Malaki Branham scored 27 points and No. 22 Ohio State rallied to beat Indiana 80-69 in overtime Monday night.

Woodson’s hire can be viewed as a reflection on the state of the IU program. 

Woodson, who turned 63 last week, has never coached college basketball but did direct the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks to the playoffs.

Matta directed Ohio State to a pair of NCAA Final Fours while winning five Big Ten regular-season championships and four Big Ten Tournaments with the Buckeyes. 

Some people say Indiana needs an Indiana guy to lift its basketball program from the malaise that has surrounded Hoosier basketball for nearly two decades. I say they are wrong.

They say Indiana needs to stop pointing toward the five fading NCAA men’s basketball championship banners on the wall at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

Indiana University confirmed it heard the frustrations of its fan base Monday morning when the school dismissed men’s basketball coach Archie Miller with three years remaining on his seven-year contract.