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WASHINGTON -- One year later, you can see it. You can sense it. You can hear it -- in their voices. The confidence from one Sweet 16 to the next is so glaringly obvious with these Indiana Hoosiers. A year ago in Atlanta, while watching this tea...

Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Indiana pull away from Nebraska 76-47 on Wednesday night.

Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 26 points, Cody Zeller added 24 and Christian Watford 20 to lead No. 1 Indiana back from a demoralizing loss to a huge road win in beating No. 10 Ohio State 81-68 on Sunday.

Cody Zeller scored 13 of his 19 points in the first half, Christian Watford added 17 points and No. 3 Indiana routed rival Purdue 97-60 on Wednesday night to hand the Boilermakers their worst loss at Mackey Arena.

Christian Watford scored 16 points, Jordan Hulls added 14 and No. 5 Indiana used a big first-half run to race past Penn State 74-51 on Monday night.

Cody Zeller had 24 points and six rebounds, leading four Indiana players into double figures and the sixth-ranked Hoosiers routed Florida Atlantic 88-52.

Cody Zeller finished with 16 points and six rebounds, and Christian Watford added 15 points and eight rebounds, leading No. 6 Indiana to a 93-54 rout of Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday night.

Christian Watford scored 21 points, Cody Zeller had 19 points and 19 rebounds, and No. 1 Indiana routed Central Connecticut State 100-69 on Saturday.

Christian Watford scored 24 points to help No. 1 Indiana defeat Sam Houston State 99-45 on Thursday night in the Progressive Legends Classic.

Cody Zeller had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Christian Watford had a career-high 15 boards, leading No. 1 Indiana to a 97-54 rout of Bryant in the season opener.

Cody Zeller and Christian Watford, two Indiana forwards instrumental in the Hoosiers' 2011-12 return to prominence, will return to school for the 2012-13 season.

Tom Crean has done his job. He's prepped Cody Zeller and Christian Watford on their decisions to declare for the NBA draft or return to Indiana for what could be a national-title-chasing season in 2012-13. And if one or both bolt, it won't crush...

Indiana's buzzer-beating win over Kentucky on Dec. 10 gave the Hoosiers the kind of excitement the program had been lacking for years. The two meet again in the Sweet 16.

Dick Vitale takes a look at each of the eight Sweet 16 games, breaking down the key matchups and making his picks.

No. 18 Indiana 85, Purdue 74

Christian Watford rediscovered his shooting stroke with 12 points for 23rd-ranked Indiana, and the Hoosiers blew out sputtering Minnesota 69-50 on Sunday.