Indiana State coach Josh Schertz left his measuring tape at home when the Sycamores came to Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse for Tuesday’s NIT semifinals.
Indiana State’s Robbie Avila, right, drives to the basket and scores against Minnesota during a second-round NCAA college basketball game in the NIT Tournament on Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Terre Haute, Ind. first AP Top 25 appearance
“We talked about going into our preparation that week between the MVC Tournament and the NCAA selection show where we didn’t know if we were going to be in ,” Schertz said Monday, “and we said we were going to be prepared to try to prove the committee right hopefully by being in the tournament and advancing or preparing to prove the committee wrong. Turns out we had to prepare to prove the committee wrong.”In the MVC preseason poll, they were picked fourth.
And with just 85 miles separating NIT host Butler University from Bird’s statue outside the Hulman Center, the last midmajor team still playing is expected to have a decided home-court advantage. Indiana State starts four guards, leads the nation in 3-pointers made , has just two players topping 6-foot-8 and boasts one of college basketball’s most unusual and intriguing stars, sophomore center Robbie Avila from Oak Forest.
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