“Do you play AT Indiana, or FOR Indiana?”
It’s a question that loomed large for this Indiana basketball team when Tom Crean presented it after a remarkably poor performance at Maui this past season, but now its sentiment appears to loom even larger.
With a simple question, Tom Crean has established a mentality change at his program that will breed future success. It’s a mentality of pride and confidence. A mentality based around “Buying-in.” A mentality that has slowly but surely been at the forefront of everything this program achieved this season.
When Tom Crean took the job here at Indiana, a lot of his work began by simply focusing the morale of the program.