Indy Star
Hoosiers playing better away from home
Indiana has a chance to win a 5th Big Ten road game.
It has been a long time since the road in the Big Ten has been the least bit friendly for the Indiana University
basketball team.
Fifteen years, to be exact. The 1993 Hoosiers went 8-1 on the road as part of a 17-1 Big Ten championship season.
Since then, no IU team has won more than four conference road games in a season. That could change today, when the No. 14 Hoosiers have a chance to record a fifth Big Ten road win when they play Ohio State.
Thursday night's 83-79 double-overtime victory at Illinois was monumental. It was IU's first win at Illinois since 1999 and improved its road conference record to 4-1 with four Big Ten road games to play. The Hoosiers (19-3, 8-1) are 5-1 in true road games this season.
D.J. White is well aware of the importance of winning on the road in conference play. In his first three seasons, IU was 6-18 in conference road games.