IU basketball trivia that I discovered in my database. If you're interested in the Indy 500, check out my other account: @Indy500Trivia.
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The first game in #IUBB's just-concluded six-game losing streak vs. Syracuse was played on 11/23/1988, and the last game was played 12,060 days later, on 11/30/2021. Measured by the number of days from the first loss to the last, that was the longest losing streak in IU history.
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Tomorrow night, #IUBB will attempt to defeat Syracuse for the first time since the 1987 national championship game. Since then, Syracuse has won 6 in a row vs. IU. Until recently, that was IU’s longest active losing streak vs. an opponent.
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#IUBB’s all-time record vs teams that are currently in the ACC is 108-72, but many of those games (especially games vs. Notre Dame) were against teams that weren’t in the ACC at the time of the game. IU’s record vs. teams that were in the ACC when the game was played is 32-32.
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#IUBB’s all-time record vs teams from New York State is 22-8, so they’re 21-2 vs NY teams that aren’t Syracuse. Their last loss to a non-Syracuse NY team was vs. St. John’s in the 1999 NCAA tournament. Since then, they’ve lost 3x to the Cuse while going 10-0 vs all other NY teams
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About a year and a half ago, I put together a list of the 5 closest schools w/ D-1 hoops that had never played #IUBB. Last year, IU played Lindenwood, #5 on the list. Tomorrow night, they’ll play Bellarmine, the closest school w/ D-1 hoops that IU has never played.
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Hence, #IUBB is 15-1 all-time vs teams that were in the ASUN at the time the game was played, but they’re only 7-1 vs current ASUN members, as many teams that were in the ASUN when IU played them have moved on. The loss was a home loss to Lipscomb in the 1st post-Sampson season.
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This will be #IUBB’s 100th game vs a KY-based team. IU’s record in the first 99 games is 54-45. As you’d expect, the state that has most often been the home of IU's opponent is IN (585), followed by IL (480), MI (334), OH (291), IA (208), WI (195), MN (186) and PA (104).
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#IUBB kicks off its season tomorrow vs Eastern Illinois. The first IU-EIU matchup was in Boise, in a first-round game in the 1992 NCAA tournament which IU won, 94-55. Since then, EIU has come to B’ton 2x, in Nov. 2015 and Nov. 2024, with IU winning by 39 and 35 pts, respectively.
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#IUBB’s record vs the teams that are currently in the OVC is a perfect 28-0. IU’s record vs teams that were in the OVC at the time of the game is 30-1; the loss was in IU’s first game ever vs an OVC team, a loss to Western Kentucky (now in CUSA) in 1967.
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Correction: #IUBB's record vs teams that are currently in the OVC is actually 20-0. In updating my list of conference affiliations, I learned that Tennessee Tech and Ark.-Little Rock left the OVC after last season, and IU was 8-0 against them.
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