Hoosiers coach announces he's gonna step down and the team starts revving it up. Oh, and this week was the anniversary of Bobby Knight chucking that chair. Hmm. This is 4 in a row on road for Penn State and the Hoosiers already won by 8 in Happy Valley, which can be a tough spot. Penn State suffered some lopsided road losses in conference. Hoosiers ran the gauntlet of MD, PUR, WISC, MICH, MICH ST, UCLA, PUR going 5-2 ATS. All 12 of their home wins are by at least 9 points.

I believe this goes well up tomorrow. Indiana is playing much better since Mike Woodson announced he was stepping down, and you know the players want to get into the Dance for him. A loss here ends that. The Hoosiers played one of their best halves of the season Sunday in blowing out No. 13 Purdue. Big man Malik Reneau has been terrific in averaging 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists in his past four while shooting 57.4% from the field. Penn State has zero NCAA tourney shot and a lone Big Ten road win. Big number but if motivation means anything, I quite like this. Indiana beat Penn State 77-71 on Jan. 8 at the Palestra.