WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indiana’s nonconference schedule is, to put it simply, ambitious.
The Hoosiers open the season Nov. 11 against Kansas at the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. They play North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and then get Butler in the Crossroads Classic and Louisville to close out 2016 on New Year’s Eve.
“That’s very poor scheduling,” Indiana coach Tom Crean said, perhaps as a joke, although it fell flat. “I mean, there is no question about that. Especially the Kansas game. But, no, in all honesty that’s something everybody’s looking forward to. I mean, our nonconference schedule is going to be ridiculously challenging for this team, but that’s OK because so is the league.