Woof. Indiana was bound to lose at some point this season, but it would have been nice for the first loss to have been competitive. Today’s loss in Jersey Mike’s Arena was anything but for Indiana.
Apparently the team’s flight was delayed by weather, causing them to arrive in New Jersey past midnight tonight, which could maybe have accounted for five minutes of sluggishness today. It does not, however, excuse whatever the rest of that game was for the Hoosiers.
Geo Baker gave this team all of the bulletin board material it needed to snap the now six-game losing streak to the Scarlet Knights, and just about everyone on the Indiana roster managed to sleepwalk through the game nonetheless.