Indiana basketball continues to make repeated mistakes from recent seasons and shows they are not ready for the hype in the Hoosiers’ 91-89 loss at Iowa.
Jumping out to a 28-7 lead at the 13:32 mark in the first half is definitely something that Indiana basketball fans are not used to, especially when the Hoosiers have gotten off to terrible starts in almost every game since the beginning of December.
Coach Mike Woodson took a timeout at the 12:42 mark in the first half after Connor McCaffery made it a 28-11 game and decided to take out Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jalen Hood-Schifino, and Race Thompson all at the same time, which in my opinion, completely changed the game.
Although it was just a couple of minutes without those guys not on the floor, it allowed the Hawkeyes to get comfortable in their offense and force turnovers against young guys on the floor that did not know how to handle this zone defense.
From that 28-7 lead, the Hoosiers were outscored for the final 33:32 of the game, 61-84. If that doesn’t scream disaster, I don’t know what does.
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Here are my six takeaways from the Hoosiers’ loss against Iowa on Thursday:
Six takeaways from No. 15 Indiana basketball 91-89 loss @ Iowa:
#6. Indiana basketball continues to make repeated mistakes that Hoosier fans have seen in recent seasons, and it’s not looking good
Last season, the Hoosiers opened up January 2022 with a road loss at Penn State, 61-58, but rebounded from that loss and finished January with a record of 6-3, but 2-2 on the road.
From a lack of understanding common basketball knowledge and making stupid mistakes to getting flat-out embarrassed after taking firm control of a road game, Coach Mike Woodson and Indiana basketball continue to prove that this season does not look or feel any different from any of the past six seasons.
Yes, losing two of the Hoosiers’ most important senior players, Xavier Johnson and Race Thompson, makes a huge difference in wins and losses, but when you have a game like that and decide to play comfortably, you can easily lose college basketball games, especially in the Big Ten conference, in a matter of minutes.
That’s what happened to the Hoosiers and it’s starting to get old.