They weren’t on the floor when Armaan Franklin shimmied in front of his defender. They weren’t in the lineup when Franklin’s shot cut through the net to win the game. Or when he skipped across the hardwood, pointing up to his family.
For the last three minutes of the game, they sat on the bench.
But those last three minutes squatting on foam seats, aren’t where Indiana’s four freshmen were defined.
Over the course of the game, they set up the opportunity for Franklin’s shot with their energy and intensity. They kept the Hoosiers in the game after falling in a double-digit hole in the first half.