All this back and forth about IU has little to do with our preseason ranking. It is fun to attract the trolls and watch them wiggle on the hook, but in the end, it makes for hard reading of the thread.
If the schedule pattern holds, IU will play in Mackey Arena in 2017. We will have an upperclass front court and back court, while IU will field a very young team overall. IU will be talented, but so will we. I think home court is the advantage and we get back the bragging rights. With that, the troll tide will receed, and all will be well until the next year.