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Maedhros on the premium forum writes: Can you explain what benefit at all Indiana receives from playing the dregs of college basketball?
Guarantee games, as they’re called, have become a staple of college basketball. The benefit for Indiana is it fills dates on the home schedule and doesn’t require a return trip to the opponent’s arena in a future season.