LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game With Rutgers in Real Time

It's the postseason now, and they say everyone starts with a clean slate. Will that be true of Indiana, which staggers into the postseason on a five-game losing streak? Follow along live.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Welcome INSIDE Lucas Oil Stadium. It's nice to see some of you in the building tonight too, where Indiana will play its first game of the year with more than just family in the stands.

It's the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, and No. 10-seed Indiana is playing No. 7 seed Rutgers. As we all know by now, these two teams have played twice this season, with Rutgers winning both games.

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So, let's go!

FINAL – Indiana goes the final 9:50 without making a field goal. Loses 61-50. 

• THE GAME STORY .... Indiana loses 61-50.  .... CLICK HERE
• MY FEB. 20 COLUMN .... It's time for Indiana to move on from Archie Miller .... CLICK HERE

8:32 p.m. ET – Rob Phinisee fouled on the Rutgers end on an over-the-back call, and goes to the line for another one-and-one. He misses the first one again. Down to 1:07 to go now, and Rutgers leads 57-50. Armaan Franklin misses a three and Rutgers rebounds. Jacob Young makes both free throws and it's 59-50. Al Durham misses on a driveand Caleb McConnell dunks on the other end.

8:30 p.m. ET – Rob Phinisee gets fouled on a drive to the lane. One-and-one, and he misses the first free throw. Still no baskets for Indiana.

8:25 p.m. ET – Rutgers misses, and Al Durham drives the length of the court. He makes the first free  throw and the crowd erupts. Makes the second, more eruption. Rutgers 55-50. Paul Mulcahy misses a three, but Myles Johnson tips it in 57-50 with 1:55 to go. Archie Miller calls timeout. Indiana has one timeout remaining. 

8:21 p.m. ET – And we've reached the final media timeout with Rutgers still leading 55-48 with 3:14 left on the clock. Indiana just can't make anything again. Indiana hasn't scored since the 9:50 mark, which was 6 minutes, 36 seconds ago. They're 0-for-8 since then with two turnovers, and four missed free throws, two by Trayce Jackson-Davis and two by Jerome Hunter. 

8:18 p.m. ET – Just ... Can't ... Make ... A ... Shot.

8:15 p.m. ET – Paul Mulcahy hits back-to-back threes from the right corner, and he was wide open and uncovered both times. Rutgers lead now up to seven at 55-48. 

8:05 p.m. ET – Armaan Franklin is getting hot for the Hoosiers. He hits a long jumper with a foot on the line, so it's only a two. Indiana leads 48-47. Franklin with six points now. Trayce leads with 19. Timeout with 8:14 to go, Rutgers back up by one at 49-48.

7:58 p.m. ET – Montez Mathis gets called for a charge there and now he's got four fouls, the first to do so. Then Armaan Franklin hits a fadeway 8-footer on the other side and Indiana goes back out in front, 42-41. Then after a Rutgers miss, Indiana gets a quick runout and Rob Phinisee hits Trayce Jackson-Davis in stride with a perfect pass and a dunk. Indiana leads 44-41 and an angry Steve Pikiell calls timeout for Rutgers.

7:55 p.m. ET – Indiana just 2-for-8 from the field in those critical first five minutes. Rutgers leads 41-36 with 15 to go.

7:50 p.m. ET – When we've broken down all these IU-Rutgers games all year, the one trouble spot we always bring up is that the Hoosiers really struggle stopping their dribble penetration. It was really good through most of the first half, but Jacob Young and Ron Harper Jr., both just straight-lined it to the basket. First media timeout and Rutgers leads 39-36.

7:40 p.m. ET – Some first-half numbers of note. Trayce Jackson-Davis with 13 points. ... Indiana just 2-for-9 from three, a continuing problem. ... These first FIVE minutes are going to be critical. 

HALFTIME – Well, that was a fun 20 minutes. Indiana did a lot of really good things, but this is what Rutgers does. When they get hot from three, they can score points in a hurry. At the break it 33-32 Rutgers. 

7:21 p.m. ET – A bad pass on the perimeter by Rob Phinisee and Geo Baker dunks on the other end. Rutgers now leads 33-32 with 1:41 to go. First Rutgers lead all night.

7:15 p.m. ET –  Rutgers is finally starting to heat up, and we've seen this before. They've made four threes in a row after missing their first six and now it's just a one-point lead for Indiana at 32-31. That 10-point lead disappeared in a hurry. Remember what happened at Rutgers. Indiana led 23-8 and then were down 20. This is what's been talked about a lot lately. How will Indiana handle adversity? It's here right now.

7:10 p.m. ET – Jerome Hunter hits a three on a run-out and Indiana goes up 26-17. Good to see him knock one down. He was just 2-for-17 on his previous attempts from three over the past four games.

7:05 p.m. ET – We're at the 7:46 mark and Indiana leads 21-11. The defensive effort has been tremendous so far. Rutgers is just 4-for-16 shooting so far, and 0-for-6 from three. Blame it on the dome? No way, Hoosiers are getting a hand up on every shot. Packed-up defense back to packline tonight, at least so far. 

6:55 p.m. ET – Second media timeout and things are still looking good for Indiana. Hoosiers lead 16-11. Trayce has seven points already on 3-for-3 shooting from the field. IU also in the bonus already with 10:51 to go, so it's going to be a big night to make free throws. 

6:50 p.m. ET – The small amount of fans here are being very loud. Indiana thriving off that energy too. Definitely playing with more emotion tonight compared to what we've seen lately. 

6:45 p.m. ET – Trayce Jackson-Davis is playing with a lot of energy on both sides of the court so far. I can tell you, he is sick of losing. Looks like he's taking this one personal. He's got four points and a nice assist so far. 

6:40 p.m. ET – First media timeout and Indiana is off to a good start. The Hoosiers lead 11-5. Armaan Franklin has checked in for the Hoosiers. He seems to be moving around just fine so far, despite the ankle and foot injuries. 

6:30 p.m. ET – Usual starters with Armaan Franklin still out. Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, Jerome Hunter, Rob Phinisee and Al Durham. 

6:15 p.m. ET – Latest line on Draftkings still holding steady. Rutgers is a 3-point favorite. ONLY a 3-point favorite.