Category: Game Recaps
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After Lexington: The Work Ahead for Indiana Basketball
A couple days removed from the Kentucky game, it’s clearer what that night was really about. Not the score. Not the atmosphere. Not even the disappointment of losing a rivalry…
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Indiana Showed What It Needed To Show — Now Comes the Real Test
Indiana handled its business Wednesday night, rolling past Penn State 113–72 in a game that looked the way a home Big Ten opener should look. Penn State is young, rebuilding,…
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A Tough Start, A Telling Game, and a Story Still Being Written
Indiana didn’t beat Louisville on Saturday, and the 87–78 score doesn’t hide that the game was shaped right away. Louisville opened with a 16–0 run, and Indiana spent the rest…
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Indiana finally took its first punch of the season
A 73–64 road loss at Minnesota wasn’t what any of us expected last night, especially against a struggling team that came in searching for rhythm. But sometimes the opponent’s desperation…
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Player of the Game: Tucker DeVries
A last look at IU’s commanding win over Bethune-Cookman Indiana didn’t need any late-game heroics on Saturday afternoon. What they did need — and what they’ve been searching for in…
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This is exactly what we were hoping to see — a game against a lower-tier opponent where Indiana brought effort, focus, and connection for all 40 minutes.
For the first time in a couple of games they were expected to win comfortably, IU didn’t drift in and out of intensity. In dominating Bethune-Cookman, the Hoosiers didn’t let…
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A last look at IU’s big win over Kansas State — and a performance that told us something important about this team.
Player of the Game: Reed Bailey — Toughness, Growth, and a Glimpse of What IU Needs On a night when Indiana needed him to steady the game, fight through mistakes,…
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Hoosiers Move to 4–0, But Defensive Lapses and Cold Shooting Cloud the Victory
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