There is a belief that exists among many that point guards make better basketball coaches because the point guard is the floor general, runs the offense and is often the player that conveys the communication from the coaches to the players. Most of us know by now that new Indiana basketball coach Archie Miller grew up as a coach’s son, played point guard in high school, and in college, at North Carolina State. So we wondered, do point guards really make better coaches? Unaware of any scientific method to test this, we started by selecting the Top 10 winningest coaches…
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Indiana University has released a statement making it official that De’Ron Davis is out for the season after undergoing surgery for a torn achilles tendon: You can see our analysis published last week of how the injury would likely impact the Indiana roster and gameplan going forward. Thus far things have largely played out as anticipated, with an expanded role for Justin Smith and Juwan Morgan moving his game out to the perimeter at times. You can the official IU statement here. You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Photo credit – Andy Lyons / Getty Images
Archie Miller said that Indiana “grinded out” a win. We hope you are OK with that, because if Indiana is going to win many more Big Ten games this year, this Penn State game was the template. It wasn’t pretty, but it was tough, smart, aggressive basketball. It’s what we thought Archie Miller basketball looked like when he was hired. Sure it can be prettier with a deeper and more talented roster. Those days will come. But after two straight substantially complete games, this Indiana team seems to finally be buying into what Miller is selling. Indiana wins it, 74-70.…
Post game press conference after a 74-70 Indiana victory over Penn State. Indiana improves to 10-7 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten with the win. Indiana plays Northwestern on Sunday. Posted by Indiana Basketball on Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Final box score from a 74-70 Indiana victory over Penn State. The Hoosiers improve to 10-7 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten.
GAME NOTES: The Penn State Nittany Lions (12-5, 2-2) visit the Indiana Hoosiers (9-7, 2-2) on Tuesday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The tipoff is set for 6:30 ET. The game will be broadcast on BTN with Dave Revsine and Stephen Bardo on the call. Pat Chambers is in his seventh year as the head coach at Penn State. He has 99 career wins at PSU and is 2-9 against IU. Indiana leads the all-time series 37-11. The last 6 meetings between these 2 programs have been instant classics. Last year’s games, both won by IU, included a 3 OT…
Conventional wisdom says that Indiana is supposed to comfortably handle Penn State in basketball, and for the most part they have since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten back in the 92-93 season. Since then Indiana owns a 35-11 series advantage, and 6 of those 11 Penn State wins came in connection with the IU 2008 program collapse and the seasons that followed. It may not be something that Indiana fans are too excited about, but the last six games going back to 2014 have been anything but comfortable. In fact, they have all been last minute thrillers. Penn…
IU recruiting target Romeo Langford returned from a finger injury to play in two games over the weekend. On Friday he scored 33 points in a 85-61 New Albany win over Jeffersonville. On Saturday New Albany played in Indianapolis at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Langford scored 35 in a 73-65 win over Silver Creek. The math for him to catch IU great Damon Bailey makes it highly unlikely that we’ll have a new IHSAA all-time scorer this year. Langford would need New Albany to advance to the state championship game and he would have to average more than 40 points a…
No De’Ron Davis and Collin Hartman? No problem. Why? Because as we’ve seen with some of Indiana’s opponents, grit and determination can make up for a lot. Sure, you cannot lose sight of the fact that Minnesota was also missing key players in Reggie Lynch and Amir Coffey. In fact, Minnesota almost certainly lost more in Lynch and Coffey than IU lost in Davis and Hartman. But IU still had Juwan Morgan and Robert Johnson. And Minnesota still had Jordan Murphy and Nate Mason. And the team that fought and scrapped harder won: Indiana 75, Minnesota 71. Overall: A- Considering the circumstances…
Below is the final box score from an inspirational 75 – 71 victory over Minnesota. We’ll have more on this Indiana victory with the Report Card later this evening. Indiana improves to 9-7 overall and 2-2 in conference play. AP Photo