Indiana had an opportunity to move up the NCAA pecking order last week when it hosted games against Illinois and No. 4 Southern California.

Led by Ray'Sean Taylor's 24 points, the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars defeated the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 82-76 on Thursday night.

Led by George Marshall's 24 points, the Morehead State Eagles defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 73-66 on Thursday night.

The ship has sailed on Indiana contending for the Big Ten title. But there are winnable games left on the schedule.

A more complete performance may have put Northwestern away in the first half, given the Wildcats’ more than nine-minute scoring drought. Instead, Indiana shot 35.7% from the field, turned the ball ...

Dalton Banks had 21 points in Illinois State's 85-81 victory over Indiana State on Tuesday night. Banks shot 6 of 7 from the field and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Redbirds (12-8, 4-5 ...

Woodson cited Indiana’s inability to guard Northwestern’s floppy action — an offensive set where shooters start in the paint, run around a screen and take catch-and-shoot 3-pointers from the wing — as ...

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The Indiana State men's basketball team is preparing to host Northern Iowa on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. inside Hulman Center.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine ...

With conference play well underway, and eight weeks to go until Selection Sunday, here is an early look at which teams could make the NCAA tournament field.

Why couldn’t Indiana stay connected and piece together a strong final stretch? Woodson himself didn’t have an answer.