Sunday, January 20, 2008

Indiana beats Minnesota despite turnovers

Despite 26 turnovers, by far a season high, the Indiana Hoosiers managed to beat a scrappy Minnesota team in Minneapolis on Thursday night.

Despite the ugly game, I think that this was a big step forward for the Hoosiers. They went on the road against a top in-conference opponent, didn't play a very good game, but still managed to come away with the win. The game on Thursday night was the kind of game that so often I have seen the Hoosiers lose in recent years - they couldn't get out of their own way, committing stupid errors that kept the other team in the game. However, they closed out the Gophers in the end, maintaining their position at the top of the Big Ten and the top of the national rankings.

I just hope that they get some credit where credit is due in the wake of the losses by #1 North Carolina, #4 UCLA, #6 Georgetown and #9 Texas A&M over the past week.

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