BLOOMINGTON, Ind. − It was hard to hear Hunter Dickinson as he spoke in the auxiliary room deep inside Assembly Hall.
For starters, his head was facing down. For another, he spoke under his breath. But mostly, he was overpowered by roars of the crowd from the ongoing senior day festivities on the other side of the wall, inside the gymnasium where Indiana had just sealed a thrilling 75-73 overtime victory over Michigan basketball.
Not even 15 minutes after two All-Americans — Dickinson and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis — finished what was likely the best of their five epic clashes, the juxtaposition of the scenes immediately around each of them spoke volumes about their schools' seasons.