Saturday night’s monumental upset of Michigan State was huge for many reasons. For one, Indiana was able to halt a seven-game losing streak that had many people feeling as if the season was a lost cause. Most importantly, it provides a much needed boost to morale, confidence, or whatever emotional quality you want to use.
The win also gives Indiana one of the best resume building wins that any team will pick up in Big Ten play this year, and it’s one that the Hoosiers desperately needed as their margin for error to make the NCAA Tournament dwindled with each subsequent loss.