Indiana women’s basketball will appear in its third consecutive NCAA Tournament. And they’ll do it this year on their home court. The Hoosiers were selected as an at-large berth into the field on Sunday night. They will be the No. 3 seed and will host NCAA First and Second Round action at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Their No. 3 seed is the highest in school history, improving off last season’s No. 4 seed. IU will host No. 14 seed Charlotte on Saturday (1:30 p.m. Eastern / ESPN2) in the first round. The tip-time was not announced as of this writing.…
Author: Mike Schumann
For the first time since 2016, Indiana will be dancing in March. Sort of. The Hoosiers received an at large bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, but they were selected as one of the final two at large teams, meaning they will first have to compete in a “play-in” game in Dayton, Ohio. IU (20-13) will face Wyoming (25-8) on Tuesday in Dayton. The winner of that game will face No. 5 seed St. Mary’s on Thursday in Portland, Oregon. “It’s what it is. At the end of the day, we’re in,” coach Mike Woodson said via Zoom on Sunday. …
Indiana should be healthy for the next stage of the postseason. The Hoosiers were without reserve forward Jordan Geronimo for their Saturday Big Ten Tournament semifinal against Iowa after he suffered a knee injury on Friday. Geronimo was in uniform on Saturday but a limited participant in pre-game warmups and never saw the floor. He had no brace or other support on his knee. After the game against Iowa Geronimo posted the following message on his Twitter page: “Beyond proud of my team. Season’s not over yet tho and we got some dancing to do! By then I’ll be back…
It’s in the NCAA Tournament Committee’s hands now. Indiana appears to have played its way back into the NCAA Tournament picture with two wins at this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Now, Selection Sunday is here (6 p.m. Eastern / CBS), so let’s take one final look to see where the Hoosiers stand in the eyes of the bracketologists. Our favorite resource for bracket predictions is bracketmatrix.com, an aggregation site that compiles dozens of prognostications and produces an average. Currently at Bracket Matrix, Indiana is a No. 11 seed in the Big Dance. After two wins and a loss this week (vs.…
Indiana suffered a heartbreaking last-second loss to Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Jordan Bohannon hit a banked-in 3-pointer with one second remaining to clinch it for Iowa, and end the Hoosiers’ run at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers led at halftime 38-32 and were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Xavier Johnson added 20 points and nine assists. IU (20-13) will now await its NCAA Tournament fate. Selection Sunday is tomorrow. See also: Woodson, Jackson-Davis and Johnson post-game THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. No answer for…
Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Mike Woodson’s low point of his first year as head coach at Indiana pales in comparison to the trials that King faced. It’s just basketball, after all. But it was in that low point, deep in the bowels of Mackey Arena last weekend, that IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson saw confirmation of the man everyone told him a year ago Woodson was. Indiana had just lost another…
Bet you didn’t see this coming. After ending the regular season losing seven of nine, IU is making an improbable run in Indianapolis. Indiana is making its fifth Big Ten Tournament semifinal appearance, the first since 2013, and hope to advance to advance to the championship game for the first time since 2001. IU has also won two tournament games in a single year for the first time since 2003. It is Indiana and Iowa Saturday with an appearance in the championship game on the line. Big Ten Tournament Semifinals — Game Day Essentials No. 9 Indiana (20-12, 9-11) vs.…
Indiana knocked off No. 1 seed Illinois and all but assured itself of a trip to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Indiana won on Friday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis by a final score of 65-63. Illinois led at halftime 33-31. The Hoosiers were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 21 points. Xavier Johnson had 13 points and 6 assists, and Race Thompson had 10 points and 9 rebounds. IU (20-12) will face Iowa on Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern. See also: Woodson, Jackson-Davis and Johnson post-game | Galloway and Thompson post-game THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1.…
Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals — Game Day Essentials No. 9 Indiana (19-12, 9-11) vs. No. 1 Illinois (22-8, 15-5) Tip Time: Friday, 11:30 a.m. Eastern Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. Television: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Stephen Bardo & Rick Pizzo) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream: Fox Sports Live Point Spread: Illinois is a 4-point favorite KenPom Projected Score: No. 16 Illinois 70 No. 44 Indiana 66 Series: Indiana leads 93-91 Last Meeting: Illinois 74 Indiana 57 (Feb. 5) TICKETS (affiliate link) Illinois Probable Starters (from the last game) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG Note G 1 Trent…
Watch as Indiana’s Mike Woodson, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Xavier Johnson discuss a win over Michigan on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Further below is a transcript of the post-game press conference following the 74-69 win over the Wolverines at the Big Ten Tournament. See also: Three keys, highlights, final stats https://youtu.be/oLQYDpq2njs MODERATOR: We are joined by Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson, along with Xavier Johnson and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Coach Woodson, if you can open with an opening statement and then we’ll take questions for the students. COACH MIKE WOODSON: Well, it was a hell of a game. I mean,…