Three days before Indiana took on the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Hoosiers found themselves recovering from a bad loss. Indiana had been embarrassed at the State Farm Center. A 20-point defeat to Illinois sent them back to Bloomington, ashamed of the performance they had put on. But even with the difficult loss, another challenging task was on their radar.
With the biggest game of the year ahead, Indiana knew something had to change. The Hoosiers needed to perform differently than they had prior in the week and couldn’t afford a similar performance to the one they had on Jan.