Saturday, January 7
Bloomington, Ind.
5:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Illinois
PREVIEW: #25 Indiana Hosts Illinois
1/5/2017 7:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
• This season marks the 117th season of Indiana Basketball and the defending Big Ten Champions are ranked 25th in both major polls. The Hoosiers have a three-game winning streak against the Illini. They defeated Illinois 103-69 last year in Bloomington and 74-47 a year ago in Champaign.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will travel to Maryland for their second straight Super Tuesday appearance on ESPN. Tip-off is at 9 p.m.
IU INSIGHT
• IU 2nd in the nation in rebound margin, 5th in rebounding, 12th in field goal percentage, 16th in scoring, and 20th in blocked shots.
• Last year, the Hoosiers made 19 3FG in Assembly Hall against the Illini, the most ever made in a B1G conference game.
• Since 2011-12, IU has had the most potent offense in the Big Ten, leading in points scored (78.3), field goal percentage (48.0), and 3-point field goal percentage (40.1). The Hoosiers lead all major conference schools in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage during that same time frame.
• The 2015-16 Hoosiers were just one of three teams in the last 20 years in college basketball to average more than 80 points, shoot better than 50 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. The others are the 2001-02 Kansas Jayhawks and the 2000-01 Stanford Cardinal.
• Since 2014-15, the Hoosiers have averaged 9.5 3FG per game, the most of any major college program. Villanova is 2nd (8.9). Junior James Blackmon, Jr. is 5th among major conference players making 2.5 triples per game during that time frame.
• With the 76-67 win over No. 3 North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Hoosiers are tied with took with a national-best 6 wins against top 3 programs since the 2011-12 season. IU also beat Kansas, 103-99 in overtime in the season opener at the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu.
HEAD COACH TOM CREAN
• Tom Crean, the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year, begins his ninth year of leading the Hoosiers. Over the last five years, IU is 130-58 and leads the Big Ten with 25 regular season wins over ranked opponents during that time. IU is nationally ranked for the sixth straight season. Eight players in his first six recruiting classes have scored 1,000 points in their career under Crean at Indiana. Yogi Ferrell (1,986), Christian Watford (1,730), Verdell Jones III (1,347), Jordan Hulls (1,318), Cody Zeller (1,157), Will Sheehey (1,120), Victor Oladipo (1,117) and Troy Williams (1,115) also have scored 1,000 points or more. From the Class of 2014, James Blackmon, Jr., is the next closest Hoosier to approach the mark. He has scored 959 points. Three players, Yogi Ferrell (2016), Cody Zeller (2013) and Victor Oladipo (2013) have been selected as All-Americans. In addition, Oladipo earned two National Player of the Year honors and was named National Defensive Player of the Year. IU won the 2013 and 2016 Big Ten titles outright. Last year's outright title is the team's second in a four year period with the last time that happened at IU coming in 1980, 81 and 83.
The Hoosiers are now tied for the Big Ten lead in overall championships (22) and outright titles (13).
THE SERIES
• IU holds an 89-86 lead in the series which began in 1910.
DID YOU KNOW
• The Hoosiers have a 90-13 record at home since the 2011-12 season, with a Big Ten best .874 winning percentage on its home floor.
• The Hoosiers shot 60.0 percent or better in consecutive games against Delaware State (66.7) and Austin Peay (62.5). It marked the first time doing that since they faced San Francisco and Drake on December 20 and 27, 1998.
• Junior James Blackmon, Jr. had 21 points and 7 rebounds in his only appearance against the Illini during the 2014-15 season. He made 7 of 12 field goal attempts and 4 of 6 from three-point range. He missed the Big Ten portion of the schedule a year ago due to knee surgery.
• Junior Robert Johnson is averaging 15.5 points and shooting 58.3% from three-point range (7/12) in early Big Ten play. Overall, he is second on the team with 34 3FG.
• IU leads the Big Ten in scoring (85.3) and field goal percentage (50.0) and are in rebounding margin (+13.3).
•Five former Crean-coached Hoosiers have been on active NBA rosters this season including Cody Zeller (Charlotte), Victor Oladipo (Oklahoma City), Noah Vonleh (Portland), Yogi Ferrell (Brooklyn)and Troy Williams (Memphis). Three of his former players at Marquette also are active, including Dwyane Wade (Chicago), Steve Novak (Milwaukee) and Wes Matthews (Dallas). Oladipo signed a 4-year, $84 million extension and Zeller got 4-years and $56 million earlier this season.
• The Hoosiers have three former head coaches on their coaching staff this season (Buckley, Martin, Judson). Associate Head Coach Tim Buckley begins his ninth year at Indiana. The former head coach at Ball State, his Cardinals beat No. 3 Kansas and No. 4 UCLA at the 2001 Maui Classic. Assistant Coach Chuck Martin is in his third year with the Hoosiers and was the head coach at Marist (2008-13). Assistant Coach Rob Judson is in his second year as an assistant coach after serving as Director of Operations in early 2014. He was the head coach at Northern Illinois (2001-07) and won the MAC West title in 2006.
• Sophomore Thomas Bryant was named Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook and NBCSports.com. He also was named Preseason All-Big Ten and is on the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Watch List (Top Center). He had his fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Nebraska. He had 14 points, 6 boards and 4 assists against Delaware State after his 15-point, 7-rebound performance against Butler. He had 19 points and 10 rebounds against Kansas. He had 18 points and 12 rebounds against Fort Wayne. He had 12 points and 7 boards against North Carolina. He is now 8th in the Big Ten in rebounding at 7.3 per game. Against SEMO, Bryant was the second player this season to register at least 7 points/10 rebounds/3 assists/3 steals/4 blocks in a game (Jeremy Morgan – Northern Iowa – on 11/20/16 against Xavier).
• Freshman De'Ron Davis made his first career start against Louisville and had 12 points off the bench against Wisconsin. He had back-to-back 14-point efforts against SIUE and SEMO. He is 34-for-60 from the floor this year and is averaging 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds. He also has 12 blocked shots. He hit two key free throws in the final minute in the win over Kansas. He had five points, three rebounds and two blocked shots against North Carolina.
• Junior James Blackmon Jr. has the second highest career average (16.0) of any player who has played for Crean at Indiana. He was National Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week following his 26-point effort against Kansas. He is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring at 16.8 per game. He had 14 points and tied his career-high with 9 rebounds against North Carolina. He leads the B1G in 3FGM per game (3.1). He had 24 points against Austin Peay. He shoots a team-best 43.6 from 3-point range. He had his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds against Louisville.
Top 5 Career Scorers In Tom Crean Era
Cody Zeller 16.1
James Blackmon, Jr. 16.0
Yogi Ferrell 14.5
Christian Watford 13.1
Thomas Bryant 11.9
• Junior guard Robert Johnson is the most experienced Hoosier, having started 69 career games. Coming off of ankle surgery in the offseason, he is averaging 13.8 points and is second on the team with 34 assists. He had 20 points and made a career-high 6 three-point field goals against Austin Peay. He followed that up with 19 points and 4 rebounds against Nebraska. He has scored 16 points or more 7 times this season. He is shooting 50.7 percent from the field and is shooting 41.5 percent from 3-point range.
• Sophomore forward OG Anunoby is a preseason All-American who had a career-high 21 points to go with 8 rebounds in the win over MVSU. Against North Carolina, he had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. He is shooting 59.8 percent from the field. He had 19 points, 9 rebounds and a career-high 4 blocks against Delaware State. He had 14 points and 2 steals against Louisville. He is second on the team in blocked shots (17) and steals (13). He missed three games with a sprained ankle following the North Carolina game.
• Senior forward Collin Hartman is rehabbing his injured knee. He played three games in the 2016 NCAA Tournament with a fractured wrist and averaged 5.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 rebounds.
• Junior guard Josh Newkirk had a career-high 11 assists against Austin Peay. He added 11 points for his first career double-double. He is averaging 7.7 points and 3.6 assists. A native of Raleigh, N.C., he scored 10 points and 3 assists in helping the Hoosiers to the win over UNC. He had 8 assists against SEMO and had 9 points against Butler. He had 11 points against Nebraska.
• Sophomore forward Juwan Morgan had 10 rebounds and had a career-high 4 blocked shots against Butler. On the season, he is contributing 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds. He is third in blocked shots with 13. He has started 8 games this season and is shooting 60.0 percent from the field. He had 12 points and 7 rebounds against Wisconsin. He made a school-record 14 straight field goals over a three-game period earlier this season.
• Sophomore walk-on Zach McRoberts played 15 key minutes and had a +15 contribution against Fort Wayne and earned a start against MVSU and had 3 points. He also had 3 points and 2 assists against SIUE.
• Freshman Curtis Jones had 11 points and 3 rebounds against HBU. He had 8 points and 2 steals against SEMO. He had seven of his 15 points in overtime in beating Kansas. He had 9 points and 5 rebounds against MVSU.
• Freshman Devonte Green and junior Freddie McSwain, Jr., both had a season-high 8 points against Houston Baptist. McSwain also had 4 rebounds. Junior Tim Priller had a career-high 4 points against HBU and freshman Grant Gelon added 3 points in that game.
• This season marks the 117th season of Indiana Basketball and the defending Big Ten Champions are ranked 25th in both major polls. The Hoosiers have a three-game winning streak against the Illini. They defeated Illinois 103-69 last year in Bloomington and 74-47 a year ago in Champaign.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will travel to Maryland for their second straight Super Tuesday appearance on ESPN. Tip-off is at 9 p.m.
| #25/25 Indiana (10-5, 0-2 Big Ten) vs. Illinois (11-4, 1-1 Big Ten) | |
| Date | Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 |
| Location | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Venue | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) |
| Tipoff | 5:00 p.m. ET |
| TV | ESPNU & WatchESPN (Clay Matvick & Sean Harrington) |
| Radio | IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) |
| Live Stats | IUHoosiers.com |
IU INSIGHT
• IU 2nd in the nation in rebound margin, 5th in rebounding, 12th in field goal percentage, 16th in scoring, and 20th in blocked shots.
• Last year, the Hoosiers made 19 3FG in Assembly Hall against the Illini, the most ever made in a B1G conference game.
• Since 2011-12, IU has had the most potent offense in the Big Ten, leading in points scored (78.3), field goal percentage (48.0), and 3-point field goal percentage (40.1). The Hoosiers lead all major conference schools in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage during that same time frame.
• The 2015-16 Hoosiers were just one of three teams in the last 20 years in college basketball to average more than 80 points, shoot better than 50 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. The others are the 2001-02 Kansas Jayhawks and the 2000-01 Stanford Cardinal.
• Since 2014-15, the Hoosiers have averaged 9.5 3FG per game, the most of any major college program. Villanova is 2nd (8.9). Junior James Blackmon, Jr. is 5th among major conference players making 2.5 triples per game during that time frame.
• With the 76-67 win over No. 3 North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Hoosiers are tied with took with a national-best 6 wins against top 3 programs since the 2011-12 season. IU also beat Kansas, 103-99 in overtime in the season opener at the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu.
HEAD COACH TOM CREAN
• Tom Crean, the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year, begins his ninth year of leading the Hoosiers. Over the last five years, IU is 130-58 and leads the Big Ten with 25 regular season wins over ranked opponents during that time. IU is nationally ranked for the sixth straight season. Eight players in his first six recruiting classes have scored 1,000 points in their career under Crean at Indiana. Yogi Ferrell (1,986), Christian Watford (1,730), Verdell Jones III (1,347), Jordan Hulls (1,318), Cody Zeller (1,157), Will Sheehey (1,120), Victor Oladipo (1,117) and Troy Williams (1,115) also have scored 1,000 points or more. From the Class of 2014, James Blackmon, Jr., is the next closest Hoosier to approach the mark. He has scored 959 points. Three players, Yogi Ferrell (2016), Cody Zeller (2013) and Victor Oladipo (2013) have been selected as All-Americans. In addition, Oladipo earned two National Player of the Year honors and was named National Defensive Player of the Year. IU won the 2013 and 2016 Big Ten titles outright. Last year's outright title is the team's second in a four year period with the last time that happened at IU coming in 1980, 81 and 83.
The Hoosiers are now tied for the Big Ten lead in overall championships (22) and outright titles (13).
THE SERIES
• IU holds an 89-86 lead in the series which began in 1910.
DID YOU KNOW
• The Hoosiers have a 90-13 record at home since the 2011-12 season, with a Big Ten best .874 winning percentage on its home floor.
• The Hoosiers shot 60.0 percent or better in consecutive games against Delaware State (66.7) and Austin Peay (62.5). It marked the first time doing that since they faced San Francisco and Drake on December 20 and 27, 1998.
• Junior James Blackmon, Jr. had 21 points and 7 rebounds in his only appearance against the Illini during the 2014-15 season. He made 7 of 12 field goal attempts and 4 of 6 from three-point range. He missed the Big Ten portion of the schedule a year ago due to knee surgery.
• Junior Robert Johnson is averaging 15.5 points and shooting 58.3% from three-point range (7/12) in early Big Ten play. Overall, he is second on the team with 34 3FG.
• IU leads the Big Ten in scoring (85.3) and field goal percentage (50.0) and are in rebounding margin (+13.3).
•Five former Crean-coached Hoosiers have been on active NBA rosters this season including Cody Zeller (Charlotte), Victor Oladipo (Oklahoma City), Noah Vonleh (Portland), Yogi Ferrell (Brooklyn)and Troy Williams (Memphis). Three of his former players at Marquette also are active, including Dwyane Wade (Chicago), Steve Novak (Milwaukee) and Wes Matthews (Dallas). Oladipo signed a 4-year, $84 million extension and Zeller got 4-years and $56 million earlier this season.
• The Hoosiers have three former head coaches on their coaching staff this season (Buckley, Martin, Judson). Associate Head Coach Tim Buckley begins his ninth year at Indiana. The former head coach at Ball State, his Cardinals beat No. 3 Kansas and No. 4 UCLA at the 2001 Maui Classic. Assistant Coach Chuck Martin is in his third year with the Hoosiers and was the head coach at Marist (2008-13). Assistant Coach Rob Judson is in his second year as an assistant coach after serving as Director of Operations in early 2014. He was the head coach at Northern Illinois (2001-07) and won the MAC West title in 2006.
• Sophomore Thomas Bryant was named Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook and NBCSports.com. He also was named Preseason All-Big Ten and is on the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Watch List (Top Center). He had his fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Nebraska. He had 14 points, 6 boards and 4 assists against Delaware State after his 15-point, 7-rebound performance against Butler. He had 19 points and 10 rebounds against Kansas. He had 18 points and 12 rebounds against Fort Wayne. He had 12 points and 7 boards against North Carolina. He is now 8th in the Big Ten in rebounding at 7.3 per game. Against SEMO, Bryant was the second player this season to register at least 7 points/10 rebounds/3 assists/3 steals/4 blocks in a game (Jeremy Morgan – Northern Iowa – on 11/20/16 against Xavier).
• Freshman De'Ron Davis made his first career start against Louisville and had 12 points off the bench against Wisconsin. He had back-to-back 14-point efforts against SIUE and SEMO. He is 34-for-60 from the floor this year and is averaging 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds. He also has 12 blocked shots. He hit two key free throws in the final minute in the win over Kansas. He had five points, three rebounds and two blocked shots against North Carolina.
• Junior James Blackmon Jr. has the second highest career average (16.0) of any player who has played for Crean at Indiana. He was National Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week following his 26-point effort against Kansas. He is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring at 16.8 per game. He had 14 points and tied his career-high with 9 rebounds against North Carolina. He leads the B1G in 3FGM per game (3.1). He had 24 points against Austin Peay. He shoots a team-best 43.6 from 3-point range. He had his first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds against Louisville.
Top 5 Career Scorers In Tom Crean Era
Cody Zeller 16.1
James Blackmon, Jr. 16.0
Yogi Ferrell 14.5
Christian Watford 13.1
Thomas Bryant 11.9
• Junior guard Robert Johnson is the most experienced Hoosier, having started 69 career games. Coming off of ankle surgery in the offseason, he is averaging 13.8 points and is second on the team with 34 assists. He had 20 points and made a career-high 6 three-point field goals against Austin Peay. He followed that up with 19 points and 4 rebounds against Nebraska. He has scored 16 points or more 7 times this season. He is shooting 50.7 percent from the field and is shooting 41.5 percent from 3-point range.
• Sophomore forward OG Anunoby is a preseason All-American who had a career-high 21 points to go with 8 rebounds in the win over MVSU. Against North Carolina, he had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. He is shooting 59.8 percent from the field. He had 19 points, 9 rebounds and a career-high 4 blocks against Delaware State. He had 14 points and 2 steals against Louisville. He is second on the team in blocked shots (17) and steals (13). He missed three games with a sprained ankle following the North Carolina game.
• Senior forward Collin Hartman is rehabbing his injured knee. He played three games in the 2016 NCAA Tournament with a fractured wrist and averaged 5.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.3 rebounds.
• Junior guard Josh Newkirk had a career-high 11 assists against Austin Peay. He added 11 points for his first career double-double. He is averaging 7.7 points and 3.6 assists. A native of Raleigh, N.C., he scored 10 points and 3 assists in helping the Hoosiers to the win over UNC. He had 8 assists against SEMO and had 9 points against Butler. He had 11 points against Nebraska.
• Sophomore forward Juwan Morgan had 10 rebounds and had a career-high 4 blocked shots against Butler. On the season, he is contributing 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds. He is third in blocked shots with 13. He has started 8 games this season and is shooting 60.0 percent from the field. He had 12 points and 7 rebounds against Wisconsin. He made a school-record 14 straight field goals over a three-game period earlier this season.
• Sophomore walk-on Zach McRoberts played 15 key minutes and had a +15 contribution against Fort Wayne and earned a start against MVSU and had 3 points. He also had 3 points and 2 assists against SIUE.
• Freshman Curtis Jones had 11 points and 3 rebounds against HBU. He had 8 points and 2 steals against SEMO. He had seven of his 15 points in overtime in beating Kansas. He had 9 points and 5 rebounds against MVSU.
• Freshman Devonte Green and junior Freddie McSwain, Jr., both had a season-high 8 points against Houston Baptist. McSwain also had 4 rebounds. Junior Tim Priller had a career-high 4 points against HBU and freshman Grant Gelon added 3 points in that game.
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