IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Want to get Tom Allen jacked up?
Talk defense.
Want to add to the Indiana coach's intensity?
Mention this coming season's defensive prospects.
"I am very much looking forward to this season," he says.
You'd expect that from a guy who has spent most of his college coaching career coaching defense. Add nine returning starters, plus a majority of the two-deep, from a unit that held opponents to 24.4 points and had two shutouts, and you can understand why optimism is high.
"Defensively, we were very young two years ago," Allen says.