By the time Jim Ferry leads his team back on the court against Purdue on January 17 it will have been more than two weeks since the last game. In a year that was disrupted before it began with the resignation of coach Pat Chambers, the in-season pause may turn out to be a good thing for the program.
Let’s go all the way back to October 21, the final day with Chambers at the helm of the program. It was just 35 days before the first scheduled game in a time when there was already a great amount of uncertainty.