Indiana Falls At Home To Minnesota

Minnesota 77, #8 Indiana 74I talked almost two weeks ago about Indiana and games like this. Their wins over Ohio State and Kentucky were tremendous, but I pointed out that pulling a couple of big upset wins is not all a team needs to contend for a Big Ten title or a 2, 3 or 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The next step an elite team has to take is to consistently win the games they're "supposed" to win. It's one thing to get up emotionally for a couple of huge games - bringing it night in and night out against mid-conference teams is more mentally difficult. Their first real test in that sense was Minnesota, and the Gophers just out-efforted them for most of the night. Minnesota destroyed the Hoosiers on the boards, finishing with a 44.4 OR%. The Hoosiers showed some life in the final 90 seconds, but trying to come back from a nine point deficit just was too much.Austin Hollins, who had 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, was the star for the Gophers. He also had two of...