Big Ten champion Hoosiers look to rewrite tourney history

Indiana head coach Tom Crean cuts down a basketball net as part of the celebrating winning the Big Ten regular season title after an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, March 6, 2016. Indiana won 80-62. (AP Photo/AJ Mast) Indiana head coach Tom Crean cuts down a basketball net as part of the celebrating winning the Big Ten regular season title after an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, March 6, 2016. Indiana won 80-62. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

By Associated Press March 8, 2016 4 min read

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Hoosiers took a long, hard road to winning the Big Ten title.

If they’re going to win the tournament title, they’ll also need to rest.

Two months after being discounted, overlooked and forgotten by many outsiders, the 10th-ranked Hoosiers head to Indianapolis with the top seed and a chance to change directions in what has been a frustrating event for Indiana. The 2016 tourney opens with two games Wednesday.

“The main thing playing three games in three days is rest,” first-team all-Big Ten guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell said. “You’ve got to get your feet up, you’ve got to get treatment and if you win one, you’ve got to get right on to the next one.”

The good news is that Indiana (25-6) is playing as well as it has all season and it won’t play until Friday.