The worm. Turned.

 (Well, maybe)

So, remember just a couple of weeks ago, when we were all wondering if this Indiana basketball team might actually lose the rest of its games, and if this Indiana basketball team lost the rest of its games, AD Scott Dolson might have to make the difficult decision to pink-slip favorite son Mike Woodson after just three seasons?

Ah, nostalgia.

Because last night Your Hoosiers won their third game in a row and second straight on the road, poleaxing an 18-win Minnesota team by 12 in ancient Williams Arena, and again doing all these things they hadn't been doing all season, like shooting the lights out (even from the 3-point line!) and distributing the basketball for points.

No, really. They did that.

Trey Galloway, for instance, who looks more and more like a real point guard every game now, dished 11 assists. Xavier Johnson dropped five more dimes and Anthony Leal four. Indiana as a team had 28 assists on 30 made baskets.

Oh, yeah, and Kel'el Ware put up another double-double (26 and 11), and he and Mackenie Mgbako (15 points) were a combined 5 of 7 from behind the arc, and Indiana was 5 of 8 total from Threeville, which is 62.5 percent, which is ridiculous.

Also, the Hoosiers shot 54.5 percent overall. Also, they were 5 of 7 from the stripe.

I don't know how much any of this had to do with reports that Mike Woodson would indeed be back in the coach's chair next season, even though no one with a working brain cell ever thought otherwise unless the Hoosiers lost out. 

Of course, they didn't. Of course, they look like a real basketball team, suddenly.

And, of course, this encourages the Blob to more and more think he might be right about what he wrote the other day, which is Indiana as it's currently playing could be this year's Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament a week hence.

A tough out, in other words. A dangerous lower seed the higher seeds might not want any part of if the Hoosiers show up on their line in the bracket.

Of course, this being Indiana, that "maybe" still applies.

Of course, even though it sure looks as if the worm has turned for Your Hoosiers, it might yet be an optical illusion.

Guess we'll, um, see.