IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Don't tell Jeff Mercer what Indiana can't do. The third-year baseball coach is all about possibilities. He recruited these Hoosiers, worked them, pushed them, demanded of them.
The 15-8 record and four wins in five games, putting them within range of surging Nebraska (18-6) and Michigan (17-6) in the Big Ten race, suggests they are poised for a closing run that might deliver the conference championship they were favored to win before the season began.
"I have great confidence in this team," Mercer says, "and I have from the very beginning.