BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Welcome inside warm and cozy Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, where it's nice and comfortable compared to those single-digit temperatures outside.
We've got a good one on Sunday, with No. 8 Iowa coming to town looking to avenge an 81-69 loss to the Hoosiers on Jan. 21. Iowa has lost three of four and desperately needs a win to keep their Big Ten title hopes alive.
Indiana desperately needs a win too, of course. The Hoosiers are just 9-8 overall and 4-6 in the league, losing two straight home games to Rutgers and Illinois after that Iowa win. The game tips at Noon ET on FOX. Here are all the details on how to watch the game: CLICK HERE
If you haven't followed our live blog before, we'll keep you updated throughout the game with news and opinions, with the most recent comments here at the top.
Enjoy! Here we go.
12:56 p.m. ET – Whoa! A Khristian Lander steal leads to a Trayce Jackson-Davis dunk, and then he blocks a shot on the other end Lander hits a three. Suddenly 31-30. And then Anthony Leal hits another three-pointer and the Hoosiers somehow lead 33-31. What a turnaround, with Indiana going 6-for-7 down the stretch in the final two minutes there. We're at halftime. Iowa's Luka Garza has two points, and that's it.
12:53 p.m. ET – Anthony Leal left open in the right corner and he hits a three. Iowa 29-24 now.
12:48 p.m. ET – Finally, a couple of hoops for Indiana. Race Thompson hits a short jumper and Al Durham hits a three and was fouled by Jordan Bohannon. Media timeout, and Indiana has the lead cut down to six now at 27-21 with a free throw pending.
12:45 p.m. ET – Indiana now 5-for-26 from the field after Anthony Leal misses a three. That's 19.2 percent, folks, and a complete embarrassment.
12:40 p.m. ET – Still no Jerome Hunter in the game. He is on the bench, and he is dressed. Still waiting on the "coach's decision'' I suppose. The story. CLICK HERE
12:35 p.m. ET – Iowa's Fran McCaffery gets a technical foul for complaining about a block/charge call. Al Durham makes the free throw, but then Jordan Geronimo misses the front end of a 1-and-1. Third media timeout now and it's 23-16 Iowa with 7:52 to go. Indiana is 5-for-20 from the field, shooting 25 percent.
12:29 p.m. ET – Under-12 media timeout and it's 20-11 Iowa. Hawkeyes 7-for-10 from the field, 4-for-4 from deep. A couple of baskets off the Indiana bench for Jordan Geronimo might be the spark they need to get going here.
MY TWO CENTS: Those of you on social media complaining about Archie's offense, I get it. I'm not a huge fan either. But today, they've run a lot of good stuff and have had shots RIGHT AT THE RIM. They've missed seven of those such shots already. I'm sorry, but in my book, that's on the players, not the coach. You need to convert the easy ones. There's 12:30 to go in the first, and Iowa leads 17-7.
12:20 p.m. ET – First subs off the bench for Indiana are freshmen Jordan Geronimo and Anthony Leal. Iowa scoring at will though, and now lead 15-4. Archie forced to call timeout. Iowa is 6-for-9 from the field, and 3-for-3 from long distance. Indiana now with SIX missed shots at the rim.
12:15 p.m. ET – No shutout for Jordan Bohannon today. He hits a three at the 15:40 mark to give Iowa an 11-4 lead. He went 0-for-9 from the field against the Hoosiers in Iowa City, including 0-for-8 from three. It was the first time he had ever done that in his five-year career at Iowa.
12:05 p.m. ET – Indiana's first three shots were all right at the rim, and heavily contested. None of them went in. Foul concerns always when you're playing Luza Garza, and Race Thompson has picked up a foul in the first minute.
11:55 a.m ET – No C.J. Fredrick for Iowa today, still out with a knee injury. Iowa's starting five is center Luka Garza, guards Jordan Bohannon, Connor McCaffery and Joe Wieskamp, and forward Keegan Murray.
11:50 a.m. ET – The usual starters for Indiana, Rob Phinisee, Al Durham and Armaan Franklin at the guard spots, with Race Thompson and Trayce Jackson-Davis up front.
11:45 a.m. ET – Iowa goes off as a 3.5-point favorite, according to the DraftKings.com website.
11:40 a.m. ET – Iowa's Jordan Bohannon, a fifth-year guard, went 0-for-9 against Indiana in that loss a few weeks ago, but through the years he's been a thorn in the side of the Hoosiers. He's had three games with five or more three-pointers against Indiana in his career, and he's made 21 threes against the Hoosiers. Here's our story about him and what the Hoosiers need to do to slow him down. CLICK HERE
11:30 a.m. ET – Jerome Hunter is dressed and involved in pregame warmups. He was held out of Tuesday's game with Illinois as a ''coach's decision,'' so it will be interesting to see if he's going to be out on the floor for this game. They could sure use another big body against a team like Iowa.
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