BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Three consecutive losses have No. 25 Indiana in desperate need of a Big Ten win at home when Illinois visits Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday.
The Hoosiers (10-5, 0-2) have already dropped conference games at home to No. 13 Wisconsin and Nebraska, primarily because of defensive lapses. While coach Tom Crean's team is again adept at scoring, the recent inability to get stops has put the squad in a hole rather early on in conference play.
"Our concepts, schemes, things we wanted to do defensively, those were not what beat us," Crean said after a 75-68 loss Tuesday to the Badgers.