No matter how many ways he was asked in the lead up to it, Indiana’s transfer forward refused to speak at length or in-depth about the meaning of Tuesday night’s game inside Madison Square Garden.
He said what any first-year Hoosier would, that the bright lights and big stage of a primetime nonconference game against UConn were what he came to Indiana for.
More tellingly, he pushed his personal connection to Tuesday’s event to the side.
The Jimmy V Classic supports the V Foundation for Cancer Research, a cause close to Brunk after the passing of his father in April 2017 due to brain cancer.