Indiana’s two consecutive 25-point losses appear to make NCAA Tournament talk a bit far-fetched, but the Hoosiers have time to repair the damage.

Now Indiana has A MESS that didn’t need to happen and is deteriorating toward toxic status. It will require an industrial strength clean up on aisles one (the basketball court), two (the recruiting world) and three (the perturbed paying customers).

There are two operative words when it comes to bracketology for all teams, but especially for the Indiana men’s basketball team. It’s early. This cuts both ways for the Hoosiers. They can go from scant tournament consideration one week to suddenly being a bubble darling in several brackets the next.