Thoughts on a 73-60 win against Minnesota:
Another Big Ten game, another puzzle for the Hoosiers to solve.
Instead of quick-hit shots from Trayce Jackson-Davis and transition scores like we saw Thursday night against Ohio State, Indiana had to go with a different approach against the Golden Gophers. First-year coach Ben Johnson decided to sag his defense and bring extra attention to Jackson-Davis. The Gophers looked to slow things down and force the ball out of his hands. There was this wrinkle, too: Minnesota dared Indiana’s struggling-to-score point guards, Xavier Johnson and Rob Phinisee, to shoot from deep, not even sending a defender out to challenge the shot once the ball got out of Jackson-Davis’ hand.