Indiana got a much-needed Quad-1 win on the road at Ohio State last week, but squandered any possible momentum with an ugly loss in Evanston. It’s a story you’ve heard before, and Mike Woodson moves to 0-5 against Northwestern.
This was arguably Indiana’s best shot in the Woodson tenure at beating the Wildcats. Even before Malik Reneau rejoined Indiana’s bench, the Hoosiers had a massive talent advantage. Northwestern also didn’t come into the game shooting well, so this didn’t seem like the team to exploit Indiana’s questionable perimeter defense.
Instead, Indiana has now lost five straight to the Wildcats for the first time since 1915 and finds itself desperately needing some kind of spark.