“IU’s season died tonight.”
I received that text from my dad around 2 AM local time in London after Indiana finished getting their ears boxed in by Rutgers. I could not disagree.
The only reasonable counterargument would be to say that IU’s season was dead prior to arrival in Piscataway, and that the Scarlet Knights were merely dancing on a grave.
But then— an unfathomable result in East Lansing and, all of the sudden, the wilderness clears out a little bit. At 13-9 (4-7), the Hoosiers sit ever so tediously on the bubble, but a well-timed surge could define this team’s mentality and give them a chance to show off how much resilience can pay off in March.