Anne Marie Cruz strolled over to Madison Square Garden to check out the Preseason NIT. She stumbled into a generation gap.

Mike Davis leaned up against the cement wall outside the Hoosiers' locker room. His head hung. His eyes were dull with fierce disappointment. Indiana wasn't supposed to win this game, but had they kicked Temple to the consolation round of the NIT -- especially here, at the Garden -- Davis could have moved ever so slightly out from under The Shadow. Instead, his first loss weighed heavy, as if both Ron Rollerson and Kevin Lyde were standing on his sternum.

A stocky man in a suit put a hand to Davis' shoulder and counseled the rookie coach quietly. The suit punctuated his short pep talk with a light tap on Davis' back side.

The silent gesture was loud proof that the Bobby Knight era is done.

Meanwhile, John Chaney entertained reporters in the press conference room. The vocal Knight supporter and fellow curmudgeon seemed mildly pleased with his Owls despite his gruff complaints about Rollerson's zero rebounds ("My mother could stand under the basket, and get at least one") and having to play Duke twice in the next 10 days.

A couple minutes later, Quincy Wadley and Lynn Greer rolled in, taking their seats on either side of Chaney. As the coach fielded questions, the two ballers slouched backwards in their chairs, whispering animatedly behind his head. The blowout seemed to have sapped their concentration, and they looked oblivious to the proceedings. Every so often, they giggled at a private joke.

Abruptly, Chaney swatted Wadley on the chest with the back of his hand.

"Don't talk while old people are talking," Chaney half-admonished.

Clearly, the Chaney era is still in full effect.

Anne Marie Cruz writes for ESPN The Magazine. E-mail her at anne.marie.cruz@espnmag.com.