The task is tall for the Indiana basketball team.

The opportunity is also great.

The Hoosiers head into a building where they've lost 17 in a row, were a vocal student section some put second only to Indiana's in the Big Ten awaits.

They're trying to beat a top-5 team on the road for the first time in two decades.

Win tonight's showdown at fourth-ranked Michigan State (7 p.m., ESPN), and the No. 1 Hoosiers are atop the Big Ten alone with four regular-season games to play.


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