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IU basketball media day notebook: Hoosiers not shying away from expectations

There’s no way Indiana can run from the expectations it has this upcoming season.

The clear message from Mike Woodson and his players was that the Hoosiers are going to have to step up to the occasion. Indiana – a team that is predicted by almost every media outlet to win the Big Ten – doesn’t have any other choice.

“I know expectations are high. I get that. That’s a good thing,” IU coach Mike Woodson said at Thursday’s media day in Assembly Hall. “But we’ve got to go out and do it on the floor and show that we can win a Big Ten title and a national title.