Tom Crean says the two have made major progress, and Scout.com's Justin Albers reports that Johnson is likely to return Friday.
Indiana's biggest objective prior to Selection Sunday might not be winning the Big Ten Tournament.
It might just be getting healthy.
Considering the injuries and illnesses, the Hoosiers run of five straight wins, including three over top 20 opponents, is all the more impressive. Indiana's Robert Johnson missed the final three games of the regular season with what Crean has called a "high ankle sprain" sustained late against Purdue. Juwan Morgan re-aggravated a pre-existing shoulder injury at Iowa, and then re-re-aggravated it against Maryland.