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GAME DAY ESSENTIALS
Northwestern (4-1, 1-0) at Indiana (5-2, 0-0)
- Tip time: 8:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Ind.
- Television: Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin and Jess Settles)
- IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith)
- Series: Indiana leads 119-52 (Indiana won last meeting 66-62 in 2020)
- Point Spread: Indiana is an 8.5-point favorite
- KenPom has No. 17 Indiana by 7 points over No. 56 Northwestern
THE BEST IN IU COVERAGE
- IU basketball game day: Hoosiers open Big Ten play with emerging Northwestern squad
- QB Michael Penix: an update on his recovery timeline
- IU’s Tom Allen a finalist for 3 national coach of the year awards | Wommack up for top assistant award
- Watch: IU DC Kane Wommack talks coaching final game and time at Ole Miss
- Video: Head coach Tom Allen gives a mid-week update on bowl prep, holiday plans, etc.
- IU Women’s Basketball moves to 2-0 with a road win over Minnesota.
- Former Purdue standout Caleb Swanigan arrested in Whitley County.
- Change seems likely amid frustration with the CFP.
- Pacers’ Victor Oladipo: Indiana’s GM details the relationship.
- Hornets’ Cody Zeller discusses his children’s charity.
TWEETS OF THE DAY
Tis the B1G season. pic.twitter.com/2HGDX2JP6K
— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) December 23, 2020
How it started ➡️ How it’s going. The evolution of #LEO. ⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/Hp9LAakhec
— Indiana Football Recruiting (@IndianaTough) December 22, 2020
Coming home with another #B1G 𝐖. pic.twitter.com/pEEBrU3Djl
— Indiana Women’s Basketball (@IndianaWBB) December 23, 2020
IU AND BIG TEN RECRUITING NEWS
- IU football quarterback signee Donaven McCulley did this on the basketball court last night:
WOW! 👀
4A #1 @LNBoysHoops rallies from a 17-point deficit against Fishers and stays unbeaten thanks to @DonavenMcculley’s incredible, game-tying heave at the buzzer in regulation.
The Wildcats won 65-60 in overtime. pic.twitter.com/GxzXj0WLca
— ISC Sports Network (@iscsportsnet) December 23, 2020
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