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Not long ago, the Indiana Hoosiers were off to a promising start, burying opponents with a barrage of 3-pointers and ascending to a No. 3 ranking. Now coach Tom Crean's team is teetering on the brink of being unranked after back-to-back losses, including a 77-62 dose of humble pie served by No. 6 Louisville in Saturday's Countdown Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Hoosiers (10-4, 0-1) can ill afford to stumble in conference again Tuesday when No. 13 Wisconsin (12-2, 1-0) brings an eight-game winning streak to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Continue to Article

January 02, 2017 7:04:pm EST

Donovan Mitchell had one of his best offensive performances of the season, but it was his — and Louisville’s — defense that won the day. Not many teams can make Indiana’s offense look staggeringly ordinary. Then again, not many defenses in college basketball can compare to Louisville’s. Continue to Article

December 31, 2016 3:13:pm EST

Donovan Mitchell had one of his best offensive performances of the season, but it was his — and Louisville’s — defense that won the day. Not many teams can make Indiana’s offense look staggeringly ordinary. Then again, not many defenses in college basketball can compare to Louisville’s. Continue to Article

December 31, 2016 3:13:pm EST

Two ranked teams will be looking to bounce back from conference-opening home losses when No. 6 Louisville meets No. 16 Indiana on Saturday in the Countdown Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Cardinals (11-2) dropped their Atlantic Coast Conference opener 61-53 to No. 12 Virginia on Wednesday. Louisville's two setbacks were to ranked teams whereas Indiana has lost only once to a ranked foe, against No. 18 Butler 83-78 on Dec. 17 at this same venue. Continue to Article

December 30, 2016 2:24:pm EST

Indiana continues to alternate marquee wins and head-scratching losses (AP). Sixteenth-ranked Indiana showed up unprepared for its Big Ten opener and fell at home 87-83 to previously struggling Nebraska. With less than 30 seconds to go and the Hoosiers trailing by two, James Blackmon attacked the basket and badly missed an uncontested layup that would have tied the game. Continue to Article

December 28, 2016 9:52:pm EST