All good things must come to an end.

Both Butler and Indiana knew that old adage heading into the championship game of the Hoosier Classic, but it wasn’t known which "good thing" would be halted. For Indiana, the Hoosiers had won 39 straight games in the holiday tournament, while Butler was one of the few remaining undefeated teams, standing 12-0 and ranked No. 24 in the country.

But after Bulldog forward Joel Cornette followed a Thomas Jackson miss with a rebound dunk with :03 remaining, it was Butler’s winning streak that would remain intact as Butler knocked off IU 66-64 in the championship game of the Hoosier Classic.

The loss dropped Indiana to 7-5 heading into Wednesday’s Big Ten opener at Northwestern.

"Butler is a very good team. They can shoot the ball. They’re probably the best team we’ve played in terms of composure and toughness," said Davis.

IU Coach Mike Davis was none-too-pleased following his team’s third loss in its last four games – not so much about the loss, but rather about a series of calls that the officiating crew made, including a technical foul called on Davis by Mike Sanzere with 2:10 remaining in the second half and Indiana leading, 60-59.

"How do you make that call," asked Davis. "The game is on the freaking line."

While the technical was a tough one for Davis and IU fans to swallow, so was a stretch of four possessions midway through the second half where Indiana wasn’t able to get a shot. With IU leading 51-42 with 11:42 left in the game, Indiana turned the ball over on three of its next four possessions and wound up going nearly six minutes without scoring as Butler put together a 10-0 run to take a 52-51 lead with 6:12 remaining.

"We’re up nine, we turn the ball over, we turn the ball over, we turn the ball over, and we give up open shots," said Davis. "But I’m not disappointed in our effort. "

But he was disappointed in how the game unfolded in what he perceived as coming up on the short end of the stick on several calls from the officiating crew. And he said he expects that to continue once Big Ten play starts.

"It’s going to be that way when we go to Iowa, Illinois and Michigan State. It goes on and on and on," said Davis.

Indiana was led by Jared Jeffries, who scored 16 of his game-high 18 in the second half. Dane Fife, Tom Coverdale and Kyle Hornsby each added 12, but 21 of Fife and Hornsby’s 24 came in the first half when they combined to go 7-of-8 from 3-point range.

Butler was led by Thomas Jackson, who had 14 points, seven assists and three steals. He was named tournament MVP.

He was joined on the all-tourney team by teammate Rylan Hainje; IU’s Fife and Jeffries; and Eastern Washington’s Jason Humbert.