Ideas on a 94-69 loss to the Illini:
Allow us to rely the methods this recreation was a dumpster hearth for the Hoosiers:
College students chanted “Fireplace Woodson.”
Followers booed.
Followers left throughout halftime. Extra filed out because the second half wore alongside.
The Hoosiers trailed by 28 at half. The Illini hung 60 factors and 1.53 factors per possession on them over the primary 20 minutes of motion.
In response to ESPN Stats & Data, that 28-point deficit at halftime is Indiana’s largest at dwelling within the final 25 seasons.
Oumar Ballo received ejected for pushing Tomislav Ivisic with 2:23 to play.
Indiana missed its first 13 3-point photographs and completed simply 4-of-18 (22 p.c) from deep.
This was Indiana’s second straight 25-point loss. In response to our Will Foley, the final time Indiana misplaced two video games in a row by that a lot was throughout Tom Crean’s first season (2008-09) within the Maui Invitational. The Hoosiers completed 6-25 and 1-17 in convention play that 12 months.
This recreation additionally flirted with one of many worst losses in Meeting Corridor historical past. Some digging by Ken Bikoff revealed a 32-point loss to Wisconsin throughout Crean’s second season takes the cake there.
Mike Woodson skipped his post-game radio interview with Don Fischer.
We are able to cease there.
This recreation received away from the Hoosiers within the first half as a result of they allowed the Illini to rebound 42 p.c of their misses. Again and again, lengthy rebounds went Illinois’ manner. Indiana fared no higher at rebounds across the basket, as gamers have been outworked and out-positioned for boards. Illinois cashed in for 17 second-chance factors within the first half in consequence.
The Illini additionally lit it up from deep, hitting 8-of-19 (42.1 p.c). Ivisic hit 3-of-5, discovering alternatives within the pick-and-pop recreation with Kasparas Jakucionis. Jakucionis additionally confirmed no indicators of his forearm damage affecting his taking pictures. He made 3-of-6 from deep himself within the first half. Kylan Boswell and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn each went 2-of-2.
On the opposite finish, Indiana took too many lengthy 2s, they usually weren’t getting in. We all know that is an inefficient, puzzling a part of Woodson’s offense. However within the final two video games, Fran McCaffery and Brad Underwood have exploited it to nice impact, devising their defenses to encourage the photographs.
Indiana, because it has too usually this season, additionally simply didn’t carry sufficient toughness or battle. The Hoosiers did a minimum of come out of halftime with extra resolve and have been in a position to minimize into the lead. A Ballo bucket on the 13:30 mark received them inside 16 factors. However you may’t count on to go down by 28 to one of many higher groups within the nation at halftime and have an actual shot at profitable.
Indiana is now 1-5 in Quad 1 video games this season. It’s misplaced these 5 video games by a mean of twenty-two.2 factors. For those who have been to have a look at these numbers with out understanding the identify of the crew, would you suppose it was one difficult for a convention title? One on its solution to the NCAA event? One with robust high-major expertise? One which’s even aggressive?
Sadly for the Hoosiers, the reply to all these questions by most rational minds can be “no” proper now. And as this brutal stretch of video games continues, there’s nowhere left to cover.
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