It was the last game of the regular season, and the Hoosiers had already clinched the Big Ten title. For good measure, the No. 12 ranked Hoosiers stomped No. 14 Maryland, 80-62, to finish the conference season 15-3.
Once the final buzzer sounded, the team posed for pictures with the Big Ten Championship trophy before the five seniors gave their traditional speeches. Then, each Hoosier cut down a piece of the nets, one by one, until the iron lied naked 10-feet above Branch McCracken Court.
It was a picture perfect ending to a season that could have gone off the rails after early losses to Wake Forest, UNLV and Duke.