It didn’t look promising for much of the game as Michigan held a double digit first half lead. 1 in the country and Assembly Hall was at a fever pitch. When the Big Ten’s top two teams met again a month later, Indiana was No. “Being able to withstand losing that lead and then staying in position where we had a chance to win it at the end was a hell of an improvement for us,” Knight said to reporters after the game. Knight was impressed with his team’s resilience to stay in the game after losing the lead. The Hoosiers held a 37-31 lead at the break and extended that lead to 43-33 before Michigan rallied and created a thrilling back-and-forth affair for most of the second half.īailey continued his up and down play in the series, this time dazzling with 10 assists and no turnovers, while Cheaney added 20 points. For the game Henderson had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks as he dealt with Webber and Howard all night on the defensive end. 2 MICHIGAN 75Īlan Henderson came up big late, with the go-ahead basket and then a game saving block on an attempt by Webber in the waning seconds. The loss would be the first of two losses in IU’s final three regular season games as they let the conference crown slip away to the Buckeyes.īoth teams would go on to reach the 1992 Final Four in Minneapolis.Ĭredit – IU Archives JANUARY 12, 1993: No. “There is always a difference between shooting and playing, and I thought we played pretty well.”īailey followed up his big game against the Wolverines earlier in the season with a scoreless afternoon in this one. “I was really pleased with our effort to get back into it,” Knight said to reporters. Indiana trailed by eight at the half but managed to rally and take the lead, pleasing their head coach. The Hoosiers got half as many attempts at the foul line as they did in Bloomington, and IU made only 14 of their 25 attempts. The cold shooting from the field translated to the free throw line. IU shot just 36 percent from the field at Ann Arbor as the first place Hoosiers fell into a tie atop the Big Ten with Ohio State. “He’s improved, he’s got a way to go.” MARCH 8, 1992: No. “I’m waiting to see Bailey better than this,” Bob Knight told reporters. The Michigan fouls led to an Assembly Hall record 50 free throw attempts for IU, with five different players attempting at least six shots from the foul line.īailey and Calbert Cheaney led the way for Indiana with 22 points apiece as IU won its 12th straight game.Īs he was known to do, Indiana head coach Bob Knight wasn’t ready to crown Bailey a hero after his big game. Webber, Jackson and Howard all fouled out, and the Wolverines committed 17 turnovers (on just 14 assists) while IU had only eight miscues on the day. Michigan erased a 12 point IU halftime lead, but a big second half from Damon Bailey provided the answer.įoul trouble and turnovers haunted the Fab Five in their first visit to Assembly Hall. Let’s take a look back at the four meetings between Indiana and Michigan’s Fab Five. The 1993 Indiana Hoosiers were a nearly perfect 17-1 in league play and may have been an Alan Henderson injury away from claiming the school’s sixth national title. Indiana also accomplished something that the Fab Five was unable to do during these seasons - they won a Big Ten title. The Hoosiers finished above Michigan in the standings both seasons. The teams met a total of four times in 19, with Indiana coming out on top in three of the four contests.
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