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…
Author: Mike Schumann
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
Friday was certainly an interesting day for both the Indiana and Minnesota men’s basketball programs. It isn’t often that you see both teams lose their starting center the day before they are about to play each other. Moreover, while the programs came into the season with different expectations, both are suffering from perceived inconsistent play and at times not living up to what their coaches, players and fans had hoped for. Aside from from the much more important reasons for the suspension itself, the loss of Lynch is no small loss for the Gophers from a basketball perspective. The Minnesota…
GAME NOTES: The Indiana Hoosiers (8-7, 1-2) travel to Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday afternoon for a 5:15 tipoff against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (13-3, 2-1) at Williams Arena. Both team were dealt bad news on Friday and will be without key players in their frontcourts. Indiana announced that center De’Ron Davis suffered an undisclosed lower leg injury and will be out indefinitely. Minnesota announced that center Reggie Lynch has been suspended indefinitely. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with Dave Flemming and Dan Dakich on the call. Indiana leads the all-time series 99-68. Richard Pitino is in his fifth…
On Friday, Indiana University men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller shared the unfortunate news that sophomore big man De’Ron Davis will miss time with an undisclosed lower leg injury. No timeline for his return was provided. We’ve seen this story before with Indiana basketball, and it wasn’t all that long ago. Recent enough, in fact, that one of the same players who had to play center then will likely have to at least share that duty once again. Back in the 2014-15 season Hoosier sophomore guard/forward Collin Hartman was asked to fill in for injured IU big man Hanner Mosquera-Perea. …
Archie Miller met with the media and answered questions on Friday as the Indiana Hoosiers prepare to travel to Minneapolis to meet the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday afternoon. Included in the discussion is a non-contact lower leg injury suffered by De’Ron Davis. The timing of his return is unknown. Video of the press conference is provided below: Minnesota Press Conference LIVE | Coach Miller talks with the media prior to #IUBB-Minnesota. Posted by Indiana Basketball on Friday, January 5, 2018 Video credit – Indiana University Athletics
Throughout the now 15 game 2017-18 Indiana basketball season we’ve heard various perspectives from head coach Archie Miller on the team’s apparent inability to piece together complete games: “We were, to be honest with you, soft on the glass,” Indiana coach Archie Miller said. “In the second half, the game really changed on second shots.” (Wisconsin game) “Give Louisville credit, they did some good things in the second half,” Indiana first-year coach Archie Miller said. “We had some turnovers the last six minutes that really hurt us.” “Really disappointing game for our team,” Miller said. “Give Fort Wayne a lot…
Indiana University men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller joined IU legend Don Fischer on January 4th, 2018 at the Bloomington Holiday Inn for their weekly radio show. The full video is provided below: Posted by Indiana Basketball on Thursday, January 4, 2018 Video credit – Indiana University Athletics