Five games into the season, the 2011-12 Indiana Hoosiers have yet to be challenged.
Four games in Assembly Hall and one at the Ford Center in Evansville have produced five wins by 20 points or more by Indiana. That’s never happened in the history of the program.
Dig into the box scores and you’ll find little to nitpick with the way Tom Crean’s team has dismantled the opposition.
The fouling epidemic, an Achilles’ Heel a season ago, has tempered at least for the time being. The Hoosiers are one of the top shooting teams in the country thanks to unselfish, crisp ball movement and smart shot selection. And there’s an inside scoring threat roaming the paint for IU for the first time since D.J. White’s departure. His name is Cody Zeller and he’s already picked up two Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards.
IU’s 5-0 start feels different then last season, when the Hoosiers didn’t always win convincingly. This year, IU has left little doub...
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Cody Zeller,
Tim Abromaitis,
Scott Martin
TEAMS: Indiana Hoosiers, Kennesaw State Owls, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, North Carolina State Wolfpack
TEAMS: Indiana Hoosiers, Kennesaw State Owls, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, North Carolina State Wolfpack
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