Thoughts on an 80-65 win against the Illini:
The Hoosiers have been here before in the Mike Woodson era.
A season ago in Madison, Indiana’s 22-point advantage in the first half crumbled into a five-point loss. In Iowa City earlier this month, IU’s 19-point lead against the Hawkeyes melted into a two-point defeat.
But in Champaign tonight? The script flipped.
Indiana’s first couple of possessions were shaky. But after Woodson called a rare early timeout to calm the waters, the Hoosiers got things going and really never looked back. An early four-point deficit became a 19-point advantage with 4:20 left in the first half.