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With its Big Ten hopes all but gone, Michigan State will try to seek to spoil Indiana's chances in its return home. Michigan State (20-5, 7-5) likely needed to win out to have a chance at its first conference title in four seasons but were denied a fifth straight win Tuesday, losing 82-81 in overtime at Purdue. Michigan State will try to bounce back with its 20th win in 21 home games against Indiana (20-5, 10-2), a stretch that dates back to 1992. Continue to Article

February 13, 2016 4:27:pm EST

Iowa's most recent home defeat came one year ago this week to Minnesota. McCaffery seemed less concerned about Iowa's overall solid effort in Thursday's 85-78 loss at Indiana than he is with its readiness to hand Minnesota (6-18, 0-12 Big Ten) a 14th consecutive defeat. Continue to Article

February 13, 2016 1:00:pm EST

Twelve days ago, Indiana tried its best to lose to woeful Minnesota. Three days later, the Hoosiers pounded NCAA tournament contender Michigan in Ann Arbor.    Five days ago, Indiana suffered a confidence-shaking loss at floundering Penn State. On Thursday night, the Hoosiers rebounded by toppling fourth-ranked Iowa. So who is the real Indiana? About all we can say for sure about the Hoosiers after Thursday night's 85-78 victory over the Hawkeyes is that their 10-2 Big Ten record isn't merely a product of a soft early conference schedule. They handled a step up in class with aplomb on Thursday night, enduring a furious Iowa rally from a 15-point first-half deficit and then executing better down the stretch to secure a big victory. Iowa was still within five with under a minute to go when Indiana forward Troy Williams split a double team off the dribble, pulled up and buried a jump shot that made it a three-possession game. The Hawkeyes never had the ball trailing by fewer than five after that. Five Indiana players scored in double figures and 10 had at least one basket, but no Hoosiers tallied more than 14 points. Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff scored a hard-earned 24 points on 20 shots, but the Hawkeyes shot poorly from the foul line, played soft first-half defense and surrendered far too many offensive rebounds. Indiana's victory forges a three-way first-place tie atop the Big Ten between the Hoosiers, Maryland and Iowa. Of the three contenders, Indiana has by far the toughest remaining schedule, with road games left against Michigan State and Iowa in addition to home games against Maryland and Purdue. Indiana reached late January without losing a league game in part because they showed massive defensive improvement and in part because they didn't face many opponents in the upper half of the standings. The Hoosiers then lost at Wisconsin, needed a late surge to survive at Minnesota and suffered a stunning loss to Penn State, all of which called into question whether Tom Crean's team was truly capable of contending in the Big Ten. Thursday's game provided an answer: Yes, Indiana's capable. But are the Hoosiers consistent enough to survive their late-season gauntlet? That's what they still have left to prove. - - - - - - - Jeff Eisenberg is the editor of The Dagger on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at daggerblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @JeffEisenberg Continue to Article

February 12, 2016 12:18:am EST

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Kevin ''Yogi'' Ferrell scored 14 points and Troy Williams added 13 and Indiana rallied to upset No. 4 Iowa 85-78 on Thursday night after blowing a big lead. Continue to Article

February 11, 2016 11:38:pm EST

Iowa hasn't been atop the Big Ten this late in a season in 10 years, and it's been much longer since it won a regular-season conference title. The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes don't need a history lesson to know what's at stake over the last seven games, though, especially with two coming against an Indiana team also in the mix. Iowa looks to extend its winning streak to four when it visits the Hoosiers on Thursday night in a matchup of the Big Ten's highest-scoring teams. Continue to Article

February 10, 2016 9:09:pm EST