Indiana guards Jeremiah Rivers, left, and Jordan Hulls walk off the court after Tuesday’s 80-68 loss to Maryland. Chris Howell | Herald-Times
Welcome to Hoosier Morning, a daily batch of links intended to keep you informed of what is going on at Indiana, in the Big Ten and throughout the college sporting world.
AT HOOSIERSHQ.COM
- The defensive effort was lacking against Maryland, Dustin Dopirak writes.
- Gary Williams said Indiana’s game is attractive to recruits. Chris Korman writes that the Hoosiers do not have a style of play.
- Mike Freitag has been fired as Indiana’s men’s soccer coach, Chris writes.
IT’S INDIANA
- Maryland got past Indiana with a second-half flurry, the Indy Star’s Terry Hutchens writes.
- Maryland’s zone was too much for Indiana, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette’s LaMond Pope writes.
- Tuesday’s loss just proved, once again, that Indiana is still rebuilding, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel’s Pete DiPrimio writes.
- A lack of veterans doomed Indiana, the Indiana Daily Student’s Jordan Cohen writes.
- Not much has changed in Assembly Hall since last season, the IDS’ DeAntae Prince writes.
- The crowd was into the game, but was also vulgar, the IDS’ Zina Kumok writes.
- A competitive first half turned into an all-too-familiar sight in the second half, the Gary Post-Tribune’s Matt Dollinger writes.
- Inside the Hall’s postgame reaction.
MARYLAND’S SIDE OF THINGS
- Maryland needed patience it had yet to show this season in order to defeat Indiana, the Washington Post’s Steve Yanda writes.
- Whenever Maryland needs a win, it can count on the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens writes.
BIG TEN BASKETBALL
- Michigan State still could not beat North Carolina, the Lansing State Journal’s Joe Rexrode writes.
- Purdue’s trio of juniors keyed a second-half run that propelled the Boilermakers past Wake Forest, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Jeff Washburn writes.
- Michael Thompson scored 22 points to lead Northwestern past N.C State, the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein writes.
- Iowa rallied to take the lead during the second half, but Virginia Tech came back for the win, the Des Moines Register’s Rick Brown writes.
TAKE A LOOK
The Walkmen’s “Little House of Savages.” Here’s looking at you, student section.