BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – Indiana honored Victor Oladipo 10 minutes before Sunday afternoon's tipoff with Purdue.
IU then wouldn't have minded him heading for the locker room to suit up.
Or De'Ron Davis and Collin Hartman, for that matter.
Because the magnitude of Sunday's challenge was manifest. Purdue, a veteran and physically imposing club, entered ranked No. 3 nationally and unbeaten in Big Ten play.
And Purdue exited 21-2 with what is now a school-record 17-game winning streak.
But not before the undersized and undermanned Hoosiers clawed their way into contention all day till the final minute of a 74-67 decision that was closer than the score indicates.