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(01/23/18 3:37am)
With the Hoosiers leading by one and under a minute left, Indiana senior guard Josh Newkirk was heading to the free throw line for two shots.
Newkirk missed the first shot. Then he missed the second.
In a game the Hoosiers had to have, would the free throw shooting rear its ugly head again? Well, if it weren’t for junior forward Juwan Morgan, that charity stripe could have been the story.
Instead it was Morgan who positioned himself for an offensive rebound and put it in for two points helping the Hoosiers to a 71-68 win over the Maryland Terrapins.
“I thought it was about to roll in and I jumped before it came out,” Morgan said. “And then by the time I came back down it was coming off. I knew I had enough time to get it off the ground before -- I think it was No. 10 who was blocking me out, and I just reached over him and got it and it was wide open.”
It must be the year of the offensive rebound off a missed free throw for the Hoosiers. Almost exactly like the Notre Dame win in mid-December, IU capitalized on an offensive rebound from missed free throw. It’s not a play you see every time you watch a college basketball game.
Yet, the Hoosiers have found a way to do it twice.
Indiana has also found a way to win the close games. With Monday’s win the Hoosiers moved to 4-0 in games decided by five points or less. When asked about it after the game, Indiana coach Archie Miller said it’s about getting stops that help them win the close games.
“If you can get stops and you can find a way to hang in tough games and get stops and your team is believing that you can win a game without scoring points, that’s step one,” Miller said. “Being a tough-minded group, being a team that wants to battle all the way through, I think that’s been good.”
In each of the close wins this season, the Hoosiers faced some type of adversity and had to either hang on, or make a come back. Monday, it was a bit of both.
The Hoosiers led for a majority of the night. But late in the second half, Maryland ripped off a 9-0 run.
“It was a tough stretch for us,” Miller said.
The next few minutes would show a lot about what these Hoosiers were made of. From there, Indiana responded with a 7-0 run of its own to reclaim the lead. The crowd was into it and the Hoosiers fed off it.
“Give our guys credit, they bounced right back,” Miller said. “There were some loose ball plays out there we got on the floor for, which was great to see. Then they got the building going which worked in our favor.”
When it came down to it, Indiana made the hustle plays they needed to make to get the win. They had eight blocks, 10 steals and held Maryland to 31 percent shooting in the second half.
The defense hunkered down, got stops and helped the Hoosiers pull out another close encounter.
“It was really just hunkering down on the defensive end,” Morgan said. “As we got further into the game we just kept getting those big stops.”
(01/22/18 3:56am)
The Indiana women's basketball team got a big 69-65 win on the road at Michigan State this past Saturday. The Hoosiers were up 19 after the first quarter and as much as 26 in the second quarter. Then it was the Spartans who staged a big comeback. The Hoosiers held on for a four-point win as Tyra Buss scored her 2,000th point.
(01/21/18 11:46pm)
The Hoosiers are trying to forget about their trip to East Lansing on Friday. On Monday, they'll get a chance to turn the page and get back on the right track. Will Juwan Morgan play after injuring his ankle? Can the Hoosiers get back in the win column? Josh, Zain and Eddie break it all down.
(01/19/18 6:44pm)
Josh, Eddie and Zain are on the pod as Teddy is on his way to East Lansing. The guys talk NBA, NFL and NCAA College Basketball and even throw in some MLB talk. Also, who's going to the Super Bowl? Is the new transfer rule a good idea? Hear about all of that right here.
(01/19/18 4:58pm)
With the seventh pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, Minnesota United selected former Indiana forward Mason Toye.
After one season in Bloomington, Toye made the decision to go pro after signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. He led the Hoosiers in goals, and was also tied for the Big Ten lead, with 10. Toye also added two assists and provided five game-winners for IU.
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In his only season for IU, Toye burst onto the scene. He earned a spot on Top Drawer Soccer's First-Team Freshman Best XI, and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Big Ten.
The South Orange, New Jersey native was in and out of the starting XI early on. However starting in mid-September, Toye started every game through the end of the season.
Standing at 6-foot-3 and 180 pounds, Toye is still just 19-years-old and has the raw talent to eventually grow into a regular mainstay in any MLS system. He fits in as a true center forward who possesses good ball skills and showed his finishing skills in Bloomington.
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What This Means for Minnesota United
This was a bit of a surprise pick for Minnesota United. The Loons didn't necessarily *need* a forward because they have Christian Ramirez who led the team with 14 goals a season ago.
What Minnesota United did was went out and got one of the best players still available on the board. It will be interesting to see how immediate the impact Toye can have on Minnesota in year two of their existence. Toye will be playing alongside Ramirez and Abu Danladi in the attacking part of the pitch.
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The Loons did struggle last season and posted the 16th best attack in the league. Toye will be able to help in the attack and it will be interesting to see how quickly he gets regular playing time, and how he can adapt to MLS.
He excelled right away in his lone season in Bloomington and there is no reason to doubt he won't be able to excel at some point in the near future for Minnesota United.
(01/18/18 12:18am)
The Hoosiers have won three straight game after dismantling Northwestern at home. Now Indiana hits the road for one of its toughest games of the season at Michigan State. Josh, Eddie and Zain get recap Northwestern and get you set for Sparty.
(01/18/18 12:10am)
It's been just over a month since the Indiana soccer season has come to a close. Yet, a lot has happened in that month. Grant Lillard has signed a contract, Trey Muse has decided to stay at IU for another season and Mason Toye signed a Generation adidas contract. Josh and Eddie break it all down.
(01/16/18 8:21pm)
Amid rumors that IU freshman Trey Muse would pursue professional opportunities, the goalkeeper has decided to return to Indiana for his sophomore season.
In his freshman season, Muse was a big piece in one of the best back lines is the country. He set a Big Ten record and tied an NCAA record with 18 shutouts, tied a Big Ten record with seven goals allowed and had a 966 minute shutout streak good for the fourth longest streak in NCAA history.
His .26 goals against average was also fourth all-time in NCAA history and set a Big Ten record.
The Hoosiers will be glad to have Muse back in the fold in 2018 as they look to build on a season that saw them lose 1-0 in the College Cup Final to the Stanford Cardinal.
According to a source, Muse had interest from a few European clubs along with the Seattle Sounders of MLS. Muse was in their academy which means he is eligible for a Homegrown Contract if he were to go pro.
The Louisville native earned many honors in his first collegiate season. He was named to Top Drawer Soccer's First-Team Freshman Best XI, College Soccer News' All-Freshman First Team, the All-Big Ten Second-Team, the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and the College Cup All-Tournament Team.
What this means moving forward?
Getting Muse back for IU is big news. What he did in between the pipes this past season was nothing short of impressive. The freshman set numerous records and will be a welcomed piece back next season.
With center back Timmy Mehl and left back Andrew Gutman moving into their senior seasons and Rece Buckmaster and Jordan Kleyn switching off at right back, it will be an experienced back line. The only question will be who fills in for Grant Lillard who recently signed a Homegrown Contract with Chicago Fire in MLS.
Along with Lillard, the Hoosiers will also lose striker Mason Toye who signed a Generation adidas contract. But having Muse back helps offset whoever will step in for Lillard on the back line.
Indiana has solid depth at goalkeeper. Still, there aren't many college goalkeepers as talented as Muse in the country.
If Muse can turn in a similar season in 2018 as 2017, the professional opportunities will still be there. He recently was called into the U.S. Men's National U-20 team training camp and if his play keeps up, he will still be on their radar.
There will be national team opportunities for Muse coming soon, as well. He will still be gunning for a U-20 CONCACAF Championship roster spot in early 2019. That leads into the U-20 World Cup later next year.
Muse set so many records in his freshman season that anything short of that may seem like a disappointment in 2018. That shouldn't be the case and that might be unfair to him. Yet, it's the truth. That's how good he was in 2017 and that's how impressive he was as just a freshman.
(01/15/18 1:55am)
The first half was one to forget in many facets Sunday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
The offense wasn’t clean, the turnovers were aplenty and there were only 43 combined points. Once the second half started, so did the Indiana offense.
Leading that offensive charge was senior guard Robert Johnson. After halftime, Johnson scored 11 of his game high 17 points.
Johnson’s performance on both sides of the floor was a big part in IU winning its third game in a row, a 66-46 win over the Northwestern Wildcats.
“Rob is Rob,” Miller said. “Rob is going to be a guy that we're going to count on to score a little bit for us. He's been asked to do a lot.”
(01/13/18 9:01pm)
With a rare off game from IU senior guard Tyra Buss, the Indiana Hoosiers saw a glimpse into its future in Saturday’s 77-62 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes.
After a slow first quarter, which saw the Hoosiers score just nine points, it was freshman guard Jaelynn Penn that stepped up. Penn finished the game with 20 points on eight-of-13 shooting. It was in the second quarter where she really took over.
The Hoosiers found themselves down 22-9 after the first 10 minutes. It has been Buss and senior forward Amanda Cahill who have carried them this season. Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff said they wanted to make that duo work and earn everything. That didn’t account for Penn’s 14 second quarter points. She said her mindset was to just keep attacking.
(01/13/18 4:24pm)
The Hoosiers got a big win over Penn State on Tuesday. Can they follow it up with a win over Northwestern on Sunday? It could go a long way towards a better seed in the Big Ten Tournament. Josh, Eddie and Teddy break it down.
(01/12/18 8:05pm)
We're back for another edition of 'The Flagship.' It's our first "normal" podcast on The HN as we introduce our three segments we'll have on the show from here on out. Take a listen and let us know what you think!
(01/11/18 2:43am)
By Josh Eastern
Indiana has struggled out of the gate in Big Ten play with just one win in four games coming into Wednesday’s matchup in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
But after an 18-point win over Purdue on Saturday at home, the Hoosiers were looking to get a streak going on the road. IU senior guard Tyra Buss is two games removed from breaking the scoring record. IU had some confidence coming off of a win too.
Regardless of the momentum and another hard fought 40 minutes, the Wolverines edged out the Hoosiers in Ann Arbor, 84-79.
“I thought they had strung two games together,” IU assistant coach Janese Banks said on the IU radio postgame show. “Really trying to execute the game plan, playing hard, being focused, attention to detail. This team is starting to click. The unfortunate thing is when it’s seeming to click, this team has a loss like this.”
In a game where IU senior forward Amanda Cahill fouled out with over seven minutes to play, the Hoosiers had to rely on others to carry them down the stretch. Freshman guard Bendu Yeaney scored a career high 18 points while junior forward Kym Royster added 15 points.
While you can be fairly certain on Buss and Cahill heavily contributing, it is always nice to see what others can do. They combined for 34 points, but getting others involved is important moving forward.
IU was able to contain the Michigan playmakers of center Halle Thome guard Katelynn Flaherty. Without Cahill on the floor, it made it a steeper hill to climb. Yeaney was one of those players who turned in a good performance to keep it close and within striking distance.
“It was really nice to see Bendu be that aggressive,” Banks said. “Not only did she score, but I thought she made good decisions. As the game kept going, I thought she did a nice job.”
The last two losses have both been tough to swallow. The Hoosiers fought back only to lose close at Penn State. Then once again Wednesday, Indiana just couldn’t close it out late.
It’s definitely a step in the right direction that the Hoosiers have been turning in hard fought performances. What makes it tough to swallow is the lack of success thus far in the Big Ten.
The talent is aplenty on the roster, but in a conference as tough as the Big Ten, it makes it hard to find wins.
“It’s unfortunate when you do the things that you want to do, what you ask your kids to do and they do it, and you come up short,” Banks said. “It’s disheartening for them, but Michigan is a good basketball team and you can’t take anything away from them.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Hoosiers upcoming as they welcome in the Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday in Bloomington.
(01/10/18 11:12pm)
By Josh Eastern
It was my freshman year at the end of the 2015 season. IU was hosting Wisconsin in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal match.
I had yet to start covering the men’s soccer team like I would my sophomore year and this past season. I was a casual fan and would go to the occasional game. For this game, I remember it was a cold, but clear November afternoon.
Instead of the normal Cutters teams that provide ballboys and ballgirls, they needed volunteers from the fans sitting in the student section area. I obliged and went about my duties collecting the balls that went out of play and giving them to the players for throw-ins.
There was one moment that stuck out to me from this whole experience. It was somewhere in the middle of the game. I went to chase down a ball and turned around and all I saw was a bloody face. That happened to be Grant Lillard.
That was my first memory of Lillard and it stuck with me throughout the rest of his career in Bloomington. It showed his toughness, his will to do anything to win and just how much he was willing to put himself in positions that warrant that.
He was a stalwart on the IU backline and played at an All-American level in his four seasons. IU has had a lot of very good defenders in its rich history and there is no doubt Lillard will go down as one of the very best.
When Indiana needed something, you could almost always turn to Lillard. Along with being the fantastic defender he is and was at IU, he scored 14 goals and contributed nine assists.
But when looking at his last season in Bloomington, the job he did as captain was maybe his best work. Not only did he help integrate the new freshmen into the squad, but he also led a defense that was the best of all time.
They went 966 minutes without allowing a goal a mark that spanned 11 games. It was the fourth best mark in NCAA history. Out of all of the marks and records Lillard reached and set, it’s hard to argue that wasn’t his top accomplishment.
“Grant will go down as one of the finest defenders to wear the IU jersey,” IU coach Todd Yeagley said in an IU Athletics release. “We are excited to see Grant join an organization that is going to be a deep playoff team in the years ahead."
That’s the kind of player he was at Indiana and will continue to be in his MLS career.
Wednesday it became official that he would indeed sign a Homegrown Contract with Chicago Fire. That means he will bypass the MLS Draft.
Now instead of playing alongside his longtime teammates of guys like Timmy Mehl and Andrew Gutman, he’ll be playing alongside pros like Bastian Schweinsteiger and Nemanja Nikolić.
In his last season in Bloomington, the Hinsdale, Illinois native went out with a bang. He earned the Big Ten Defender of the Year award, was a MAC Hermann award finalist, a unanimous First-Team All-America selection, along with earning first team honors for the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region, College Cup All-Tournament Team, Big Ten All-Tournament Team.
It’s an extensive list of accomplishments as it should be for a player like Lillard.
But what stood out most of all was the type of leader he was on and off the field. He wanted to win and expected nothing less of the rest of his teammates. That’s why captained the Hoosiers in 2017.
They may have ultimately fallen short in the end, but the legacy Lillard leaves behind in Bloomington is captaining one of the best defenses in NCAA history.
(01/10/18 8:56pm)
It was confirmed Wednesday that De'Ron Davis would be out for the season with a torn Achilles. Josh and Zain raced into the podcast studio to talk about it and what it means for the Hoosiers moving forward.
(01/10/18 3:00am)
By Josh Eastern
Archie Miller’s first season in Bloomington has been marred by some inconsistent play on the court.
The Hoosiers won three games in a row over lower-level competition at the end of November, but haven’t been able to string together much against power conference teams. But after a second straight win over a Big Ten opponent, there are signs of the Hoosiers starting to break out of that inconsistency.
On the heels of Miller’s first Big Ten road win at Minnesota, the Hoosiers put together another 40 minutes of winning basketball earning a 74-70 win over Penn State.
“I think this is the first time all season we was able to string together two consecutive, what we felt were 40 minute efforts, and I think that's big for us moving forward,” senior guard Robert Johnson said. “If we can continue to do that we'll continue to do better.”
Indiana shot just 40.3 percent from the field and just 22.2 percent from behind the arc. That isn’t going to win many ballgames, let alone Big Ten games. Yet, IU was able to do the small things Tuesday against the Nittany Lions. The Hoosiers accumulated 25 bench points, 14 assists and 12 offensive rebounds.
There were countless other plays that don’t show up in the stat sheet, as well. IU got their hands in the passing lanes causing Penn State some trouble on the offensive end. The passing and cutting on offense was crisp. Miller also mentioned five players scoring in double figures. Coming of a Minnesota game where three players accounted for 68 of the 75 points, that was a welcome sight.
“Shooting the ball for whatever reason has been the one frustrating thing with this team,” Miller said. “Guys are getting good looks, they're just not going down. There's other ways you can win the game. You can win the game with stops and with rebounding and win the battle at the free-throw line; hey, don't turn the ball over.”
No one embodies what Indiana wants to do defensively quite like Zach McRoberts. Once again the walk-on from Carmel, Indiana didn’t score. Instead he contributed six rebounds, three assists, and three steals. He fouled out after another start and 26 minutes, but what the Hoosiers got from McRoberts was what they need to be successful.
Another differential stat was the offensive rebounds. The Hoosiers were plus seven in that category even with their best frontcourt player in De’Ron Davis sidelined and in a walking boot. Miller mentioned how good the Penn State frontcourt is and yet, the Hoosiers still out-rebounded them.
“I still think that when I'm going against other bigs I still feel like I have the advantage, no matter how tall they are or how much stronger they are than me,” junior forward Juwan Morgan said. “And I think that just goes to the testament of the work we put in every day. And even if I don't have it, I know my guys will knock down shots, and I can just kick it out to them.”
For Indiana to be successful moving forward, more performances like the last two are needed. Tuesday wasn’t necessarily the cleanest game because of the shooting, but in the Big Ten, a win is a win and it will help them moving forward.
“Find a way to get the win,” Miller said. “I think that was a big boost at Minnesota being able to get that one. Tonight, against a good Penn State team, I thought we played to win. I didn't think there were any shenanigans going on, whether sloppy turnovers or lack of detail. We weren't great, by any stretch of the imagination. But guys were locked in, playing to win. I think we had a good mindset in terms of that and we've got to keep growing.”
(01/08/18 8:25pm)
On the first Indiana Basketball podcast, Josh, Zain and Teddy breakdown the Minnesota win from Saturday and give a preview for the Penn State game coming up on Tuesday night in Bloomington.
(01/07/18 9:42pm)
By Josh Eastern
Following Wednesday’s game at Penn State when IU senior guard Tyra Buss broke the all-time scoring record, she was feeling down as her team dropped a tough game on the road.
IU dropped to 0-3 in the Big Ten, but that’s when IU coach Teri Moren had to go talk to her star guard. Moren talked with Buss about how special of a milestone she broke. The scoring record had stood for nearly 34 years at Indiana. Once Moren talked with Buss, the senior realized how special it was.
Then Saturday at Assembly Hall, Buss was honored before the game against Purdue before the game. Even still, the competitor in Buss sparked up again. She said the moment was special, but all she wanted to do was play the game.
“I was appreciative of that and honored, but my focus was to play the basketball game, to win the basketball game,” Buss said. “Yeah, that was nice and I was excited that my parents were able to walk me out and be out there with me for that special moment, but I was just ready to play the game and to get going with my team, get back on the floor and play.”
Buss has become quite the player in her four seasons at Indiana. She has experienced a good amount of change in the process too. She arrived the same year Moren did. Then in the following years, the roster experienced quite a bit of changeover.
The Hoosiers did make the NCAA Tournament in Buss’s second year in Bloomington. A season ago it was a near miss. But through it all, Buss has had one player by her side the whole way. That would be senior forward Amanda Cahill. Cahill said it has been awesome to have her as a teammate.
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“Not only is she a really good player, but we’ve been through a lot together,” Cahill said. “This is our fourth year and we’ve played every game together, so I’m just looking forward to the rest of this year, going out and battling each and every game with her.”
The scoring record isn’t the last record that Buss could break at Indiana. She is nearing the record for most steals and assists. The senior has scored 600 points in two straight seasons for the first time in program history, was the fastest IU player ever to score 1,000 points and has the record for free throws made and attempted.
The list goes on and on.
But Saturday in Assembly Hall was something special. A player who has given so much to Bloomington was able to see the appreciation the fans had for her. Nearly an hour after the game, there was still a long line waiting for their chance to meet Buss.
The crowd was fired up to see her play and she brought it on the court for the Hoosiers to cap off a big week.
“I’m not surprised in the least bit in the reaction that they gave her (Buss),” Moren said. “She deserved it. It’s special any time you can become the all-time leading scorer at this level.”
(01/07/18 6:33am)
KMOX (St. Louis) Sports Director and IU alumnus Tom Ackerman joins the podcast to talk about his journey to KMOX, some stories about St. Louis and IU athletics.
(01/07/18 6:30am)
ESPN College Basketball analyst Jay Bilas joins the pod to talk Indiana basketball, college basketball, the NCAA, Bob Knight and a whole lot more.