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• Things are officially heating up at Indiana. A day after the Hoosiers' 14-point home loss to Indiana ended with the few remaining fans booing their team (and their coach) off the floor, Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel went in on Tom Crean, criticizing him not only for the Hoosiers' lackluster finish but, especially, for the offseason oversigning ritual that Indiana fans (and plenty of others) have dubbed Creaning: "Creaning is a thing, and it's an unsavory thing, and it's a reason -- but just one reason, and not even the biggest reason -- that Tom Crean is near the point where his future at Indiana is out of his hands. Assuming he hasn't reached that point already," Doyel writes. Doyel's stance is harsh, yes, but to pretend he doesn't have his finger on the fan base's pulse would be naive. We've heard from more than a few who have begun actively rooting against their own team -- hoping the school and outside boosters become so dissatisfied they'll hold their noses and pony up for Crean's massive $12 million buyout. It's a bad scene.

• It may also be a slight overreaction. That's what Indiana athletic director Fred Glass -- who spoke with ESPN's Andy Katz Thursday -- seems to think: "Tom Crean's job at Indiana is not in jeopardy, and athletic director Fred Glass told ESPN on Thursday that he fully supports the Hoosiers' coach. Glass said he had to respond after a 77-63 home loss to Iowa on Tuesday … he met with Crean on Wednesday and reassured him about his job security. 'I'm bullish on Tom,' Glass told ESPN. 'He's done a really good job with these guys. It's ridiculous to say that someone is coaching for his job for one game and that it would be up or down in one game. He's a great coach. He has my full support. I have a great deal of confidence in Tom's body of work. This team overachieved early and then hit a tough patch. There is a sense that Tom is only keeping his job because of the buyout. And while that's a big number and a significant amount of money, that's not what is keeping him in the job. I think he needs to be the coach ... I want him to be the coach here. The rise and fortunes of Indiana [athletics] is with Indiana basketball. Everybody thinks the guy with the clipboard, the next guy, can be better. But starting over is overrated. You can't be willy-nilly about it.'" IU fans won't like that attitude, but Glass does have a point. Also: $12 million is so much money.

• KenPom.com contributor Nic Reiner "thought it would be fun to examine which of the tourney games played over the past half-decade contained the largest percentage of high-impact possessions— and thus had the most high-leverage basketball." And so that's what he did.

• CBSSports.com's Matt Norlander tackles a fascinating subject -- college basketball players who, in their personal lives, pull double-duty as fathers. Among them? Green Bay guard Keifer Sykes and Michigan State forward Branden Dawson. Both are seniors. Both became fathers in high school. And both have turned down shots at the NBA and returned to college despite literally having mouths to feed: "In this, Dawson's final year at Michigan State, My'Shawn has lived with him, the two of them bonding, sharing meals in a small off-campus apartment. My'Shawn's mother lives back in Indiana; it was her idea to have father and child live together this season, in part because she's working night shifts at a Speedway to save money and find some quiet that was lost during the early years of My'Shawn's life. My'Shawn's been to almost every Spartans home game this season, sitting with Dawson's high school coach, Johnny Ryan, and a former teammate, Devonte Harris. These are the guys helping Dawson, watching the little one when he's away, driving My'Shawn to and from pre-K school sessions. For more than a few college athletes, this is the side of life the public does not see. It's a dimension some critics didn't realize when they were all too eager to bemoan Dawson's performance in MSU's loss last Sunday at Wisconsin, wherein Dawson had four points and two rebounds. Afterward, Dawson revealed his son was taken to the hospital two days earlier on account of pneumonia. According to dad, My'Shawn's 'not the typical kid who wants to come home and watch cartoons.' He'll want to turn to ESPN and watch a basketball game. And when Michigan State's got a road game, he'll ask Johnny or Devonte, 'Is that my dad playing? Is the game on yet? Is that my dad?'"

• "The Wake Forest Demon Deacons found themselves trailing to Grayson Allen 19-15 at halftime, but the Deacs mounted a second-half comeback and outscored Allen 36-8 in the second half to win 51-27. Wake Forest dominated the glass in this contest, as they outrebounded Allen 21-4. Allen overcame this disadvantage by limiting turnovers. Allen had zero turnovers, which is impressive in a 5-on-1 contest, while Wake Forest had 19. Allen also finished with zero assists, which makes perfect sense in a 5-on-1 contest. Anything else clearly would have been homecooking on the part of the Cameron Indoor Stadium scorekeeper." When you're a Wake Forest fan, you have to laugh to keep from crying.