For the first 10 minutes, Indiana played Wisconsin evenly, fighting for lose balls and rebounds, moving with purpose offensively, and taking shots with confidence. Then, something changed. Minutes 51 to 60 could not have been any different than the first 50 minutes Indiana played in this 2017 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. And that was all it took for Wisconsin to separate by the six or eight points that the Hoosiers can never overcome when tangling with the Badgers.
With 10 minutes to play in the first half, the Hoosiers held a 20-16 lead, built upon the foundation laid by two three-point field goals by both Robert Johnson and James Blackmon, Jr.