How to Watch No. 14 Indiana Basketball Against Nebraska on Wednesday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Within the Massive Ten residence opener, the No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers host Nebraska, a staff using a three-game win streak over Florida State, Boston School and at No. 21 Creighton. 

Indiana seems to rebound from a 63-48 loss at Rutgers on Saturday in a sport the place the Hoosiers shot 30.4 % as a staff. Indiana coach Mike Woodson needs to see higher rebounding and toughness from his staff on Wednesday evening in opposition to Nebraska.

“You could be crushed by anyone in faculty basketball if you happen to do not come to play,” Woodson mentioned. “And for certain the Massive Ten as a result of there’s so many good groups and good coaches.”

• *** LIVE BLOG: And as soon as the sport begins, comply with all of the motion on our stay weblog from HoosiersNow.com author Jack Ankony. To learn that story, CLICK HERE.

Easy methods to watch Indiana Hoosiers vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers

• Who: No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers (7-1) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-3)
• What: Indiana’s Massive Ten residence opener
• When: 8:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 7
• The place: Simon Skjodt Meeting Corridor in Bloomington, Ind. 
• TV: Massive Ten Community
• Announcers: Kevin Kugler (play-by-play), Stephen Bardo (analyst)
• Dwell Stream: fuboTV (Begin your free trial)
• Radio: IU Radio Community (Bloomington: 105.1 WHCC-FM, Indianapolis: 107.5 WFNI-FM)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Errek Suhr (shade), John Herrick (pregame, halftime, postgame)
• Level unfold: Indiana is a 13-point favourite in opposition to Nebraska, and the over/beneath is 135.5 factors, in response to the SI Sportsbook.
• Related Press ballot: Indiana dropped to No. 14 within the AP ballot after defeating North Carolina and shedding to Rutgers. Nebraska is just not ranked.
• KenPom rankings: Indiana is ranked No. 11 total within the KenPom rankings. The Hoosiers are No. 11 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 27 in adjusted offensive effectivity. Nebraska is ranked No. 77 total, No. 71 in adjusted defensive effectivity and No. 98 in adjusted offensive effectivity.
• Season projections: As of Tuesday, Indiana has the second-best odds to win the Massive Ten common season title at plus-350, behind Purdue at plus-195. Indiana is plus-550 to succeed in the Last 4 and plus-2500 to win the Nationwide Championship, in response to FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Final three video games: Indiana misplaced 63-48 at Rutgers on Saturday, defeated North Carolina 77-65 on Nov. 30 and defeated Jackson State 90-51 on Nov. 25. Nebraska gained 63-53 at No. 21 Creighton, defeated Boston School 88-67 on Nov. 30 and defeated Florida State 75-58 on Sunday.
• Final season’s information: Indiana went 21-14 total, September 11 in Massive Ten play, 14-4 at residence, 3-8 on the street and 4-2 at impartial websites in 2021-22. Nebraska went 10-22 total, 4-16 in Massive Ten Play, 7-12 at residence, 3-8 on the street and 0-2 at impartial websites in 2021-22. 
• Collection historical past: Indiana leads the all-time sequence over Nebraska 18-7. The Hoosiers swept the Cornhuskers final season, profitable 68-55 in Bloomington and 78-71 in Lincoln. Indiana has gained six straight video games in opposition to Nebraska with the newest loss approaching Jan. 14, 2019. Nebraska beat Indiana 66-51 at Meeting Corridor behind 15 factors from Glynn Watson Jr. and 14 factors from Isaac Copeland Jr. Romeo Langford scored 18 factors and Juwan Morgan scored 17, however Indiana shot 19 for 52 from the sphere and a pair of for 14 from 3. 

Main scorers

• Indiana Hoosiers
• F Trayce Jackson-Davis: 18.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.9 lavatory, 67.5 FG pct
• G Xavier Johnson: 11.8 ppg, 4.6 apg, 4.0 rpg, 47.4 3-point FG pct
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• F Derrick Walker: 16.8 ppg, 9,5 rpg, 73.3 FG pct
• G Sam Griesel: 11.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.9 apg
• G Keisei Tominaga: 10.7 ppg, 41.7 3-point FG pct
• F Juwan Gary: 10.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg
• G C.J. Wicher: 10.2 ppg, 36.2 3-point FG pct

Meet the coaches

• Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska: Hoiberg is in his fourth season at Nebraska and has a 30-70 total file with a 9-50 file in Massive Ten play. Earlier than Nebraska, Hoiberg was fired by the Chicago Bulls throughout his fourth season with a 115-155 total file and one playoff look. Hoiberg’s first teaching job was at Iowa State, his alma mater, the place he held a 115-56 total file with a 49-39 mark in Massive 12 play throughout 5 seasons. The Cyclones reached the NCAA Event in every of Hoiberg’s ultimate 4 seasons at Iowa State, gained the Massive 12 Event in 2014 and 2015 and Hoiberg was named Massive 12 Coach of the 12 months in 2012. As a participant, Hoiberg was a first-team All-Massive Eight choice for Iowa State in 1995, and his No. 32 is retired at Iowa State. He was a second-round decide within the 1995 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers and performed for the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves earlier than retiring in 2005. 
• Mike Woodson, Indiana: Woodson has NBA head teaching expertise with the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-10 and the New York Knicks from 2012-14. Courting again to 1996, Woodson has additionally been an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Clippers. Woodson performed at Indiana College from 1976-80, and was named the Massive Ten’s Most Invaluable Participant as a senior beneath coach Bob Knight. He was the twelfth total decide within the 1980 NBA Draft, and performed for varied groups from 1980-91, averaging 14 factors over 786 video games. In his second season at Indiana, Woodson holds a 28-15 file.

Three issues to look at in Indiana vs. Nebraska

1. Entrance court docket depth

Indiana can rely on Trayce Jackson-Davis to provide evening in and evening out. Even going through fixed double and triple groups in opposition to Rutgers, he managed 13 factors and 10 rebounds and 4 blocked photographs. However Indiana has to get extra manufacturing from Race Thompson, Malik Reneau and Jordan Geronimo shifting ahead. 

At Rutgers, this trio mixed for 4 factors and 9 rebounds. Reneau handled foul hassle all sport, Thompson and Geronimo went a mixed 0-for-9 taking pictures with six missed 3-pointers and all three obtained beat by Rutgers on the glass. Every has proven the power to carry out at a excessive stage prior to now, but it surely’s obtained to occur with Arizona, Kansa and Massive Ten play approaching.

2. Jalen Hood-Schifino’s well being

Indiana coach Mike Woodson mentioned Hood-Schifino is day-to-day with decrease again soreness after sitting out the Rutgers sport. Indiana sorely missed Hood-Schifino’s play-making means in opposition to Rutgers because the offense fell flat with it is lowest scoring complete by 29 factors.

If Hood-Schifino stays out, Indiana will want Trey Galloway, Tamar Bates and CJ Gunn to step up. Galloway had an enormous sport in opposition to North Carolina, however he did not rating at Rutgers. 

3. Defending Derrick Walker

Derrick Walker, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound senior, leads Nebraska with 16.8 factors and 9.5 rebounds per sport. In Nebraska’s 63-53 win at Creighton, who was ranked No. 7 on the time, Walker scored 22 factors and grabbed eight rebounds in opposition to the 7-foot-1 reigning Massive East Defensive Participant of the 12 months Ryan Kalkbrenner.

He additionally had an enormous sport matched up in opposition to Florida State’s 7-foot-4 Naheem McLeod, scoring 20 factors and 13 rebounds. Indiana did a superb job in opposition to Walker final 12 months, limiting him to a mixed 12 factors and eight rebounds in two video games, however he seems to be a lot improved this season. 

• WOODSON SAYS JOHNSON ‘TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH’: Jalen Hood-Schifino and Xavier Johnson performed their finest sport collectively in Indiana’s win over North Carolina. However with Hood-Schifino out with a again harm in opposition to Rutgers, Xavier Johnson and the Indiana offense struggled, revealing how beneficial Hood-Schifino is to Indiana’s future. CLICK HERE
• WOODSON RADIO SHOW: Indiana coach Mike Woodson had his weekly radio present ‘Inside Indiana Basketball’ on Monday at Southern Stone restaurant in Bloomington, Ind. He reviewed Indiana’s win over North Carolina and loss at Rutgers whereas waiting for Wednesday’s sport in opposition to Nebraska. Listed here are the highlights. CLICK HERE
• RED FLAGS FOR INDIANA AT RUTGERS: Poor taking pictures and an absence of toughness did in Indiana at Rutgers on Saturday, and it raised some crimson flags as to how good this staff could be. Even the Rutgers gamers knew they could possibly be extra bodily than Indiana, they usually had been. For Indiana, had been these classes discovered? CLICK HERE
• INDIANA IN AP POLL: Indiana had an enormous win in opposition to North Carolina final week, but additionally suffered its first lack of the 12 months at Rutgers, and it had an impact on its standing on this week’s Related Press top-25 ballot launched Monday. CLICK HERE
• GAME STORY, RUTGERS TOPS INDIANA: Indiana struggled to shoot the ball and obtained whipped on the boards in a 63-48 loss to Rutgers on Saturday of their Massive Ten opener. It was the Hoosiers’ first lack of the season. CLICK HERE