"Coach Bob Knight, he took a chance on a kid out of Indianapolis many years ago, to come here and play basketball," Woodson said in the video. "For me, this is a complete circle. I've done pretty much everything that I wanted to do in basketball.

Belief in a path to something better under Mike Woodson than what Indiana has become — he will finish 41-39 in the Big Ten in the regular season, finishing higher than sixth only once — is difficult to muster. And particularly in this modern era, defined by roster management and player movement, that belief must be rock-solid.