oh boy, where to begin… with March Madness in full swing, the Indiana Hoosier Men’s Basketball team is sitting on the bubble. Record of 19-12 and conference record of 9-11 and no good wins on the road it makes for a tough case for Indiana to get an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament that begins in two weeks.
With the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis starting this week, the hoosiers look to get back on track in the first round of the B1G tourney and make a statement for their NCAA tournament resume with a win against Nebraska. Indiana lost 3 of their last 4 games to end the regular season losing at Purdue and at Illinois in back to back contests before beating Minnesota at home earlier this week. Wisconsin came into Bloomington riding a 7 game win streak on Saturday. The 24th ranked Badgers gave the hoosiers all they could handle and pulled away late with timely shots and hitting free throws down the stretch. Indiana will take on the Huskers Wednesday at 8:30 pm at bankers life field house in Indy.
ESPN had the game on Saturday against Wisconsin. In an odd situation, an Indiana basketball on the ESPN network was not being commentated by Dan Dakich. Dakich a former Indiana University player and later coach is one of the smartest basketball minds in the world today and hoosier fans give him grief for being brutally honest and speaking his opinions. I love it. This was the last chance for the hoosiers to really make a statement for their resume for the NCAA tournament against a ranked opponent. In typical Indiana Basketball fashion, the hoosier’s had a timely offensive drought down the stretch which to be completely honest, was totally expected after the season they’ve had.
the first half was dominated by the Indiana who was led by senior guard Devonte Green, and it also happened to be senior day. Green led the way in the first Half with 16 points to give the hoosiers a big boost heading into half time. But once again in typical Green fashion he was a no show in the second half scoring not a single bucket. which has been the story all year a ghost at times on the offensive end. the most frustrating part of IU’s season… Offensive woes, player inconsistency’s, and not being able to win a basketball game on the road….
But, as always never daunted, we can not falter. In the battle we are tried.. very tried, and true. Indiana we are all for you. Go Hoosiers.
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