Indiana’s official opener came Tuesday evening at Assembly Hall against Chicago State. Chicago State is probably 20 points worse than IU’s exhibition opponent – Division 2 Southern Indiana. These contests against inferior opponents are necessary, but it honestly doesn’t give the Hoosiers much of a look against what they’ll see this season. For almost the entirety of the game, the Hoosiers went up against a zone defense, which they’ll see next to none of during the Big Ten slate. With that said, there were a few clips I pulled out that I thought were valuable enough to breakdown in this game’s ‘Film Breakdown’ session. Our hope is to do these for every game to help you go more in-depth with […]

Indiana opened up their season on Thursday evening with an exhibition matchup with in-state Division 2 opponent, Southern Indiana. While the opponent certainly isn’t up to Big Ten caliber, there were still a lot of positives Indiana can take away from this game. In this film breakdown, we go in-depth with sets the Hoosiers ran, important things to note going forward, and even a defensive clip that shows you Indiana’s ball screen coverages. Our hope is to do these for every game to help you go more in-depth with what the Hoosiers are doing. Robert Phinisee Curl I love this play design from Archie Miller, as Phinisee enters the ball to the wing, and then immediately cuts to put his […]