Back in 2012, Tom Crean had a bat idea.
It was the first week of February, Indiana had just dropped a game at Michigan — its fifth loss in a seven-game span — and Crean’s brothers-in-law, Jim and John Harbaugh, were in Bloomington for a visit. With a weekend trip to Purdue on deck, Crean believed his Hoosiers needed a kick in the pants. So he asked the Harbaughs to swing by practice and talk to the team.
Appearing on an episode of the Titus & Tate podcast Tuesday, former IU All-American Cody Zeller recounted the absolutely batshit insane series of events that followed:
“Both of them talked to us,” Zeller said, “and both of them are high-strung, a little crazy.