Thursday, March 15, 2012

Indiana holds Irish in check

INDIANA 76 NOTRE DAME 59

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Sure, there were some early-season miscues.But these teams shouldn't play a game this interesting so early.They're going to give themselves too tough an act to follow.

About all you can say after Indiana beat Notre Dame 76-59Tuesday night is: Bring on Saturday's doubleheader at Indianapolis,when these two teams will mix it up with Louisville and Kentucky,respectively.

"I loved this game tonight," Irish coach Digger Phelps said."We'll get better from this. We're going to play 28 games. So let'sgo play."

It was the basic chess match you've come to expect when Phelpsand Bob Knight get together. The difference …