IUHoosiers.com
DAYTON, Ohio – It's here at last, this NCAA tourney opportunity, this moment that Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson and Xavier Johnson so badly wanted.
Now that Indiana is back in the tournament after a six-year absence, now that these Hoosier veterans and all their teammates get their first March Madness shot, emotion flows.
"When I was a little kid," Jackson-Davis says, "I always dreamed of playing in the championship game and hitting free throws for the win."
For the record, the team wasn't Indiana, but that misses the point.