Hoosier Roundtable Podcast: Recapping Indiana's 25-Point Losses To Iowa, Illinois

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana's season has taken a turn for the worse after back-to-back 25-point losses Saturday at Iowa and Tuesday at home against Illinois.
The Hoosiers fell to 13-5 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten play in coach Mike Woodson's fourth season. Next up, Indiana travels to Ohio State for an 8 p.m. ET tipoff on FOX at Value City Arena.
To discuss what went wrong during Indiana's recent losses and where the program stands moving forward, Hoosiers On SI writers Jack Ankony and Todd Golden talked with host Brandon Brown on a new episode of the Hoosier Roundtable Podcast, which can be seen below.
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Jack Ankony has been covering IU basketball and football with “Indiana Hoosiers on SI” since 2022. He graduated from Indiana University's Media School with a degree in journalism.
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Long-time Indiana journalist Todd Golden has been a writer with “Indiana Hoosiers on SI” since 2024, and has worked at several state newspapers for more than two decades. Follow Todd on Twitter @ToddAaronGolden.