I especially enjoyed that after hearing Doyel, Vecenie, Greenberg and others talk all week about how improved IU's defense has been, how their schedule has had nothing to do with their success and that Crean has molded them into a legitimate contender. Even heard some Crean as B10 COY talk sprinkled in.
Luckily for them they don't have to go to Purdue or Maryland this year as that'd be two more losses... so overall they've lucked into a pretty good B10 schedule, but still- losses at MSU and Iowa are looming. Another loss at Michigan is more likely than not. Home games against Iowa, Maryland and Purdue are probably 50/50. Probably looking at 6 losses in-conference and combine that with their atrocious OOC showing they'll probably end up in the 21-10 range and be in the 8-9 seed neighborhood come Selection Sunday. Don't think that's gonna get Crean the extension he's looking for.