Tag: Hoosiers

Badgers snap Indiana’s 18-game home win streak

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two first-half airballs – including one on a wide-open 3 – had the fans on Mike Bruesewitz’s case for the remainder of the evening.  Wisconsin’s long-haired power forward heard vociferous jeers each time he touched it or – even better – dared to venture near Indiana’s student section during a stoppage. […]

Refinement pays off for No. 6 Hoosiers in rout of Florida Atlantic

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Cody Zeller smiled as he succinctly described his recently improved accuracy at the foul line. “Shooting higher,” Zeller said. And so, metaphorically, are the Indiana Hoosiers. Following a loss to Butler that cost them the No. 1 ranking, Zeller and his teammates are as detail-oriented as ever […]

Crossroads Classic Game 1 preview: Butler vs. Indiana

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The marquee game of Saturday’s Close the Gap Crossroads Classic, Indiana versus Butler, will likely swing on who controls the speed of the game. Indiana plays one of the country’s fastest paces. Conversely, less than 100 teams in Division I average fewer possessions per game than Butler, which prefers to […]

Indiana crushes North Carolina 83-59

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Every time I watch Indiana play, I come away impressed with something different. This time, it was the Hoosiers’ ability to pull away from a talented team by simply sticking with the game plan. There were no major shifts in approach that took a close game and […]