Indiana v. Northwestern: the Hoosiers last shot.

by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Mar 5, 2010 8:54 PM EST

Northwestern Wildcats
Current record:
Current RPI:
Current Sagarin:
Current Pomeroy:
2008-09 record: 17-14 (8-10), lost to Tulsa in the first round of the NIT
2008-09 RPI: 78
2008-09 Sagarin: 59
2008-09 Pomeroy: 70
Series: IU leads 107-46
Last Northwestern win: 2/7/2010 (78-61 in Evanston)
Last IU win: 2/23/2008 (85-82 in Evanston)
Pomeroy scouting report
TV: noon, BTN

Last season, Northwestern won in Bloomington for the first time since 1968. The current winning streak, a whopping three, is NU's longest streak since the 1930s. Much like last season, Northwestern flirted with an NCAA Tournament bid before falling apart. The Wildcats have lost four of their last six, including a game at Iowa and two games against Penn State. Northwestern hasn't won on the road since winning at Michigan on January 10. This is a game, much like the annual football game between the schools, that each team (or at least each fan base) firmly believes it should win. Northwestern thrashed the Hoosiers on Super Bowl Sunday in the wake of IU's tough week of close losses to Illinois and Purdue.

I don't have much to say about this matchup. It's Senior Day, the last home game for Tijan Jobe and Devan Dumes. It's the last regular season game, although IU seems likely to play Northwestern again in the 7/10 game in the Big Ten Tournament. Here are the stats:

			FG			3PT			FT			Rebounds			Misc
	G	M	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	PPG
John Shurna	30	36.1	6.3	13.7	46.2	2.4	6.4	37.0	3.1	4.0	76.7	1.6	4.5	6.2	2.6	1.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	18.1
Michael Thompson	30	37.5	4.2	9.9	42.1	2.3	5.8	40.5	2.8	3.4	82.5	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.0	1.6	1.0	0.1	2.7	13.5
Drew Crawford	30	27.4	3.5	7.7	45.9	1.5	4.1	35.5	1.6	2.5	64.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.9	1.5	0.6	0.7	2.9	10.1
Jeremy Nash	30	34.2	2.8	7.2	39.2	1.2	3.9	31.4	2.3	2.8	81.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.0	1.4	1.7	0.6	2.9	9.2
Luke Mirkovic	30	25.7	2.9	6.0	47.8	0.3	0.9	34.6	1.6	2.8	56.0	1.9	3.9	5.7	2.4	1.5	0.8	0.8	2.1	7.6
Alex Marcotullio	30	13.9	1.5	3.9	39.7	1.3	3.3	38.0	0.6	0.8	70.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.9	0.0	1.6	4.9
Mike Capocci	22	7.7	0.8	1.5	53.1	0.0	0.2	25.0	0.3	0.5	63.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.9
Kyle Rowley	27	9.0	0.6	1.4	41.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	52.8	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.4	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.7	1.9
Davide Curletti	20	8.0	0.5	0.9	50.0	0.2	0.2	75.0	0.5	0.9	50.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.5	1.5
Ivan Peljusic	21	6.6	0.4	1.4	31.0	0.2	0.6	30.8	0.2	0.4	55.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3
Nick Fruendt	17	3.2	0.3	0.6	50.0	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9
Reggie Hearn	12	2.0	0.2	0.3	50.0	0.1	0.2	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4
Jeff Ryan	1	14.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Austin Nichols	5	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

And for the Hoosiers:

			FG			3PT			FT			Rebounds			Misc
	G	M	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	PPG
Maurice Creek	12	25.4	5.8	10.9	52.7	2.5	5.6	44.8	2.4	3.2	76.3	1.6	2.3	3.8	1.8	1.5	1.4	0.4	1.8	16.4
Verdell Jones III	29	31.0	4.8	11.9	40.0	0.6	2.3	27.3	4.5	6.0	74.9	0.8	3.0	3.9	3.2	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.7	14.7
Christian Watford	29	27.9	3.9	10.3	38.1	0.4	1.4	31.7	3.7	4.7	79.3	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.5	2.3	0.5	0.6	2.1	12.0
Devan Dumes	28	18.3	2.1	6.4	33.5	1.1	3.5	31.3	1.5	2.2	70.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.1	2.1	6.9
Jeremiah Rivers	29	29.1	2.2	5.5	39.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	3.0	57.0	0.9	3.6	4.5	3.6	2.9	1.4	0.6	2.7	6.0
Jordan Hulls	29	24.2	1.9	4.8	38.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	0.8	1.0	78.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	1.9	5.8
Derek Elston	29	14.7	2.1	4.5	46.6	0.3	0.8	36.4	0.8	1.3	63.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.4	1.1	0.7	0.3	2.0	5.3
Tom Pritchard	29	20.3	1.9	3.1	60.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.7	36.7	1.7	1.9	3.5	0.4	1.1	0.5	0.6	3.2	4.3
Bobby Capobianco	29	11.3	0.9	2.2	39.1	0.2	0.6	31.3	0.2	0.6	35.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	2.2	2.1
Matt Roth	2	5.5	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Daniel Moore	26	7.6	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.1	0.3	28.6	0.5	0.7	82.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.4
Bawa Muniru	18	3.4	0.2	0.4	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	37.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6
Tijan Jobe	20	4.6	0.2	0.5	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.4
Brett Finkelmeier	11	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Kory Barnett	11	2.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Steven Gambles	7	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0

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Good job, John

I must say you have handled football and basketball season with more class than I ever could. You’ve done a great job and I hope Indiana can give you something other than llosing streaks to write about soon.

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by BoilerTMill on Mar 6, 2010 12:12 PM EST reply actions

I appreciate it, and hope the next full school year gives us something more.

The Crimson Quarry, SB Nation's Indiana Hoosiers blog

by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Mar 7, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions

Pretty solid 1st half.

Absolutely the best effort we’ve seen in a few weeks. Zone defense seemed to be working well, particularly when they cut off the dribble early. Elston has done a really nice job on the hustle side of things, although everyone appears to be going after it today moreso than they have in quite some time. The low turnover numbers were a refreshing change.

by LTTelamon on Mar 6, 2010 12:52 PM EST reply actions