With the 2017-18 Big Ten conference regular seasons complete for both men’s and women’s basketball, the conference announced various basketball awards on Monday afternoon. Indiana University had good men’s and women’s representation. On the men’s side Juwan Morgan received second team all Big Ten honors while Robert Johnson was a honorable mention. Collin Hartman received a sportsmanship award. On the women’s side, Tyra Buss received first team all Big Ten honors while Amanda Cahill made the second team and won a sportsmanship award. Jaelynn Penn made the all-freshmen team. 2017-18 MEN’S AWARDS 2017-18 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team As selected…
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Regular season play has concluded for Big Ten men’s basketball. Below we take a look at the Big Ten tournament bracket which begins on Wednesday, our picks for the various conference awards, and we revisit our conference standings predictions. Indiana opens Big Ten tournament play on Thursday and will meet the winner of Rutgers and Minnesota. A victory on Thursday would set up a Friday rematch with Purdue. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT BRACKET CONFERENCE AWARD PICKS BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR Chris Holtmann, Ohio State BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR Keita Bates-Diop, Ohio State BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF…
Indiana University basketball recruiting target Romeo Langford played the last game of the regular season of his senior year in of all places — Bloomington. Langford had another big game with 46 points, including 32 in the first half. New Albany improved to 21-1 on the season and has now won 18 games in a row as it moves into sectional play. The Bulldogs have a first round sectional bye and will play the winner of Seymour and Jennings County on Friday. Langford needs 283 points to catch Damon Bailey. If New Albany advances to the state championship game it…
It’s only the beginning, and already just about every major college basketball program has been somehow connected with the ongoing FBI corruption investigation. First, a Yahoo! story implicated players from more than 20 Division I men’s basketball programs as possibly breaking NCAA rules through violations. Various other stories have broken since, including some with Indiana connections. Take a look at the news that has broken thus far with an Indiana link: JARED JEFFRIES At this point, Jeffries’ name simply appeared on a piece of paper showing that he took a $4,827.77 loan from his agent Andy Miller. It isn’t clear…
Well, if you thought it couldn’t possibly get harder than the Duke, Purdue and Michigan State losses, how does a double overtime loss to Top 20 Ohio State on Senior Night sound? Sigh. The Hoosiers certainly had their chances in this one, and even went so far as to hit what looked like the game winning shot as Juwan Morgan scored to give IU a one point lead with under 10 seconds remaining. But Ohio State had an answer and broke the Hoosiers’ hearts with a 3-point dagger. The Buckeyes win it, 80-78 in front of yet another bad showing in…
Post-game interviews with Archie Miller, Chris Holtmann, Juwan Morgan, Robert Johnson, Justin Smith, Keita Bates-Diop and CJ Jackson after an 80-78 double overtime Ohio State win over Indiana on February 23, 2018. (video starts at around the 12:00 mark) Ohio State Postgame Press Conference LIVE | #IUBB-Ohio State Postgame Posted by Indiana Basketball on Friday, February 23, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNDRTuAMSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO96Wz3viGk You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Video Credit – Indiana University Athletics/Buckeye Grove
Senior Day ceremonies for Robert Johnson, Freddie McSwain, Collin Hartman, Josh Newkirk and Tim Priller on February 23, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zPh8E1IxII You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier
Final and halftime box scores after an 80-78 Ohio State victory over Indiana in two overtimes on February 23, 2018. Indiana finishes the regular season at 16-14 overall and 9-9 in Big Ten play. FINAL BOX SCORE HALFTIME BOX SCORE You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier
The Indiana Hoosiers (16-13, 9-8) are set to host the 16th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (23-7, 14-3) for the final regular season home game of the 2017-18 season. Take a look at what some of the various Ohio State media outlets are saying about tonight’s game: ANDREW DAKICH ON PLAYING AT INDIANA “Bucknuts” has video of Andrew Dakich’s response to being asked about his feelings regarding playing a game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall where he spent time as a kid when his dad was the Hoosier coach. This is worth a quick listen. There was perhaps a missed opportunity…
Archie Miller met with the media on Thursday February 22, 2018 to preview Indiana’s final regular season home game against Ohio State along with Senior Day. Miller was followed by seniors Collin Hartman, Freddie McSwain, Robert Johnson, Tim Priller, and Josh Newkirk. Video starts around 6:00. Posted by Indiana Basketball on Thursday, February 22, 2018 You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Video credit – Indiana University