The glow came from the first-class aisle seat on American Airlines flight 5, an 11:10 a.m. nonstop from Dallas destined for Honolulu.
Indiana coach Tom Crean opened his laptop and placed it on the tray table in front of him; with eight hours to burn, he’d already decided that studying the next opponent would be the best use of his time.
This was Nov. 8, 2016 — three days before Indiana’s season-opening game against Kansas — and Crean watched film so long over the Pacific Ocean that his computer battery finally gave out before the plane’s final descent.