Indiana is my least favorite program/fan base, so I decided to look into their history a little bit more. They have had a miserable existence every year the last 20 years pretty much except for 2002, and a few other good regular seasons/sweet 16 runs. These stats alone exemplify how pathetic they have been:
The Big Ten Basketball Tournament was established 20 years ago in 1998. Since that time, Indiana has only made the championship game once, losing to Iowa in 2001. Since that time, 7 different programs have won a big ten tournament championship, with Indiana still NEVER winning it.
Not including Maryland, Rutgers, and Nebraska as they have only competed in 4, 4, and 7 tournaments respectively, since the tournament was instituted, the ONLY team that has a worse Big Ten Tournament record than Indiana is Northwestern with a 9-21 record. Indiana's all-time record is an absolutely pathetic 12-21.
For perspective, just since 1998, UK's record in the SEC Tournament is 43-10, with 11 SEC Tournament Championships, and 3 losses in the championship game. The Big Ten Tournament has only occurred for 21 years, and Indiana almost has as many losses (21) as Kentucky has in the ENTIRE history of the SEC Tournament (25). Kentucky has as many SEC tournament wins in the last 4 years (12) as Indiana has the last 21 (12). Their little brother syndrome makes a lot of sense when you actually look at the stats.
