The hip-hop icon made good on his public pledge from a year ago.

After going stride-for-stride with LSU in last year’s NCAA tournament, coach Tomekia Reed has been carefully crafting a plan to return to the Big Dance.

The Horned Frogs win easily, despite missing Emanuel Miller, and Mike Miles Jr.

Indiana coach Mike Woodson was pleased with the Hoosiers' 90-51 win over Jackson State on Friday. He talked about Tamar Bates' big day, the impact of Xavier Johnson's play and the status of the ''banged-up'' Trayce Jackson-Davis just a few days out from the big matchup with North Carolina on Wednesday.

There was talk all offseason about how much Indiana sophomore Tamar Bates had expanded his game, and it all blossomed on Friday when he scored a career-high 22 points in the Hoosiers' 90-51 rout of Jackson State. Indiana is 6-0, with No. 1 North Carolina next on Wednesday in Bloomington.

Indiana is back in action on Friday afternoon, taking on Jackson State in the final game of the Hoosier Classic. Welcome to our live blog, where we'll keep you updated in real time straight from press row, with news and views, plus highlights and opinion.

It's a quick turnaround for Indiana on Friday, with an early afternoon game against Jackson State in the final day of the Hoosier Classic in Bloomington. There's an interesting number on the game, where there are still a lot of injury concerns for the Hoosiers. Here's the point spread, plus great history on both teams against the spread.

Indiana basketball (5-0) concludes the Hoosier Classic with with a matchup against Jackson State (0-4) on Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. Here's how to watch, with game time and TV information, three leading storylines, the latest on the point spread, the coaching matchup, series history and more.

Zimmer will surely make the program better ... even though his pay is now worse.