The Minute After: Northwestern

Thoughts on a 59-51 loss to Northwestern:

No Xavier Johnson. No Parker Stewart. No Michael Durr, Tamar Bates or Khristian Lander, either. All suspended by Mike Woodson for tonight’s game, and maybe more.

“They broke rules and they were punished for it,” he said after the game.

The suspension of five Indiana scholarship players put Indiana in a hole tonight in Evanston. And despite a gutsy effort, it’s a loss, Indiana’s second in a row for the first time all season.

Indiana defended more than well enough to win this game. The Wildcats scored just 59 points, had an effective field goal percentage of 36 and were held under a point per possession (.93). They shot just 5-of-27 from deep. But perhaps…