For the twentieth straight game, Indiana men’s basketball has lost in the Kohl Center. It’s a streak that spans six coaches (we do not acknowledge Dan Dakich), dozens of players, and plenty of teams, good and bad, from each program.
As opposed to some of the more unexpected or heartbreaking losses over that span, today went about as poorly as I would have thought. Especially upon learning that Indiana would be without Kel’el Ware and his 14.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game.
Playing Payton Sparks was maybe not the move I would have made in that situation, but he did bring some energy and physicality that Indiana had been lacking of late.