#Mike Woodson

Well, that didn't take long for the Big Ten season to reach a full boil, did it? Consider the first five days in January. The losing coach from Indiana said the winning coach from Iowa should have been thrown out of the (bleeping) game. Purdue, the No. 1 team in the nation, was knocked off once and nearly twice, saved by a late 3-pointer from a…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - In the Big Ten home opener, the No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers host Nebraska, a team riding a three-game win streak over Florida State, Boston College and at No. 21 Creighton. Indiana looks to rebound from a 63-48 loss at Rutgers on Saturday in a game where the Hoosiers shot 30.4 percent as a team. Indiana coach Mike Woodson wants to…

TV Schedule: Friday, Nov. 18 - 6:00 p.m., FS1 Arena: Cintas Center - Cincinnati, Ohio Indiana started the season at number 13 in the AP Poll. While not surprising that the Hoosiers were ranked that high, the Hoosiers haven't gotten as high as 13 in almost six years. It was a sign of hope for the program. A sign that Mike Woodson had this team…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - After cruising to a pair of exhibition wins over NAIA opponents Marian and Saint Francis, Monday is the real deal for Indiana. The Hoosiers welcome Morehead State, the preseason favorite to win the Ohio Valley Conference, to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the 2022-23 regular season opener. In one of the most highly-anticipated…

The Big Ten has a diverse set of 14 head coaches. It has long-tenured coaches who took over for their mentors years ago and have delivered big-time successes. It has former NBA assistants who have made big splashes immediately at their alma maters. It has inexperienced head coaches who have energized their programs, hoping that bigger wins are…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana's final tune-up for the 2022-23 season tips off at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers host Saint Francis, an NAIA school in Fort Wayne, Ind., in their second exhibition game after defeating Marian University 78-42 on Saturday. Early indications show Indiana's five-star freshmen Jalen…

We're only five days from Indiana's regular-season opener against Morehead State at Assembly Hall. Preseason rankings continue to be published and we've compiled a list of where the Hoosiers are ranked in all of them. Here are all of the national preseason rankings with Indiana's ranking as of Wednesday, November 2: The Hoosiers are ranked No. 13…

Going back to 2021, Sparty had suffered their first losing record in the conference under Tom Izzo. Things didn't meaningfully improve in 2022. After a a promising start, they waded though an inconsistent 11-9 B1G season, then flamed out in the second round of the tourney against Duke. Not a memorable season or pair of seasons, given MSU's…

The two most coveted basketball prospects not currently in the NBA will not play NCAA Division I basketball this season. It would have been nice to have Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson in the 2023 NCAA tournament. But being totally honest, hardly anyone has seen those guys and hardly anyone will until next year's NBA summer league. But we've…

In the days before Indiana returned to campus for the start of fall practice, Tamar Bates visited his former AAU coaches' house for dinner one night. Though the two stayed in touch, a lot had changed since the last time they were able to sit and chat for several hours. Bates spent his senior year of high school nearly 1300 miles away from his…

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - There are Indiana basketball fans who have already booked hotel rooms in Houston for the Final Four in April. That's how far - and how fast - this runaway train of expectations is rolling down the tracks already. On paper, this is the best Indiana basketball team since 2016, a group that surprisingly won a Big Ten title for Tom…

Can Indiana return to the Final Four for the first time in 21 years? Well known national college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein believes it isn't out of the question. Rothstein named five dark horse candidates to reach the 2023 Final Four, and added to an offseason full of optimistic outlooks for IU when he included the Hoosiers as one of his…