Indiana’s women’s basketball opponent at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall – is an example of this. On paper, the Scarlet Knights would seem to be pushovers for the Hoosiers. Rutgers has won just one Big Ten game and when the Scarlet Knights have faced the teams in the upper half of the Big Ten it hasn’t been pretty,

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Indiana women's basketball hasn't improved its position in NCAA Tournament projections too much, despite two wins over Nebraska and Rutgers.

Now Indiana’s 7 p.m. ET game at Michigan takes on added weight. The Wolverines are a half-game ahead of Indiana. Indiana needs to get a split in this road swing, but Michigan has been playing well. The Wolverines are fresh off of a 71-61 road win at No. 20 Michigan State, and they have won six of their last nine games.