Indiana women’s basketball has gotten used to winning. It’s only natural, when you win as much as the Hoosiers have this season. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll and receiving its first-ever first-place votes in both polls last week, was 26-1 entering Sunday’s showdown at Iowa. The Hoosiers have been one of the best teams in the country this season, racking up nine wins over AP-ranked opponents, second-most in the nation. But even after already securing the outright Big Ten title, this game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was IU’s toughest test to date. Four of…
Author: Seth Tow
Indiana women’s basketball was so close, but so far. The second-ranked Hoosiers, after trailing for most of Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, took an 85-83 lead over No. 6 Iowa with 1.5 seconds left on free throws by Mackenzie Holmes. But that was too much time for the Hawkeyes, and particularly, for Caitlin Clark. After a timeout that advanced the ball to mid-court, Monika Czinano set an off-ball screen for Clark, which tripped up Chloe Moore-McNeil on defense. And Clark caught the pass, turned towards the hoop, and drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer. That big moment snapped IU’s 14-game…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As Indiana came down the stretch of its best win of the season and one of its biggest regular-season victories in years, it felt abnormally smooth. This is an IU team that, with few exceptions, had become adept at making road games harder than necessary. And Saturday’s was far from just another away game. IU was playing its biggest rival at a deafeningly loud Mackey Arena. The Hoosiers hadn’t won here in 10 years. IU head coach Mike Woodson never won here as a player. IU led Purdue by nine points with 10 minutes left in…
Saturday’s showdown between No. 17 Indiana and No. 5 Purdue means a rematch of one of the best individual matchups in the country. Trayce Jackson-Davis and Zach Edey both had big games during the first meeting of these rivals this season. Edey is the favorite for national and Big Ten Player of the Year, and Jackson-Davis may be second. They’ll go at it again on Saturday at Mackey Arena. “It’s competition. I love it,” IU head coach Mike Woodson said. “That’s kind of, as a coach, what I live for, watching so much talent in college basketball. There were a…
Indiana utilized a lot of wide receivers in 2022. The Hoosiers rarely had their full complement of wideouts available, as injuries plagued D.J. Matthews Jr. throughout the season, and Cam Camper suffered a torn ACL in late October. Camper will be ready to go for the 2023, after a strong debut season in Bloomington. He ranked 14th in the Big Ten with 569 receiving yards, despite playing only seven games. It’s unclear, though, whether he’ll take part in spring football, and if so, how much he’ll be able to do. And after four receivers left the program in the offseason,…
Indiana’s bench has been inconsistent for so much of this season. On Tuesday, it finally reached a breaking point. The Hoosiers suffered their second loss in three games, falling to Michigan State, 80-65, in East Lansing. There are a number of things that led to that result, not all of which have to do with basketball itself. The Spartans played with heavy hearts and a particular desire to win in their first home game after the tragic shooting on campus last week. And in terms of the on-court performance, this was a rare occasion when Trayce Jackson-Davis was not the…
Indiana women’s basketball clinched at least a share of its first Big Ten championship since 1983 on Sunday by beating Purdue at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. And now, the Hoosiers have secured the outright title without even taking the court. No. 7 Maryland demolished No. 6 Iowa, 96-68, on Tuesday in College Park. That gives No. 2 IU a two-game lead in the standings over both the Terps and Hawkeyes with just one game remaining. Indiana wraps up the regular season on Sunday against the Hawkeyes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. ESPN’s College GameDay is going to Iowa City ahead of the…
The Indiana football press conference introducing new safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator Matt Guerrieri seemed a straightforward affair. But an extra bit of news out of this hire created immediate additional intrigue. Head coach Tom Allen announced that his new hire would take over defensive play-calling duties. Allen called plays for IU’s defense last season, returning to that role after delegating the responsibility to Kane Wommack in 2019-20 and to Charlton Warren in 2021. But it wasn’t always smooth for Allen in play-calling this year, and he wanted to get back to a structure more similar to what IU had…
BLOOMINGTON — On the most significant day in her tenure as Indiana’s head women’s basketball coach — and one of the most significant in the program’s history — Teri Moren experienced a range of emotions. There was some frustration, as her Hoosiers didn’t play their best basketball in the first half against Purdue and felt the officials missed some calls. There was some sadness, in honoring seniors Alyssa Geary and — particularly — Grace Berger, knowing the latter’s stellar IU career is winding down. But that was soon washed away by overwhelming joy and pride. Indiana ran away with an…
Indiana cut down the nets on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington following their 83-60 win over Purdue. The Hoosiers claimed a share of a Big Ten title for the first time in 40 years. Below is a selection of photos from the post-game celebration at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Photos by Seth Tow except the last, which is via IU Athletics. See also: Game recap, stats and highlights | Moren, Berger and Parrish post-game https://twitter.com/IndianaWBB/status/1627392573848399873?s=20 The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage…