IU's quest for a Big 10 regular season championship took a major hit on Sunday when they got walloped by the Michigan State Spartans up @ East Lansing. It seems that if the Hoosiers ever found a bad time not to be running on all four cylinders, Sunday afternoon was that time.
Sure, IU may have found ways to win much-needed conference games for the past two weeks, which goes to show us that there indeed is life after Kelvin Sampson. Indeed, the past two weeks or so have been downright trying ones for the Hoosiers along with their diehard fanbase back in Bloomington (among other places). But they had faith, they believed, they knew that when the going got tough, the tough would respond in kind & get going.
Sunday's loss, though, takes the cake. If IU still has the likelihood of grabbing the regular season championship in Big 10 action, they'll need plenty of help from the other teams who've got Purdue & Wisconsin on their schedule (oh, this just in: Ohio State beat Purdue last night...in a word, awesome!!). And if that's not enough, the Hoosiers themselves will need to win on down the stretch to make a first-place prize a possibility.
IU has proven that they can win without Kelvin Sampson. But when it comes down to conference & postseason play, how tough will the Hoosiers in their heart of hearts really be?
Against the Spartans - round #2 this season - they weren't tough enough. And they can ill afford a repeat of their previous performance against Minnesota. But then again, they know they can find redemption on their home court; they've been there & done that before. They can bounce back.
Believe it. IU will bounce back.
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