Early opinion. Michigan and Iowa will both be better than Indiana.
Easily. It would not surprise me if this was the year that Indiana failed to make the NCAA Tournament.
The loss of Mackenzie Holmes is something they were going to have to contend with the best they could, and I'm sure they knew that replacing her would be nearly impossible. However, the loss of Sara Scalia (also to graduation) is something that they may not have anticipated having as huge an effect on them. I said it in the spring (when the transfer happened), but Shay Ciezki is not an adequate replacement for Scalia. She's too short, a poor ballhandler and defender (I understand that Scalia was not a great defender, either, but she did improve from her first to second seasons at IU), and is too streaky a shooter. I hope that Teri Moren has another plan up her sleeve because this ain't it. They do have injuries on the perimeter, so maybe help is on the way when those players (who fit more of the IU guard mold--taller and better defensively) return.
That said, Harvard absolutely deserved to win. Carrie Moore is a rising star of a coach and Harmoni Turner is the real deal.
