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Despite a setback against Michigan last weekend, IU continues to play very well and is on track for its first NCAA tournament appearance in six years per Andy Bottoms' Bracketology.

The Hoosiers broke both a long road losing streak and more importantly a long drought against arch-rival Purdue.

All season IU has been dominant at home, but unable to win games on the road.

In a reverse of what anyone might have expected this week, IU fell to a middling Penn State team before beating a ranked Ohio State team.

While it was not a week full of big games, IU did face the Norse of Northern Kentucky in their one contest.

The Hoosiers played their final signature non-conference game against the Fighting Irish and passed the test.

In one of the most frustrating losses IU has had recently, the Hoosiers built a 22-point lead against the Badgers with a fantastic first half.

There were mixed results for IU this week. The Hoosiers lost their first game of the season in a double-overtime heartbreaker to Syracuse before winning their Big Ten opener against Nebraska.

IU had its first challenging game of the season against the St. John's Red Storm on Wednesday night and the contest turned into a thriller with the Hoosiers coming out on top.

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