At 6 p.m. Eastern tonight, most of us will get our first glimpse at Mike Woodson’s Indiana men’s basketball team. The Hoosiers have played some exhibition games in the Bahamas that seemed encouraging, but the games weren’t televised and there were some mixed opinions about the level of competition the Hoosiers saw against Serbian club BC Mega.
Tonight’s matchup with Eastern Michigan, which ranks 297th on kenpom.com, should not be a close game, nor will it tell us much about this year’s team. Nonetheless, the fact that we are no longer being subjected to Archieball is plenty to be excited about.