Three Things: Indiana 84, Nebraska 76

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty ImagesWoooooooo. You can exhale now.

It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t fun, but smile, baby, because that’s IU basketball in 2021. Indiana blew an 18-point lead against the Big Ten’s worst team, but buckled down in the final few minutes to survive its trip to Lincoln with an 84-76 win over Nebraska on Sunday night.

Let’s talk about some Things:

The Hoosiers really, really, really needed that game. And they got it.

We mentioned after the Penn State game how Indiana seemed intent to test the theory that there are no bad wins. The Hoosiers, it seems, have done that a few times this season. And yet, as tempting as it might be, it’s probably best to not overanalyze the trip…