Indiana Predictions

Ok, I am the basketball swami and all shall worship at my Chuck T's. Back on New Years Eve I wrote this regarding Indiana's floundering basketball season:

This may be one of the most intesting seasons as an IU basketball fan. Indiana sits at a pitiful 4-6, however, they are playing much better with each game. Indiana starts three freshman on any given night, so some growing pains are expected (especially when three of those six losses came against teams ranked in the top ten).

My prediction: Indiana will fight it out with Michigan for fourth place in the Big 10. If they can do this, they'll sneak into the tournament as a bubble team and Davis will keep his job.

So what happened? Indiana went on a pretty good run and finished 10-6 in the Big 10 good for........4th place! I didn't expect Michigan to fall apart like they did (Indiana beat them twice), but they ended up in a tie with Minnesota for 4th place. They are now an NCAA bubble team who was helped out by a bad loss by Notre Dame tonight.

In the first game in the Big 10 tournament, Indiana plays Minnesota. If Indiana wins that game, they are in (prediction: Indiana wins this game by 10). I've been a bit bombastic about my predictions lately, but I love this Indiana team. They fight, they scrap and they improve with each game and it stems from great leadership and solid coaching. After Indiana beat Northwestern 73-52, NU coach Bill Carmody said that other than Illinois, IU was playing the best basketball in the Big 10. Unlike Bobby's later teams, this teams is finishing strong and improving with each game.

Congrats Coach Davis--you just got yourself another year at IU and you earned it.