The Crimson Quarry · Jan 21, 2023
Column: Indiana needs to appreciate Trayce Jackson-Davis while he’s here
The Archie Miller era was a bleak time for Indiana fans.
The Hoosiers made the NCAA Tournament zero times during his tenure in Bloomington outside of the “What if” 2019-20 season. There wasn’t shooting and the hated Purdue Boilermakers began a winning streak that was only snapped by a last ditch effort from Lafayette native Rob Phinisee during Mike Woodson’s first year in town.
The bright spots were few and grew dimmer each year. There was Romeo Langford, Indiana’s most hyped recruit in decades, who left town as a one-and-done without a postseason because of the team around him. There was a puzzling tendency of beating Tom Izzo’s Michigan state on a fairly regular basis.