Al Durham lifted his left index finger to his mouth and pressed it against his lips.
The gesture came in response to a seemingly innocent statement from a media member during Wednesday afternoon’s interview session with Durham and senior guard Devonte Green.
Indiana has won its last four games inside Assembly Hall against ranked opponents, and the question eventually posed to Durham and Green concerned carrying momentum from those past upset wins into tonight’s primetime meeting with No. 11 Michigan State.
Durham was having none of it.
Each season brings a new complexion to each team’s roster: The upset wins toward the end of last season against Wisconsin (a double-overtime victory clinched by a Romeo Langford layup) and Michigan State (the win sealed with defense from Rob Phinisee) have little, if any, on-court correlation with this season’s home triumphs over Florida State and Ohio State.