March Madness 2016: Overrated/underrated teams

2. Indiana Hoosiers (25-7)

Seed: 5

vs. RPI 51-100 teams: 3-1

When was the last time a Big Ten regular season champ was seeded so low in the NCAA Tournament? It’s probably been a while because the Big Ten is considered one of the top-two college basketball leagues out there and the Indiana Hoosiers proved to be a valuable March Madness threat in the regular season, but the committee wasn’t impressed.

Tom Crean had a comeback season, leading the Hoosiers to a 25-7 record and had it not been for a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Michigan’s Kameron Chatman in the Big Ten Tournament to beat them, they’d probably be a No. 3 seed.

Yogi Ferrell was one of the finalists for Big Ten Player of the Year, losing out to Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine, and the Hoosiers had one of the best offenses in college basketball this season.

A poor start to the season set Indiana behind early on, but the committee is supposed to look at how a team finishes, and not many had a better end to the 2015-16 campaign than the Hoosiers who went 15-3 in Big Ten play to win the conference title.

Throw in wins against Maryland, Notre Dame, Iowa (twice), Purdue and Wisconsin and you have a team that has the potential to make it to the Final Four as a No. 5 seed.

Seriously, though? The Big Ten’s regular season champ is a five-seed? What a shame.

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