Indiana Hoosiers NCAA Basketball News

Last season, the Loveland High School boys' basketball team won 17 games and went a perfect 9-0 in league play.

INDIANA vs. PITTSBURGH Jimmy V Classic Tuesday, Dec. 8 * 9:00 p.m. ET New York City * Madison Square Garden Series Record: Pitt leads, 4-3 Last meeting: 3/23/03, Pitt won, 74-52 in Boston TV: ESPN RADIO: IU Radio Network JIMMY V CLASSIC The Indiana University men's basketball team will face Pittsburgh in the second game of the 2009 Jimmy V Classic ...

Jeremiah Rivers, Indiana University's versatile 6-foot-5 redshirt junior transfer from Georgetown, is coming off a near complete game, excelling in virtually every facet except scoring.

Before the season, Hoosier fans had read and heard about all the hype surrounding Maurice Creek, the prep school guard from Oxon Hill, a Washington D.C. suburb.

Greivis Vasquez scored 23 points and Landon Milbourne had 19 points, leading Maryland to an 80-68 victory over Indiana Tuesday night.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Growing up in Oxon Hill, Md., less than 20 minutes from the University of Maryland, Maurice Creek was a fan of the Terrapins.

Even without Jordan Hulls, Bloomington South is expected to repeat as Class 4A champion.

INDIANA vs. MARYLAND Tuesday, Dec. 1 * 7:30 p.m. ET Bloomington, Ind. * Assembly Hall Series Record: IU Leads, 5-1 Last meeting: 12-/3/02, IU wins 80-74 in Indianapolis TV: ESPN2 RADIO: IU Radio Network THE OPENING TIP Indiana is in its 110th season of college basketball and is matched up with Maryland as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Indiana went to the free throw line 44 times Saturday afternoon against Northwestern State.

Indiana got a win it needed to have, beating Northwestern State 90-72 in a game sandwiched in between the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament and brutal non-conference games against Maryland, Pittsburgh and Kentucky.

For Indiana's youthful Hoosiers, it's about listening. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Tom Crean tells his guys he wants the ball to end up at, say, Point B. Only it isn't simple.

After going 2-0 in their first two games, the Hoosiers fell back to earth this weekend at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Tip Off, and reminded everyone that this year will not be as easy as everyone would hope.

INDIANA vs. NORTHWESTERN STATE Saturday, Nov. 28 * 3:30 p.m. ET Bloomington, Ind.

Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe, who scored 19 points, drives past Sam Houston State's Ashton Mitchell during the second half Thursday in Lexington, Ky.

Murphy Holloway scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Mississippi Rebels past the Indiana Hoosiers 89-71 in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff in San Juan.

Christian Watford and Tom Crean are on the same page. This is good. Neither are satisfied with his double-double season average of 15.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.

The Indiana University men's basketball team saw their undefeated season end tonight, as the Rebels of Mississippi spotted the Hoosiers an early nine-point lead before settling down and dominating in the school's first round Puerto Rico Tip-Off matchup.

One can't say Indiana didn't have a chance to win its basketball game against Boston University on Friday night.

Mississippi had too much athleticism, too much physicality and too much speed and quickness for Indiana on Thursday night in the opening round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off. And in the second half, it was clearly too much Murphy Holloway.

Ole Miss breezed through its first two games of the season, winning by a combined 65 points over Arkansas-Little Rock and Alabama State at Tad Smith Coliseum.