After Indiana's big-time loss at the hands of St. Joseph's, the Hoosiers were seen on ESPN observing the semi-finals game between No. 1 North Carolina and Oregon.
Announcers said that Tom Crean had his team there to see a good team play. The Hoosiers, now 3-2, clearly needed the education if they hope to improve this season.
Hoosier fans were not sure what to expect coming into the season, but now Crean's team has indicated that it will indeed be a long season in Bloomington.
Quarterfinals: No. 8 Notre Dame 88, IU 50
The very talented Irish wasted no time in putting away the Hoosiers, going on a 9-0 run near the beginning of the game to take an 11-4 lead.
Notre Dame didn't look back from there as Tory Jackson went on to score 21 points en route to a 38-point Notre Dame victory.
Tom Pritchard led IU with 14 points while Nick Williams and Devan Dumes managed 10 points each. Only six Hoosiers scored during the game while all Irish players that entered the game hit at least one field goal. IU had 20 turnovers on the game.
Consolation Game: St. Joseph's 80, IU 54
The Hoosiers stuck with the Hawks a bit better than they did against the Irish. St. Joe clung to a five-point lead at the half, but outscored IU 46-25 in the second half. Darrin Groves led all scores with 23 points for St. Joe.
The Hoosier bench showed up against the Hawks. Malik Story led the team with nine points. Verdell Jones score eight and Matt Roth, Kyle Taber and Pritchard had seven points each. Turnovers haunted IU once again. This time the Hoosiers put up 23.
Seventh Place Game: IU 81, Chaminade 79
Indiana's offense finally got going against the hosting Silver Swords of Chaminade. The Hoosiers looked much better up until the final seconds of the game when the Swords made a comeback attempt.
IU scored 51 points in the first half, nearly topping their average score at the conclusion of the first two games. They held their biggest lead of the game at 66-51 with 13:30 left in the second half.
Pritchard led the team with 19 points while Dumes posted 14, Jones 13 and Story 12.
Next Up: Cornell (4-2) at IU
The Hoosiers will return to Assembly Hall to play host to the Cornell Big Red out of the Ivy League. The contest will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. and it will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Cornell is led by a trio of scorers, including Ryan Wittman who leads the team with 19.8 points per game, Geoff Reeves with 15.8 points per game and Jeff Foote with 14 points per game. The seven-foot Foote also has 7.5 rebounds per game and has 23 blocks on the season.
"Obviously this is a learning process for us and we learned a lot today," Crean said after IU's first loss in Maui to Notre Dame. "Everything is correctable, and we have to continue to grow. We're the youngest team in the country and they're one of the oldest and they played like it.
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