Knock, knock

Hear that knocking on the door, Hoosier fans? It's an opportunity, one that might not present itself again.\nSitting at 2-0 in Big Ten play, our beloved Hoosier basketball team has a chance to put a WWE-style chokehold on first place in the conference tonight. All it has to do is beat preseason Big Ten favorite Michigan State on the road, without super-sophomore D.J. White. So what's the good news?\nRight now, the Spartans are struggling. They are 0-2 in the conference and have suffered from a lack of frontcourt depth. If the Hoosiers can get senior center Paul Davis into foul trouble, senior Marco Killingsworth could have a field day in the paint.\nThe major problem for the Hoosiers will be rebounding. They were badly out-rebounded by Ohio State and against Michigan, they made the terminally un-athletic Graham Brown look like Dennis Rodman, as he pulled down 21 boards by himself. That can't happen tonight. If the Hoosiers allow senior guard Maurice Ager and junior Shannon Brown multiple second-shot opportunities on the offensive end, it will be a long night. But if IU can win the rebounding battle, it can win the game.\nSo boys, opportunity is knocking and somebody better answer it. It may not come around again.