BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As Indiana’s Collin Hartman received a pass from Yogi Ferrell and rose into the air to launch an uncontested 3-pointer early in the second half Sunday afternoon, Ohio State head coach Thad Matta stood on the opposite end of the floor in front of his team’s bench with his arms crossed.
The ball floated through the air for what probably felt like forever for Matta and as Hartman’s 3-pointer splashed through the basket and the raucous Assembly Hall crowd of 16,382 erupted with arguably its loudest ovation of the day, Matta, stoic in the face and arms still folded, did not flinch.