The Hoosiers are off to their first 7-0 start in Big Ten play since 1993, and are 17-3 overall.
1. Indiana is now a very good basketball team, and there is no other acceptable answer.
Tom Crean didn't have a very good basketball team to start the year -- and that was reflected in losses to Wake Forest and UNLV on an island five hours away in November.
That team also no longer exists.
James Blackmon's injury in and of itself didn't make Indiana better. A quality player of Blackmon's offensive ability can be of use to any team, including this one.