Author: Seth Tow

This is the second in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s open basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Mick Cronin Age: 53 Current position, tenure: UCLA head coach since 2019 Previous Jobs: Cincinnati head coach 2006-19; Murray State head coach 2003-06; Louisville assistant coach 2001-03; Cincinnati assistant coach 1996-2001 Accomplishments: Cronin went to 12 consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2011 through 2023 at Cincinnati and UCLA, and took Murray State to the Big Dance in two of his three seasons with the Racers. He took the Bruins from the First Four to the Final Four in 2021, and followed that…

One of the biggest themes of this Indiana women’s basketball season has been one step forward, one step back. The Hoosiers have performed inconsistently all year. Anytime they’ve appeared to settle into a groove and generate some positive momentum, they’ve squandered that progress, one way or another. Wednesday provided one of the season’s most glaring examples of that frustrating tendency. Indiana led Michigan by seven points at Crisler Center going into the fourth quarter. Karoline Striplin was putting on her best Mackenzie Holmes impression in the second half, and had IU in position for a huge résumé-boosting victory. But the…

This is the first in a series of profiles of potential candidates for Indiana’s open basketball head coaching position. Candidate: Brad Stevens Age: 48 Current position, tenure: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations since 2021 Previous Jobs: Celtics head coach 2013-21; Butler head coach 2007-13; Butler assistant coach 2001-07 Accomplishments: Stevens compiled a 354-282 regular-season record with the Celtics and a 38-40 postseason record. He led Boston to seven consecutive playoff appearances after missing out during his first season on the job. His team went to the Eastern Conference Finals in four straight seasons, from 2017-20. At Butler, Stevens stacked up a…

Amidst a maelstrom of extenuating circumstances, Indiana men’s basketball proved one big thing on Tuesday. This team hasn’t given up. The Hoosiers had lost seven of their last eight games going into Tuesday’s game at No. 11 Michigan State. and the program announced it will part ways with head coach Mike Woodson at the end of the season — which means uncertain futures for both IU players and staffers. But none of that mattered on this night at the Breslin Center. Indiana completed the upset, pulling out a 71-67 victory over the Spartans. IU players ran out on the court…

On Super Bowl Sunday, Indiana women’s basketball looked far from super. The Hoosiers struggled on both ends of the court for long periods throughout the afternoon at Minnesota. And ultimately, they couldn’t get the job done in a 66-56 loss. The Golden Gophers (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten) led by two points at halftime, but created separation in the third quarter. Indiana (15-8, 7-5) over a five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to six, but couldn’t get any closer than that. Minnesota had lost three straight games and five of its last seven entering this contest at Williams…

BLOOMINGTON — Few coaches around college basketball are as familiar with Indiana than Dusty May. Michigan’s head coach grew up in Bloomfield, Ind., just a 40 minute drive from Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. He attended IU from 1996 to 2000, and served as a student manager for the Hoosiers under Bob Knight. He knows what Indiana basketball means to the state, and he knows what the program was like on the back end of Knight’s tenure. May knows the Hoosiers haven’t been at the same level they once were. But, as he said, the sport is very different than it…

BLOOMINGTON — After Michigan men’s basketball defeated Indiana at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, Wolverines head coach Dusty May addressed a question regarding the newly-open IU job and whether he’d have interest. The word ‘no’ did not appear in his response. “That stuff’s crazy. I love being at Michigan. I love our team. We’re fighting like crazy. That’s it. This place is my foundation, but I’m very, very happy at University of Michigan,” May said. “Came here to win a game, and mission accomplished.” Michigan held on for a 70-67 victory over the Hoosiers, who have now lost seven…

Ahead of Saturday’s Indiana men’s basketball game against Michigan, I answered some questions for Michigan’s On3 site about the matchup and the circumstances around the game. Sometimes, we get a reverse Q&A from The Wolverine writers from their perspective. But given the news about Mike Woodson’s status with IU, and where the Hoosiers are at entering this game, we thought it would be more relevant to share the same Q&A from our perspective. These are the same six questions that The Wolverine’s Clayton Sayfie sent to me, and the same answers I sent back. 1. Take us through Malik Reneau’s…

The writing has been on the wall for weeks, if not months, for Mike Woodson. Indiana men’s basketball, per multiple reports, is separating from its head men’s basketball coach after this season, as Woodson will step down and retire. He’ll finish out this year, his fourth with the Hoosiers, with the team enduring a second consecutive disappointing campaign. The timing of this news is no coincidence. IU (14-9, 5-7 Big Ten) hosts Michigan (17-5, 9-2) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday, with former Indiana manager Dusty May leading the Wolverines. With the Hoosiers coming off a loss at Wisconsin…

For Indiana men’s basketball on Tuesday, the damage was done early. The Hoosiers entered Madison, Wisc. on a three-game losing streak, and having lost five of their last six games. And they’d lost 20 consecutive games to Wisconsin at the Kohl Center — IU’s last road win over the Badgers was in 1998. It became very evident, very quickly, on Tuesday that the drought would continue. Wisconsin blitzed the Hoosiers from the opening tip and put them in too deep a hole to truly recover from. Even with IU settling in later in the first half and finishing tied in…