IUplanetTV: What was it like for the Hoosiers to play their first real rivalry game?

IUplanetTV’s own Casey Richards made the journey along my side to see how the Hoosiers would fare in their first real rivalry matchup against a hostile crowd.

Coach Crean, Verdell Jones III, Tom Pritchard and Nick Williams talked about how the Hoosiers handled their first IU-Kentucky match.

Wildcats dominate Hoosiers, 72-54
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IUplanetTV: Recap – Kentucky defeats Hoosiers 76-54

I made the shlep all the way out to Lexington, Kentucky to witness the onslaught that was IU-Kentucky part 52. The Hoosiers came in to the game down 28-23 in the all time series.

It wouldn’t get any better after the Hoosiers found themselves down 20 early in the first half.

I caught up with Coach Crean, Devan Dumes, Verdell Jones III, Nick Williams, and Tom Pritchard to talk about the loss and what the Hoosiers need to do to improve upon their effort this game.

The Wildcats took the Hoosiers out of their game plan and I asked coach and some of the players… [Read More]

Wilcats win a sloppy one in Lexington, 72-54

Lexington, Kentucky: Home of the Wildcats of UK. Also home to the 52nd meeting between cross state rivals Indiana and Kentucky. The Hoosiers enter the match down in the all time series 28-23.

The Wildcats came out swinging and the Hoosiers came out rusty. The Wildcats put six points on the board before the Hoosiers could get a shot off and 14 points before the Hoosiers could get a basket.

Turnover after turnover found the Hoosiers down 14-0 only minutes into the game. The first… [Read More]

Turnin’ all the night time into the day

I’m working on two other posts right now, but I started to get bogged down in slow brain. So, to cure that, and to address the TCU game, I’m putting them on hold for a few to gets this out there before the moment has passed.

Prior to this game I was telling people that I thought we should go 3-4 over our next four games, and I wasn’t so sure the UK wasn’t winable. I haven’t changed my mind, but more about the UK game in a later, vitriol-filled post.

TCU was a Type 1 game. We were supposed to win that one and we did.

The first half was ugly. There was very little good to talk about, but there were a few things worth noting.

Tom Pritchard works his ass off. He ended the game with 9 offensive rebounds and I don’t remember one that didn’t… [Read More]

IUplanetTV: IU takes off TCU with 10 point win

IUplanetTV’s
own Casey Richards stopped by Assembly Hall on Wednesday night to speak
with the Hoosiers about their 66-56 win over Texas Christian.

The win sparked an energy unlike that which they have had all season. A
near half court shot by Malik Story and solid play from Tom Pritchard
and Devan Dumes provided the Hoosiers with the win that they so
Desperately needed.

Casey heard from Coach Crean, Devan… [Read More]

IUplanetTV: Indiana vs. Gonzaga recap

IUplanetTV’s own Casey Richards was at Lucas Oil Stadium to bring you footage from the first ever college basketball game at the venue.

The Hoosiers gave a valiant effort in the first round of the Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase but lost to Gonzaga 70-54.

Casey caught up with Coach Crean, Malik Story, Zags head coach Mark Few, Devan Dumes and the Hoosiers’ own Matt Roth about the match up.
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Now there’s a name no one would self-apply where I come from…

You know what I find fascinating? Self-applied nicknames.

Even when they work really well, as is the case with The Dude, one has to constantly remind people, especially ones they just met, not to call them by their given name but rather by the name they have given themselves.

See also: T-Bone Castanza. George ordered a steak at lunch, in the hopes of having others give him the nickname, but the after him ordered one too, and they called him T-Bone.

Sean Combs has given himself roughly 30 nicknames to date. They even let him on The Today Show to announce we was changing his name from P. Diddy to Diddy. You can actually watch that announcement … [Read More]

Step it up, Devan Dumes

The young Hoosiers have played beyond their years so far this season competing against top ten teams in #7 Notre Dame and #5 Gonzaga, not to mention #17 Wake Forest. The team has certainly handled bumps in the road so far, but that was expected.

What wasn’t expected is the sloppy play by the player who we all thought was going to lead this team with his experience. No, not Kyle Taber – I’m talking about Devan Dumes.

The junior guard was supposed to come in and serve as the veteran to the young… [Read More]

Hoosiers soccer team prepares for Elite Eight quarterfinal match with St. Johns

The Hoosiers are one game away from advancing to the NCAA College Cup for the 18th time.

Tomorrow evening the Hoosiers will square off against the three seed St. John’s Red Storm. You better believe it’s going to be a test. The Red Storm has a record of 18-2-3 on the season and they are one of only 5 teams seeded ahead of the Hoosiers in the NCAA tournament.

The Red Storm’s two leading scorers are Nelson Becerra and Tafadzwa Chiduku with seven goals this year. … [Read More]

Sure they have the best point guard in the NBA and the best 4 man ever as alumni…

I will be submitting most of these observations to Duh! magazine as well, but sometimes it’s worth pointing out the obvious.

The Packer Method can be used thusly. The winning percentage for any team that turns the ball over 25 times, shoots 37% from the field and 54.5% from the line is not zero, but it is less than 1%.

It’s real easy to see, so you can check sounds from Nate D-O-Double-G.

I’m going to jump off topic here for a second. I decided to drop a quote from Deeez Nuts. I wanted to make sure I had it right, so I google the line. There’s a website called behindthelyrics.com where the lyrics of songs are posted and people can write insights or interpretations of the lyrics in a comments thread. What possible insights can anyone… [Read More]