At this point, most of the Indiana basketball fanbase wants Mike Woodson gone. He was on thin ice coming into the Illinois game, and his team put on a thoroughly uninspiring performance. To make matters worse, Woodson skipped his postgame radio interview.
Indiana lost its second game by a 25-point margin as No. 19 Illinois defeated Indiana 94-69 on Tuesday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. This heavy loss came in the wake of the Hoosiers' 85-60 defeat at Iowa Saturday. Woodson spoke to the media after the heavy loss. Here's everything the fourth-year coach had to say.
The Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall crowd booed the Hoosiers and chanted ‘Fire Woodson’ during Indiana’s second straight 25-point loss Tuesday against Illinois.
Indiana guard Trey Galloway has had an inconsistent season after offseason knee surgery, but coach Mike Woodson’s trust in him hasn’t wavered.
Chants of “Fire Woodson” reverberated throughout Alumni Hall on Tuesday while coach Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers squad suffered an “embarrassing” 94-69 home loss to No. 19 Illinois. The Hoosiers (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten) trailed by as much as 31 points and faced a 28-point deficit at halftime while dropping a second straight conference game by 25 points.
Mike Woodson is trying to coach his IU team and the students at Assembly Hall are trying to coach his team, and the chaos ends in defeat to Maryland.
Indiana's 25-point home loss to Illinois got chippy at times as the Hoosiers were blown out for the second time this week
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana men's basketball coach Mike Woodson spoke to the media after Indiana's 79-78 loss to Maryland at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunda
Indiana basketball is one of the most historic programs in the Big Ten Conference. Their five National Championships are the most won by original members.
The Hoosiers overcame double-digit deficits to lead, showing its Big Ten title potential against a quality Maryland team, but it was left unfulfilled.
Twenty games into the season and nearly halfway through the Big Ten schedule, the Hoosiers (14-6, 5-4 Big Ten) are past the point where they can blame the inconsistency on an early-season feeling-out process.