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          Indiana has been down and up ... and now down again

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          • John Gasaway, ESPN InsiderJan 3, 2017, 01:00 PM
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            • ESPN Insider college basketball contributor
            • First began covering college hoops in 2004
            • Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal
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          Was it really just 43 short days ago that my colleague Jeff Goodman ranked Indiana as the No. 1 team in the nation in our weekly Power Rankings? The Hoosiers were coming off their 103-99 overtime win over Kansas in Hawaii, and coach Tom Crean's guys were riding high.