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GAME DAY ESSENTIALS
Indiana (12-10, 7-8) at Rutgers (12-9, 8-9)
- Tip time: Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. ET
- Location: Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway, N.J.
- Television: BTN (Kevin Kugler and Stephen Bardo)
- IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith)
- Series: Indiana leads 7-4 (Rutgers won last meeting 74-70 in Jan.)
- Point Spread: Rutgers is a 3.5 point favorite
- KenPom has No. 28 Rutgers by 4 points over No. 34 Indiana
THE BEST IN IU COVERAGE
- Watch: Indiana guard Armaan Franklin featured on BTN’s “The Journey”
- IU basketball game day: Hoosiers need to exact revenge against Rutgers on the road
- Indiana’s game against Rutgers will be determined by guard play on both ends
- QB Michael Penix’s story not unlike J-Shun Harris
- Talking Hoosier Baseball with head coach Jeff Mercer
- Big Ten Basketball Tournament: Game time schedule announced
- Reminder: Watch the story of the 1985 men’s basketball foreign trip on BTN after the game.
TWEETS OF THE DAY
"The importance of this story is the building of a team." @IndianaMBB's 1985 world tour united players that went on to win the proud program's last national 🏆.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝟏𝐆 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩: 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 debuts tonight after the Indiana-Rutgers game. pic.twitter.com/0H4KnB6gax
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 24, 2021
COMPETE…
“I play to win whether practice or a real game.”
-Michael Jordan #LEO #Chase@famoussvonn @J3_era pic.twitter.com/njSbhuk09i— Coach Kevin Wright (@CoachWrightIU) February 24, 2021
Back in the ☀️. pic.twitter.com/vf4DVjPsK0
— Indiana Baseball (@IndianaBase) February 24, 2021
DYK: #IUBB has 3 of the top 5 most improved scorers in the @BigTen.
#2 @unkle44artty
#3 @TrayceJackson
#4 @RaceThompson1Player 📈 Development pic.twitter.com/rHpqdNxa8R
— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) February 24, 2021
IU AND BIG TEN RECRUITING NEWS
- Indiana involved early with 2023 combo guard Reed Sheppard
- Rivals has rolled out its new top-250 2022 football rankings.
- 247Sports updated their top-247 for 2022 football too.
- 2022 center Favour Aire talking about a recent huge performance:
Another day at the office for @McNamaraHoops big man Favour Aire @favouraire
19 points
20 boards
And a Mustang W pic.twitter.com/QwPC1qZxo3— Capitol Hoops (@CapitolHoops) February 13, 2021
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