And now ...

 ... allow us to introduce Indiana University's basketball team.

Did you even know Indiana University had a basketball team?

Well, it does. They've got uniforms and everything.

Oh, they're not the football team, these Dribblin' Hoosiers, and no one on the roster is as famous as Fernando Mendoza (who won the Heisman Trophy!), or the Baron of Bloomington himself, Coach Curt "Coach" Cignetti (who once ACTUALLY SMILED!). Heck, lots of people couldn't even tell you who the basketball coach is.

"Is it Coach Cig?" they ask.

Nah. It's this guy named Darren DeVries.

Who, don't look now, has a whole roster of new names runnin' and jumpn' and wearin' out the three-point arc, in case you haven't noticed. The Dribblin' Hoosiers shoot threes like they're about to be outlawed, if you must know. In 15 games so far this season, they've jacked up a shameless 435, which works out to 29 per game.

They're shootin' fools in other words. And, yeah, OK, so they're only making a touch over 36 percent from the arc; last night at Maryland, they got up 25 from Threeville but made just eight, or 32 percent.

Here's the thing, though: They won. On the road. By 18, 84-66.

It was the Hoosiers' fourth straight win since a 12-point loss to Kentucky just before Christmas, and now they're 12-3 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten. Lamar Wilkerson led them with 24 points, including 16 straight at one point. They also got 19 from Tayton Conerway, 16 from Conor Enright and 15 off the bench from Reed Bailey.

And, yeah, I know. Unless you're still an obsessed Hoosier basketball fan, you've likely never heard of any of them, being all newbies. But they can play. And they can shoot. And when they make enough of 'em, they tend to overwhelm folks.

Like Maryland last night. Like Penn State, whom they swamped by 41, 113-72. Like Marquette (a 23-point win), Kansas State (a 17-point W) or Washington (90-80).

All told, the Dribblin' Hoosiers are averaging 85 points per game. That's way more than Coach Cig's boys scored against Alabama in the Rose Bowl -- although the 35-point lamination the Hoosiers laid on the Crimson Tide looked a lot like the Dribblin' Hoosiers vs. Penn State.

Saturday, those Hoosiers welcome unbeaten Nebraska to Assembly Hall. It'll be their sternest test of the Big Ten schedule to date. And you might actually hear something about it -- or not.

Coach Cig's boys, after all, take on Oregon in the Peach Bowl the night before. At stake is a berth in the national championship game.  And if the Hoosiers manage to serve up Duck L'Squash for the second time this season, the most insane sports story of the year will get even more insane.

And the next day?

The most quietly interesting sports story in Bloomington will have a chance to be a lot less quiet. And a lot more interesting.