The greatest strength of the 2021-22 Indiana women’s basketball roster, without a doubt, was the group’s chemistry as a team.
Players like Grace Berger, Mackenzie Holmes, Ali Patberg and Aleksa Gulbe played and grew together for years before taking the floor last season. They knew each other’s strengths, weaknesses and more. Add in a defensive nightmare like Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and you have a roster that kept Big Ten coaches up at night.
This offseason the team lost Patberg, Gulbe and Cardaño-Hillary. They immediately regained Patberg as a team and recruiting coordinator, but it’s not like she can suit up and run onto the floor if head coach Teri Moren needs her.