Indiana is a good team that has had a bad season. Maybe. Or maybe Indiana is a mediocre team that has had a mediocre season. IU probably is not a bad team that has had a kind-of-good season, although that is an available interpretation too.
The 2019 Hoosiers are the quintessential bubble team—a confounding mix of good wins, a pile of losses, a star player and a blue-blood history that, like it or not, always plays a role in these things.
Indiana lost its 15th game of the year Thursday, exiting the Big Ten tournament with a 79-75 defeat to the now 19-14 Ohio State.