You can thank Indiana and the hacking Big Ten style for that...BUT...they had to give themselves their best chance to win, and they did indeed have a chance to win this game against a MUCH more talented team.
If you had watched the Terps all year, you'd know that they won every kind of game imaginable...up-tempo, slow-down, bombing from 3, or banging on the glass. They are truly the best team in the nation and showed it by winning a contest in which they were forced out of their game by a well-coached, well-drilled Indiana team. And it helped that no team in the country has an answer for Juan Dixon.
I agree it's a bummer that the game wasn't a work of art...but that's what IU had to do. Did you see the MD-UConn game? THAT ONE that should be on ESPN Classic!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TERPS!!!!!