Author: Seth Tow

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana women’s basketball, for the first time since 2019, is on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. There’s still plenty of time for the Hoosiers to build up their résumé before March arrives. And they already appear to be on the right side of the bubble, entering Saturday a No. 9 seed in ESPN’s Women’s Bracketology. But that positioning gives increased importance to every game — not for hosting or seeding purposes, like recent years, but for simply making the field. That contextualizes Indiana’s performance on Sunday against No. 4 Southern California at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, a…

After his team bounced back from its recent slump, Indiana head men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson wouldn’t comment on the outside noise surrounding his program during the week. The Hoosiers endured back-to-back 25-point losses against Iowa and Illinois, which turned up the volume on Woodson’s critics and the program’s cynics. Fans relentlessly booed him and his players during the home loss to the Fighting Illini, creating a particularly ugly atmosphere at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. But IU got the job done on Friday, coming back for a 77-76 overtime win at Ohio State. Woodson lauded his team, while rebuking the…

BLOOMINGTON — Coming off an encouraging road win at Iowa, Indiana women’s basketball turned in a disappointing performance. The Hoosiers had some old issues resurface on Thursday in a 68-54 loss to Illinois at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU (12-5, 4-2 Big Ten) got off to a rocky start, as the Fighting Illini (13-4, 3-3) scored 25 points in the first quarter and built a double-digit lead that kept them ahead for the rest of the night. IU head coach Teri Moren and her squad have to regroup quickly, with No. 4 USC coming to Bloomington on Sunday. Here are…

BLOOMINGTON — The constant boos inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Tuesday spoke volumes. But the empty seats spoke louder. Throughout Mike Woodson’s three-plus seasons as Indiana men’s basketball head coach, the program has seen plenty of highs and plenty of lows. But no night in Woodson’s tenure swung further towards either extreme than Tuesday’s game against No. 19 Illinois. After IU got crushed at Iowa over the weekend, fans showed up ticked off before the contest even began. The crowd booed Woodson during pregame introductions louder than they’d booed all season. But that was only the appetizer to the…

Indiana women’s basketball’s matchups against Iowa in recent years were defined by clashes of top-10 teams and two of the best players in the country in Mackenzie Holmes and Caitlin Clark. This season’s version carried a different feeling without that star power, so the heat was turned down a bit on this game. And that worked in Indiana’s favor on Sunday. IU controlled the contest for its entirety and defeated Iowa, 74-67, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It’s just the program’s second victory in Iowa City in the last 30 years. The Hoosiers (12-4, 4-1 Big Ten) played well on both ends…

When Mike Woodson’s Indiana men’s basketball teams lose, it often gets out of hand. Saturday’s 85-60 demolition by Iowa was just the latest example of the way Woodson’s teams let bad games get worse. This was IU’s fourth loss of the season, and the closest of those defeats was the 16-point margin against Gonzaga in The Bahamas. In total, across Woodson’s three-plus seasons in Bloomington, Indiana has 44 losses (with 76 wins). 26 of those 44 losses have finished with double-digit margins, and 21 of the defeats have been by 15 points or more. This trend hasn’t always been prevalent. During…

After the most successful season in program history, Indiana football is continuing its upward trajectory. Head coach Curt Cignetti said in November that the Hoosiers have “reaped the rewards of being successful on the field” with recruiting, and that “everything is on the up-and-up.” And after compiling a solid high school class, IU is backing up those assertions in the transfer portal once again. Cignetti’s first transfer class played a major role in IU’s historic season, with transfers leading the team in most significant stat categories. He’s compiled a group of transfers in this winter window that ranks even higher…

TOTAL:  85 (as of 1/15/25) (Although new rules allow them to go up to 105, Indiana is expected to keep no more than 85 total scholarship players for the 2025 season.) For a position-by-position look at who is coming and going in 2025, GO HERE. Quarterback: 5 (Fernando Mendoza*, Grant Wilson*, Alberto Mendoza, Tyler Cherry, Jacob Bell+) Running back: 5 (Kaelon Black, Roman Hemby*, Lee Beebe, Jr.*, Khobie Martin, Sean Cuono+) Wide receiver: 8 (Elijah Sarratt, E.J. Williams, Omar Cooper Jr., Makai Jackson*, Tyler Morris*, Charlie Becker, Davion Chandler+, LeBron Bond+, Myles Kendrick+) Tight end: 6 (Riley Nowakowski*, Holden Staes*,…

BLOOMINGTON — After a rocky start to his Indiana men’s basketball career, Luke Goode is settling in. The Illinois transfer averaged just 4.3 points per game in his first seven contests as a Hoosier, while shooting 6 for 21 from 3-point range. Goode’s effort never wavered as he endured the struggles, and he displayed leadership in some important moments when IU needed it. The Fort Wayne native routinely plays the hardest of anyone on the floor when he’s in the game for Indiana. His outside shooting has since improved — Goode entered Wednesday’s game against USC at 37.8 percent over…

PHILADELPHIA — Throughout most of the start to this 2024-25 season, Indiana men’s basketball has struggled with the little things in the game and found ways to give things away. IU often played down to its mid-major competition at home, and had to sweat out games that should’ve been far less stressful. The Hoosiers didn’t drop any of those contests, but they backed up the concerns from those wins by displaying red flags in their three losses to Louisville, Gonzaga, and Nebraska. This was an Indiana team that entered January without a Quad I win. It needed to start capitalizing…