A ton of good stuff in here as always. A few comments on your comments:
1) As for the game, I thought IU was going to get run early in this one. Those two threes late in the shot clock by Ferrell made this game look closer than it was into the second half. Obviously he can make those shots and there's no point getting into the 'what if' game, but IU very easily could've been in big trouble after the first 20.
2) The bolded point above hasn't been mentioned enough, IMO (myself included). The fact that cooney is scoring 15 and draining 47% from three is huge as it is. The fact that he's doing that while sprinting off a screen, stopping on a dime, getting his feet set and often draining contested threes is really a level I would never have expected from him this year ... or maybe ever. Amazing to watch and a massive development for this team.
3) Thought it was interesting that Crean, who I don't remember struggling that much vs. the zone at Marquette, looked absolutely miserable against it for the second time in 8 months. The teams are different, obviously, and Crean can still coach, but that is not his finest moment. They looked every bit as clueless as they did from the tip in April (or late March, whenever that was).
4) Grant's had an odd season thus far. Seems distracted quite a bit and the defensive lapses are just painful at times. Hopefully he can even out his performance.
