Indiana-Minnesota Preview (The Associated Press)

Not since Bob Knight guided Indiana to the top of the Big Ten more than two decades ago have the Hoosiers won an outright conference championship. Coach Tom Crean has the program in position to finally end that drought. Top-ranked Indiana looks to move a step closer to a Big Ten title by sweeping the season series with fading Minnesota on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. The Hoosiers (24-3, 12-2), coming off a hard-fought 72-68 win at then-No. 4 Michigan State last Tuesday, are atop arguably the nation’s toughest conference, which features five top-20 teams. A win over Minnesota would give Indiana a two-game lead over the Spartans with three games remaining in the regular season as it chases its first outright Big Ten championship since 1992-93 – the program’s last conference title under Knight. The Hoosiers shared the 2001-02 championship with Illinois and Wisconsin before falling to Maryland in the national title game, and Crean’s current team has a solid chance to deliver another trophy. He knows it will be a tough …

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