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Indiana basketball in the 2020s

One obvious reality connected to NCAA Tournament basketball underscores the big problem with Indiana basketball in the 21st century and in the 2010s, which are about to end: NCAA Tournament games are neutral-site games. Yes, the Indiana Hoosiers will often have large crowds at those neutral-site games, but the crowd still isn’t uniformly supporting the Hoosiers. A neutral-site vibe isn’t a home-court vibe, and since Indiana is rarely a high NCAA seed (the obvious exception being 2013, when it was a No. 1 seed), it often won’t play close to home. When Indiana was a top seed in that 2013 NCAA Tournament, the regional was in Washington, D.C., with games being played on Georgetown’s home floor. Indiana never looked comfortable and ultimately lost to Syracuse, which had a strong showing from its fan base.

This sets up the main challenge for Indiana entering the 2020s: No, not getting high seeds in the NCAA Tournament, though that is obviously a huge priority for the Hoosiers. It’s bigger than that.

In order for Indiana to actually get those high NCAA seeds and play very close to home in a Midwest Regional semifinal — creating the gateway to the Final Four and renewed basketball relevance — it must first do something else: Win regular-season games away from Assembly Hall in Bloomington. This keeps coming up with Indiana basketball, and Wisconsin fans were able to see it in the Big Ten opener a few weeks ago. Indiana had just torn apart Florida State (a nationally-ranked opponent) in Bloomington, but then the Hoosiers went to Madison, and they looked utterly lost in the Kohl Center.

You will know that Indiana basketball is “back” when it regularly wins Big Ten road games — not just in one season, but multiple seasons. When Indiana can be dependable and reliable no matter where a game is played, not only will IU get the higher NCAA seed it needs to play closer to home, but it will also have the toughness needed to win those neutral-site battles in March.

Tennessee-Indiana: Gator Bowl television announcers

2020 Gator Bowl.

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KNOXVILLE — Tennessee will conclude the 2019 season with a contest against Indiana in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

The game will take place Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET.

ESPN will televise the matchup with a broadcasting crew of Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Tim Hasselbeck (analyst) and Katie George (sideline).

The 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl will be the second all-time meeting between Tennessee and Indiana. The Vols defeated the Hoosiers, 27-22, in the 1988 Peach Bowl for the only meeting between the two schools.

2019 Tennessee football schedule

AUG. 31: vs. Georgia State (Knoxville) L, 38-30

SEPT. 7: vs. BYU (Knoxville) L, 29-26 (2OT)

SEPT. 14: vs. Chattanooga (Knoxville) W, 45-0

SEPT. 21: at Florida (Gainesville) L, 34-3

OCT. 5: vs. Georgia (Knoxville) L, 43-14

OCT. 12: vs. Mississippi State (Knoxville) W, 20-10

OCT. 19: at Alabama (Tuscaloosa) L, 35-13

OCT. 26: vs. South Carolina (Knoxville) W, 41-21

NOV. 2: vs. UAB (Knoxville) W, 30-7

NOV. 9: at Kentucky (Lexington) W, 17-13

NOV. 23: at Missouri (Columbia) W, 24-20

NOV. 30: vs. Vanderbilt (Knoxville) W, 28-10

Former Indiana head coach Bill Lynch discusses coaching career

Tennessee will play Indiana in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee will play Indiana in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Jan. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. ET and the contest will be televised by ESPN.

Former Indiana head coach Bill Lynch retired from football last month. Lynch was DePauw’s head coach from 2013-19.

Lynch began his career in 1977 as quarterbacks coach at Butler. During his career he served as head coach for Butler, Ball State, Indiana and DePauw.

The now retired Lynch was Indiana’s head coach from 2007-10. He discussed his time with the Hoosiers, his coaching career and serving as Lee Corso’s offensive coordinator on the show ‘Tennessee Two-A-Days’.

The entire interview can be listened to here.

Notre Dame Basketball: Ready for Indiana in Crossroads Classic

Indiana is known for basketball like Wisconsin is known for dairy, so the Crossroads Classic that’s been held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse every year since 2011 always feels like an early Christmas present for local hoops fans. Notre Dame (8-3) has split its first eight appearances, and this year, it faces Indiana (10-1), which came back to beat the Irish in overtime when these teams last met in the event in 2017. The Hoosiers have won three of the teams’ four Crossroads Classic meetings.

The Irish have been hot from 3-point range, making 35 3s over their past two games, a school record for that span. No Notre Dame team ever had made at least 15 3-pointers in back-to-back games until last week.

Dane Goodwin has been superb off the bench in the first half, scoring 16 in that frame against Detroit Mercy, followed by 14 in the win over UCLA, which was Mike Brey’s 800th career game.

Indiana OC, Kalen DeBoer named head coach at Fresno State

Kalen DeBoer named head coach at Fresno State.

FRESNO — Indiana’s football team got a bit of a distraction Tuesday when Fresno State hired Kalen DeBoer as its next head coach.

DeBoer, the current Hoosiers’ offensive coordinator, was tapped by the Bulldogs to replace Jeff Tedford.

Tedford stepped down at Fresno State earlier this month due to health concerns caused by heart problems.

Tedford also served as head coach at California from 2002-12 and was in the same capacity of the Canadian Football League’s British Columbia Lions. Throughout his career, Tedford was an assistant coach at Fresno State, Oregon and Washington as well as with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He was also an assistant in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders.

Tedford had a hand in naming DeBoer as his successor. DeBoer was at Fresno State prior to going to Indiana.

Indiana will play Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 2.

UT vs. Big Ten in bowl games

UT vs. Big Ten in bowl games.

KNOXVILLE — As Tennessee’s football team prepares for its first bowl game in three years, the Volunteers will get ready to face Indiana from the Big 10 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.

Tennessee has played a Big 10 team in a bowl game 15 times and the Volunteers have an 11-4 record.

Tennessee has two losses to Penn State, one two Iowa and one to Purdue. The Vols have a bowl loss to Nebraska when the Cornhuskers were in the Big 12. UT is 0-3 against Penn State since 1991. The Nittany Lions are 2-0 against the Vols as a member of the BIg 10.

Penn State also beat Tennessee, 42-17, in the Fiesta Bowl following the 1991 season when the Nittany Lions were Division I Independent.

The Volunteers beat Nebraska, 38-24, in their last postseason appearance in the Music City Bowl following the 2016 season when Tennessee finished 9-4.

All-time scores: Tennessee vs. the Big Ten in bowl games

Dec. 31, 1979: Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, Texas) Purdue 27, Tennessee 22.

Dec. 13, 1981: Garden State Bowl (East Rutherford, New Jersey) Tennessee 28, Wisconsin 21.

Dec. 31, 1982: Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Georgia) Iowa 28, Tennessee 22.

Dec. 29, 1986: Liberty Bowl (Memphis) Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14.

Jan. 2, 1988: Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Georgia) Tennessee 27, Indiana 22.

Jan. 1, 1994: Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Penn State 31, Tennessee 13.

Jan. 1, 1996: Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Tennessee 20, Ohio State 14.

Jan. 1, 1997: Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Tennessee 48, Northwestern 28.

Jan. 1, 2002: Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Florida) Tennessee 45, Michigan 17.

Jan. 1. 2007: Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Penn State 20, Tennessee 10.

Jan. 1, 2008: Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Tennessee 21, Wisconsin 17.

Jan, 2, 2015: TaxSlayer Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida) Tennessee 45, Iowa 28.

Jan. 1, 2016: Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Tennessee 45, Northwestern 6.

Dec. 30, 2016: Music City Bowl (Nashville) Tennessee 38, Nebraska 24.

2019 Indiana Hoosiers’ offense by the numbers

2020 Gator Bowl.

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KNOXVILLE — Tennessee (7-5, 5-3 SEC) will play Indiana (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl to conclude the 2019 season.

The contest will be played Jan. 2 and kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET.

Below is a look at Indiana’s offense by the numbers during the 2019 season.

Total offense: 443.6 (31st nationally)
Passing yards per game: 308.7 (13th nationally)
Rushing yards per game: 134.9 (100th nationally)
3rd conversions: .482 (11th nationally; 79 conversions/164 attempts)
4th down conversions: .438 (97th nationally; 7 conversions/16 attempts)
Red zone offense: .847 (57th nationally; 50 scores/59 attempts — 23 rushing TDs, 15 passing TDs, 12 field goals)
Interceptions thrown: 8 (40th nationally; 439 passing attempts)
First downs: 287 (24th nationally; 162 passing, 99 rushing, 26 penalty)
Sacks allowed: 23 (58th nationally)
Time of possession: 34 (5th nationally)
Turnovers lost: 14 (29th nationally; 8 INTs, 6 fumbles lost)

2019 Indiana schedule

vs. Ball State (W, 34-24)
vs. Eastern Illinois (W, 52-0)
vs. Ohio St. (L, 51-10)
vs. UConn (W, 38-3)
at Michigan State (L, 40-31)
vs. Rutgers (W, 35-0)
at Maryland (W, 34-28)
at Nebraska (W, 38-31)
vs. Northwestern (W, 34-3)
at Penn St. (L, 34-27)
vs. Michigan (L, 39-14)
at Purdue (W, 44-41 2OT)

Indiana vs. Connecticut odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Tuesday’s Indiana Hoosiers vs. Connecticut Huskies sports betting odds and lines, with college basketball betting picks and tips.

The Indiana Hoosiers (8-1) and the Connecticut Huskies (6-2) lock horns in the Jimmy V Classic in New York at approximately 9:00 p.m. ET after the Texas Tech-Louisville game is completed. We analyze the Indiana-Connecticut odds and betting lines, while providing college basketball betting tips and advice on this matchup.

Indiana vs. Connecticut: Three things you need to know

1. The Hoosiers won eight straight games to open the season, but they were dumped by 20 points last time out in the Big Ten Conference opener at Wisconsin to splash cold water on their hot start.

2. Huskies G Christian Vital has posted 14.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game to lead his team.

3. Indiana is just 9-23-1 against the spread in the past 33 games as a favorite on a neutral-site court.

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Indiana vs. Connecticut: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 11 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Indiana 78, Connecticut 66

Moneyline (ML)

INDIANA (-161) is worth a small-unit bet on the moneyline, but they’re a much better value when laying the points with the spread.

Against the Spread (ATS)

INDIANA (-2.5, -110) has covered five of the past seven games overall, and is 5-2 ATS in the past seven when installed as a favorite, too. Connecticut (+2.5, -110) is 4-1 ATS in the past five neutral-site games but is just 2-8 ATS in the past 10 as an underdog in neutral-site contests.

Over/Under (O/U)

PASS (142.5). The total is going to be super close, and the trends are all over the board in this one. It’s all Over all the time for IU, going 7-2 in the past nine overall, and 5-1 in the past six neutral-site games when favored. The Under is 5-1 in UConn’s past six, and 5-2 in the past seven neutral-site affairs.

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A brief history of Indiana football

A brief history of Indiana football.

KNOXVILLE — When Tennessee plays its next football game, it will be against the Indiana Hoosiers in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl after the calendar moves to 2020.

The Vols (7-5) and the Hoosiers (8-4) have met in the postseason before.

The two schools played in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 2, 1988 and the Volunteers prevailed, 27-22.

Indiana has always been a basketball school, especially when the legendary and sometimes volatile Bob Knight coached there. Under his guidance, the Hoosiers won NCAA championships on the hardwood in 1976, 1981 and 1987.

Over time, the Hoosiers have produced their share of players and coaches who have moved on to have success after leaving Bloomington.

Here is a brief history of Indiana Football

Bill Mallory coached the Hoosiers when they played the Vols in the Peach Bowl in 1988. He spent 13 years at Indiana and compiled a record of 69-77-3.

Cam Cameron and Quinn Buckner both played football and basketball for the Hoosiers under Knight.

Buckner was on the 1976 team that was the last college basketball team to go undefeated. He was an NBA player and an Olympic Gold Medalist.

Cameron played quarterback at IU (1981-83) and also played basketball with the likes of Dan Dakich and Nevada coach Steve Alford.

He began coaching as a graduate assistant at Michigan as soon as his senior season of basketball was over in Bloomington. Cameron was a graduate assistant from 1984-85.

Between 1986-93, Cameron coached quarterbacks and wide receivers for the Wolverines.

He was the Washington Redskins quarterbacks coach (1994-96) before returning to become head coach for the Hoosiers (1997-2001), going 18-37.

The former Hoosier served as an NFL offensive coordinator in San Diego (2002-06) and Baltimore (2008-12). He was then head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2007 when he went 1-15.

Cameron was LSU’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach between 2013 and 2016.

Other notable Indiana head coaches include Sam Wyche, who guided the Hoosiers to a 3-8 record in 1983. He would later coach the Cincinnati Bengals, where he made it to Super Bowl XXIII where he lost to his mentor, the late Bill Walsh.

Wyche later coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Lee Corso (now at ESPN) coached the Hoosiers from 1973-82 and Gerry DiNardo succeeded Cameron in Bloomington and coached there for three seasons after tenures with Vanderbilt and LSU.

Tom Allen is Indiana’s current head coach and is 18-19 and in the midst of his fourth season at the school.

He led guided the Hoosiers to the Foster Farms Bowl in 2016. But the Hoosiers lost to Utah 26-24.

The Hoosiers have been playing football since 1887 and have a record of 487-677-45. Indiana has appeared in 11 bowl games, winning three of them.

Mallory got Indiana to bowl games six times. During his tenure Indiana beat South Carolina in the 1988 Liberty Bowl 34-10 and got a 24-0 shutout win over Baylor in the 1991 Copper Bowl.

A look at Indiana’s bowl game history

Indiana’s bowl game history.

KNOXVILLE — It is clear that basketball is the No. 1 sport for the Indiana Hoosiers.

The school has fielded a football team since 1887 and the Hoosiers have won one outright Big Ten championship in 1945, shared the conference title with Minnesota in 1967 and went to the Rose Bowl in 1968.

The 1945 team was coached by Bo McMillin and John Pont coached the Hoosiers in 1967.

Like its opponent, Tennessee, in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Indiana last appeared in a bowl game in 2016.

In the 2016 Foster Farms Bowls, Utah edged the Hoosiers, 26-24. Tennessee won in its last postseason appearance, notching a 45-34 victory over Nebraska in the Music City Bowl.

Indiana is 3-8 in bowl games in the program’s history.

Indiana in bowl games

The Hoosiers lost the Rose Bowl to Southern California, 14-3, following the 1967 season under coach John Pont.

In 1979, the Hoosiers, coached by Lee Corso, beat BYU, 38-37, in the Holiday Bowl.

In 1986, Bill Mallory led Indiana to the All-American Bowl where it lost to Florida State, 27-13.

Following the 1987 season, the Hoosiers (coached by Mallory) lost to Tennessee, 27-22, in the Peach Bowl.

Mallory guided IU to the Liberty Bowl where it routed South Carolina, 34-10, in 1988.

In 1990, Mallory and the Hoosiers made a return trip to the Peach Bowl where they lost to Auburn, 27-23.

In 1991, Mallory and Indiana went to the Copper Bowl and blanked Baylor, 24-0.

Mallory made his last postseason appearance for Indiana in 1993. Indiana lost the Independence Bowl to Virginia Tech, 45-20.

In 2007, coach Bill Lynch and the Hoosiers lost the Insight Bowl to Oklahoma State, 49-33.

In 2015, coach Kevin Wilson and Indiana lost the Pinstripe Bowl to Duke, 44-4 in overtime.

In 2016, Allen and the Hoosiers lost the Foster Farms Bowl to Utah, 26-24.