EDITOR’S NOTE: I set out to write a hater’s guide for the Crossroads Classic but, honestly, there’ll be plenty of time to hate Purdue later on in the year and Notre Dame basketball is hardly worth anyone’s time or attention.
There are a lot of tiresome debates when it comes to Indiana basketball. Hell, the entire endeavor of Rooting For The Hoosiers has become increasingly more exhausting ever since the team got their teeth kicked in by Pepperdine in the first round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Every couple of years we are awarded a brief reprieve from the descent into ignominy but, sooner or later, the free fall resumes.