country will play Pittsburgh today in one of the oldest and most renowned arenas in America.
When the basketball team opens the Big Ten season Dec. 31 against Michigan, IU will be ready.
One of the youngest teams in the country will play Pittsburgh today in one of the oldest and most renowned arenas in America.
When IU makes its way out onto the floor of the Garden, it should be more than just about winning or losing. It should be more than just a game. This is the Jimmy V Men’s Basketball Classic.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Turner had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Jon Diebler added 22 points to lead No. 15 Ohio State past No. 21 Florida State 77-64 on Wednesday night, clinching the Big Ten’s first victory in 11 years of its annual series with the ACC.
Statistics can measure the attendance level – 17,039 fans. They can measure points – IU’s 68 to Maryland’s 80. But if they could measure decibels, Tuesday’s crowd against Maryland would have hit a season-high.
The Hoosiers were tied with the Terrapins at 54-54 in the second half, before Maryland reeled off a 24-9 run that lasted up until the final minute. The loss had the feel of many IU contests from a season ago. More than anything, it proved that there is still growing to be done in Bloomington.
When Maryland coach Gary Williams and IU coach Tom Crean sat down for their postgame press conferences, the coaches told two different stories.
A lot can change in a year, but IU’s 80-68 loss against Maryland proved that not much is different in Assembly Hall.
When junior guard Jeremiah Rivers drives or begins a half-court set, his vision is rarely impaired. At 6-foot-5, he has faced opponents who usually stand about five inches shorter.