MADISON, Wis. — Al Durham shouted and screamed, and he begged and pleaded.
Gesturing demonstratively toward the various scoreboards displayed inside the Kohl Center, he implored his teammates to understand the urgency of the moment.
Indiana trailed Wisconsin by 20 points, 45-25, with 89 seconds left in the first half Saturday, and Archie Miller called a 30-second timeout to again try and jumpstart his Hoosier team after a sluggish first-half showing.
But Durham took command during the timeout, speaking directly and sternly to teammates.
Indiana’s Big Ten opener had already slipped out of reach, with a lack of talking between teammates one of the principal reasons for the large deficit.