The Minute After: Tennessee Tech

Thoughts on a 90-66 win against the Golden Eagles:

Tonight was a battle of contrasting styles.

The undersized, uptempo, pesky Golden Eagles against the superior size, talent and versatility of the Hoosiers.

With Tennessee Tech opting not to double the post, the Hoosiers fed 7-foot-2 Samet Yigitoglu. He had the team’s first six points in under two minutes of game action. But as he went up for another shot at the 17:21 mark, Yigitoglu took a hit to the face, leaving him with a bloodied eyelid. He had to exit the game to get cleaned up.

From there, Tennessee Tech’s style of play started to assert itself.

Its full-court defense, traps and pressure bothered the Hoosiers and made them uncomfortable.…