Nostalgia can be nice.
For Indiana fans, it might be thinking back on the days at school in Bloomington — walking through the Sample Gates and around the gorgeous campus, going out to establishments on Kirkwood like Nick’s or Kilroy’s, hitting up the great tailgate scene before heading into Memorial Stadium on crisp fall Saturdays, and of course, going to basketball games at Assembly Hall on the coldest winter evenings.
With the Indiana basketball job coming open, some level of nostalgia is just fine. Indiana’s greatest basketball heights now came 30 years ago, and finding a tie to past greatness is not an unreasonable want, though it may be short-sighted.