Thoughts on an 82-53 loss to the Gaels:
This was an absolute drubbing. A clinic. A cut-up. A mauling. A whooping. A clock-cleaning. An epic fail.
It was also Indiana’s worst NCAA tournament loss in its history.
And so the season ends here in Portland in the round of 64, Indiana’s fifth game in eight days with an overnight flight debacle thrown in for good measure. It was an exhausting stretch.
“You could see it on their faces,” Gaels coach Randy Bennett said after the game. “They were gassed probably at halftime.