Three things to watch for: North Carolina at Indiana

We’ll have our conventional “what to anticipate” preview later within the week, however listed here are three issues to observe for when North Carolina involves Bloomington on Wednesday:

Are the Tar Heels weary after Sunday’s four-overtime loss?

North Carolina was the nation’s No. 1 group final week. After two losses in three video games in Portland, the Tar Heels are in line for a serious drop when the Related Press ballot comes out as we speak.

North Carolina’s difficult journey to the west coast started with an 89-81 win over Portland. The Tar Heels then took back-to-back losses to Iowa State on Friday and Alabama on Sunday.

The loss to the Crimson Tide was significantly draining for North Carolina. The Tar Heels battled 4 overtimes earlier than falling 103-101. Now, North Carolina has to journey again three time zones and play lower than 72 hours later in Bloomington. Hubert Davis will certainly have his group able to go. Indiana, nonetheless, can have the benefit of being at house and being the extra well-rested group.

The well being of Trayce Jackson-Davis and Armando Bacot

After lacking Wednesday’s win in opposition to Little Rock with a sore again, Jackson-Davis returned to the Indiana lineup for Friday’s win in opposition to Jackson State.

The preseason All-American performed effectively however wasn’t as explosive as normal.

Mike Woodson mentioned postgame that Jackson-Davis would want the subsequent few days to organize for Wednesday.

“He didn’t play plenty of minutes as we speak,” Woodson defined. “We’ll return and assess the place he’s. , he has these subsequent few days to prepare for Wednesday’s sport.

“So like I instructed him after I broke huddle, you guys which can be somewhat beat up, you’ve acquired to get in and get remedy and get yourselves prepared for Wednesday as a result of that’s our subsequent sport.”

The standing of Bacot, is way extra up within the air than Jackson-Davis. In Sunday’s loss to Alabama, Bacot felt “sharp pains” in his ankle.

A giant-time ambiance in Meeting Corridor

Wednesday night time ought to produce a particular ambiance in Meeting Corridor.

This can be a sport Indiana followers have circled on the calendar because it was introduced again in June.

It’s a late-night tip and the anticipation for the sport will construct all day. The Crimson Guard, IU’s scholar part, might be lined up all day. Indiana has additionally introduced that Wednesday’s sport might be a “white-out.”

It is also Indiana’s first house sport as a top-10 group because the 2016-17 season. For a fanbase that has craved a return to relevancy in school basketball, all eyes might be on Bloomington on Wednesday and it needs to be an evening to recollect when it comes to the ambiance.

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