The main reason that the media, local and national, were so unsure of this Indiana men’s basketball team is the loss of Trayce Jackson-Davis.
Any time a team is tasked with replacing a four-year starter, there’s going to be some adjustment. When that player was as dominant as Trayce was, finishing in the top five in program history for multiple stats, it’s fair to expect some regression.
As we learned last night against Marian, Indiana is not simply trying to replace Trayce. And that’s a good thing; we won’t see another center like him for a while, if ever.