With 38 seconds left in the game against Maryland, Indiana led by four and all was right in the Indiana men’s basketball universe. Had the H

The ball landed with a thud on Branch McCracken Court — a fall from grace similar to that of Indiana men’s basketball, which squandered a 4-point lead in the final 30 seconds en route to a 79-78 loss to Maryland. Indiana (14-7, 5-5 Big Ten) has lost four of its last five games. Sunday’s defeat may sting more than the others.

Indiana basketball would like a do-over on the final minute against Maryland, here's what went wrong for the Hoosiers.

Indiana’s defensive approach of packing the lane and limiting Julian Reese and Derik Queen led to open 3-pointers from Maryland, which finished 12 for 24 from b

With 38 seconds left Sunday against Maryland, Indiana's Anthony Leal scored inside and added a free throw, putting the Hoosiers up by four in a have-to-have-it game.

The Hoosiers overcame double-digit deficits to lead, showing its Big Ten title potential against a quality Maryland team, but it was left unfulfilled.

Indiana fans have run out of patience with Mike Woodson. After the Hoosiers collapsed late and suffered a 79-78 loss to Maryland on Sunday, the home crowd booed its head coach as he left the floor. It appeared Woodson was heading to the locker room,

Rice made the go-ahead three-pointer with 7.5 seconds left as Maryland prevailed, 79-78, for its fifth victory in six games.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast) Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis, right, brings the ball up court in front of Indiana guard Trey Galloway in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Rodney Rice knocked down a 3-pointer with seven seconds left to lift Maryland to a 79-78 win over Indiana on Sunday.

If football is a game of inches, basketball is a game of seconds. And Sunday afternoon, the finals seconds of the Indiana University-Maryland men’s basketball game cost the Hoosiers the result.

Maryland men's basketball defeated Indiana 79-78, on Jan. 26 for its second consecutive conference road victory.