DES MOINES, Iowa — A few hours before the most pivotal win of his Indiana career—a 73-67 nail-biter against Kentucky that catapulted the Hoosiers into the Sweet 16—Tom Crean's wife, Joani, paced throughout a suite at the West Des Moines Marriott.
Normally composed on game day, Joani was jumpy and fidgety. As her husband slipped into his sport coat and opened the door to walk to the team bus, she hardly spoke.
"I was obviously nervous," Joani said later that evening. "But Tom had this incredible sense of peace about him, a sense of calm.