The Minute After: Central Arkansas

Thoughts on an 86-53 win against the Bears:

This one started with Indiana’s normal trappings, too many turnovers leading to a deficit. But as the Hoosiers cleaned things up as the first half went along, it became apparent that their streak of oh so close games would finally end tonight. Instead, a good old-fashioned non-conference stomping was in order.

The Hoosiers carried a 16-point advantage into halftime. The lead ballooned to as much as 38 points in the second half before settling at a 33-point victory. Indiana was able to build its lead in each half thanks to some serious scoring droughts from the Bears. Central Arkansas got stuck on 19 points from the 14:32 to 5:07 mark in the first…