Indiana men’s basketball wrapped up its non-conference schedule today with a sleepy Sunday afternoon tip against Winthrop in Assembly Hall.
With such an inferior opponent in town, Indiana didn’t have much to prove, and unfortunately played like it. With under four minutes to play in the game, Indiana led by just one point after failing to put the Eagles away for the first 35 minutes of the game.
The Hoosiers were without Oumar Ballo, but his absence doesn’t fully explain why Indiana let Winthrop stick around for way too long on Sunday. Missed shots, foul trouble, and an overall lack of offensive identity have plagued Indiana even with Ballo in the lineup.