IUWBB at Maryland - 01/04/21 @ 7:00 on ESPN2

[Aaron 4,147]

I'm worried about two things tonight and neither is us losing. One is the eye injury to Cardano-Hillary and the other is the possibly more serious injury to Penn's ankle, especially after seeing her on crutches. Good news is our next 4 games are against bad teams and we need to win them all with or without those two. I know we were picked to win the Big Ten but I was skeptical we could top Maryland. Basically we were picked ahead of them because of experience and Maryland losing a couple players. Doesn't matter they re-load with 5* recruits every year. It would be like IU picked to win Big Ten East next year over OSU in Football because we return more players. Realistically though those teams have plenty of players in waiting and will still be better. 

My bigger question is much like the Football team, can we jump Iowa, NW and OSU and clearly position ourselves as second best team in conference instead of 4th or 5th. That is what I am looking for. What happened tonight I knew was coming a mile away and doesn't change anything. 

Only worried about the unjuries.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,935]

Post-game stories.

http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2021/01/no-19-iu-women-buried-in-early-hole-at-no-12-maryland/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/other-sports/indiana-womens-basketball-fall-to-maryland-84-80