IU fought their way back against Coach K, who is on the Mt. Rushmore of college basketball coaches, during Coach K's prime in the NCAA Tournament against one of Coach K's best teams, a contending National Champion. This game is one of the best NCAA games I have ever watched. The game played out, the players and coaches made intentional decisions and actions, everybody wanted to win, and IU won. The game was not played on paper.
IU had Jared Jeffries, Coverdale, Moye, Hornsby, Fife, Odle, and Newton. Jeffries was a lottery pick. The other players were solid college players, and nobody was tougher than Coverdale, Fife, and Moye. This was a solid team, and they proved it by making it to the championship game. Nobody can take this away from them or diminish their accomplishments.