Hoosiers. The living (albeit bitter) ghost of Bob Knight. Indiana's history often seems more pleasant than a look forward, unless it's toward the anticipation of replacing Tom Crean.
Life can’t be easy as the Hoosiers' head coach, having to face a constant stream of blue-blood expectations and real-time (and quite local) pessimism.
November losses to Wake Forest and UNLV at the Maui Invitational showcased a nonexistent defense and a coach who seemed like he might get run out of Bloomington before conference play. But those storylines seem about as ancient as Hickory and Jimmy Chitwood, or that 1976 undefeated squad of Knight’s.