The Associated Press

LAHAINA, Hawaii - Mike Davis was disappointed in what people expected of his Indiana basketball team, which is coming off a loss to Maryland in last season's national championship game.

"Too low, too low," he said of the Hoosiers' preseason rankings following Monday's 84-71 victory over Massachusetts in the opening round of the Maui Invitational.

Judging by the way 19th-ranked Indiana looked for most of its season opener, he might be right.

Tom Coverdale scored 20 points, and George Leach added career highs of 19 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Hoosiers (1-0), who were playing for the first time since that loss in Atlanta.

Despite losing Big Ten Conference player of the year Jared Jeffries, Indiana looked like it hadn't missed a beat, except for some shooting woes in the final eight minutes.

"I told the team I didn't agree with all the people who do the polls, and I told them the only way to prove them wrong is to win big," Davis said.

The Hoosiers advanced to Tuesday's semifinals against either Utah or No.20 Gonzaga.

Indiana set a school record with 270 3-pointers last season, and had nine in taking a 50-40 first-half lead over the Minutemen (0-1).

Leach, a 6-foot-11 senior, was dominant inside for Indiana as he missed doubling his previous career high by just one point. His second career double-double easily outdid his first, when he had 10 points and 10 rebounds last season against Miami.

"If he plays like that all year, we'll be a really good team," Coverdale said of Leach, who averaged 2.8 points last season. "If we get half the production from him we did today, we'll be really good.

"I saw that potential in George when he got here. He has to stay with it and get his confidence up."

Raheim Lamb had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Massachusetts, while Marcus Cox, a transfer from Connecticut, had 14 points.

"We're trying to build," Minutemen head coach Steve Lappas said. "(Indiana) is a team that is there. We're not."

MASSACHUSETTS (0-1)-Rogers 5-10 2-6 12, Lamb 6-7 5-6 17, Cox 5-10 4-5 14, Brand 6-12 0-3 13, Anderson 1-9 0-1 2, Martin 0-1 0-0 0, Lasme 3-10 0-0 7, Lee 1-5 0-0 2, Viggiano 0-3 4-4 4. Totals 27-67 15-25 71.

INDIANA (1-0)-Newton 5-7 2-4 14, Leach 9-13 1-1 19, Coverdale 5-20 6-8 20, Wright 3-10 3-4 11, Hornsby 3-7 2-2 10, Moye 2-3 1-2 6, Perry 1-2 0-0 3, Strickland 0-0 0-2 0, Kline 0-2 1-2 1, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0, Tapak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 16-25 84.

Halftime-Indiana 50-40.