Here we are. At the crossroads. Again. No, not The Crossroads Classic. As much as we’d like to back in that moment of delusional grandeur, it is long, long gone. The calendar says that it was just a month ago. Feels like a lifetime. Just after Rob Phinisee hit his game-winning shot at The Crossroads, and admittedly still buzzing from a direct-to-the-veins injection of irrational euphoria, it felt like Indiana had moved on from its latest crossroads that was the firing of Tom Crean. Buzzer beaters have a way of turning too close for comfort wins into holier-than-thou exuberance. At…
Author: Mike Schumann
Indiana’s 2018-19 basketball season took a dramatic turn on Monday night. Once a season of great promise, things had gotten a little wobbly in recent weeks as the Hoosiers attempted to navigate a challenging Big Ten slate. Road losses in this league, while never enjoyable, were at least somewhat understandable. Not only did Indiana lose on its home floor against the Cornhuskers, the Hoosiers delivered what was optically their worst performance of the season, both from an energy and an execution standpoint. To make matters worse, IU now has to go back out on the road for four of their…
Below is a transcript of Indiana related comments from Nebraska head coach Tim Miles after a 66-51 win over the Hoosiers on Monday night. Indiana fell to 12-5 on the season overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play. What was working defensively tonight? TIM MILES: I thought we did a good job getting to Romeo and Juwan, first of all. Making them play in a crowd. I thought we had to switch defenses on and off. Coach Miller can really get you carved up when they get in a rhythm. We kept them out of transition for the most part.…
Indiana University freshman forward Jerome Hunter broke the news on the radio on Monday that he would redshirting for the 2018-19 season. Hunter suffered an undisclosed medical condition just prior to the beginning of the season and has not seen any action. He had surgery in November. Archie Miller addressed the decision in his post-game press conference following the loss to Nebraska: “Physically he’s not able to play right now. It didn’t matter about the time. It’s all about his recovery, and it’s about the process of moving forward for him. He’s not able to play right now.” Hunter came…
Indiana senior forward Juwan Morgan and freshman guard Romeo Langford discussed the 66-51 Nebraska victory over Indiana at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Monday night. The Hoosiers (12-5, 3-3) return to action at Purdue on Saturday afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMBB/videos/2276463452571742/ You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Want to receive all of our content via one e-mail in your inbox every day? It’s free. Join our daily mailing list here. Please consider supporting The Daily Hoosier by shopping on Amazon via this link to the Amazon home page or through the…
Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller discusses the 66-51 loss to Nebraska on Monday night. The Hoosiers (12-5, 3-3) return to action at Purdue on Saturday afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMBB/videos/328647654413541/ You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Want to receive all of our content via one e-mail in your inbox every day? It’s free. Join our daily mailing list here. Please consider supporting The Daily Hoosier by shopping on Amazon via this link to the Amazon home page or through the ad below.
It might be overstating it to say that this 2018-19 IU basketball season is in crisis mode, but it is starting to feel that way. A once promising 12-2 start now finds the Hoosiers on a three game losing streak as Indiana suffers its first home loss in league play against Nebraska on Monday night. The Huskers ran out to 26-9 lead, and Indiana could never bridge the gap from there. The Hoosiers got as close as three, cutting the Nebraska lead to 35-32 early in the second half, but Nebraska had all of the answers in this one. Indiana…
It’s back home to the friendly confines of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Monday night for another difficult Big Ten contest against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Indiana will be looking to avoid a three game losing streak after losses on the road to Michigan and Maryland. With four of the next five back out on the road after this one, picking up a win over Nebraska is critical. The Huskers were able to snap their own two game losing streak (road losses to Maryland and Iowa) with a home win over Penn State on Thursday. The Hoosiers will have their hands…
Nebraska basketball head coach Tim Miles and star guard James Palmer, Jr. met with the media this weekend in advance of their Monday road trip to Bloomington. The Huskers are 12-4 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoEFB0TrlTs&t=19s James Palmer, Jr. is Nebraska’s leading scorer, averaging 19.5 point per game. Note – The audio on this one with Palmer isn’t the best. It might work better with headphones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zfOIFaq4F4 You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Want to receive all of our content via…
The expectations were sky high coming in. Romeo Langford has been good from day one, but there were legitimate concerns, especially in light of those expectations. The perimeter shots weren’t falling. Neither were the free throws. Perhaps Langford was just an uber-talented player that would put the finishing touches on his game in the NBA. If you blinked you might have missed it, but now Langford is firmly on the first team All-Big Ten radar, and he is doing it by continuously expanding his game. Each night out you can pick up something new that the McDonald’s All-American has added…