The Minute After: Kansas

Thoughts on a 75-71 loss to the Jayhawks:

What a difference a week makes.

With the Auburn debacle firmly in the rearview mirror and Assembly Hall’s magic alive and well, the Hoosiers seemed primed for the upset of No. 2 Kansas. On the back of a strong first half on both sides of the ball, Indiana carried a 13-point lead with 15:07 to go in the second half. Trey Galloway was playing the game of life. Mackenzie Mgbako’s breakout game was finally here. The 3-pointers, at long last, were dropping at a high rate.

But Kansas slowly and surely started to assert itself as the second half wore on. And so a game Indiana had firm control of began to slip from its grasp for good. With 8:48 to go, a Hunter…