NOTES: Hoosier Tip-Off Classic Continues Against South Florida

OPENING TIP
•   The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Sunday when the Hoosiers host the Bulls of South Florida in IU's second game of the Hoosier-Tip-Off Classic. The Hoosiers are coming off and 84-68 loss at #22 Seton Hall in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, while USF is coming off a 75-72 road win at Stetson. IU won its first game in the event, defeating Howard, 86-77, November 12. Arkansas State and Eastern Michigan also are part of the MTE (multi-team event) with each team playing four games.

•This will be the first meeting between the two programs. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference which has been in its current form since 2013. IU is 1-1 against league members. The Hoosiers lost to eventual national champion UConn, 59-58, in the championship game of the 2K Classic in 2013 and defeated SMU, 74-68 in 2014.

• There will be a lot of interest in this game in Dayton, Ohio. USF Coach Brian Gregory was the head coach at Dayton from 2003-11 and was succeeded by IU Coach Archie Miller who led the Flyers from 2011-17.

GAME INFO
Tipoff: 6:00 p.m. ET
Date: Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017
Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222); Bloomington, Indiana
TV: BTN - Brandon Gaudin & Bob Wenzel
Radio: IU Radio Network - Don Fischer, Errek Suhr & Mike Glasscott

THE COACHES
•   Archie Miller is the 29th head coach in Indiana men's basketball history. The 39-year old native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, comes to IU after serving the previous six seasons as head coach at the University of Dayton, where he won Atlantic 10 Conference regular season championships in 2016 and 2017. He was Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 2017. He guided the Flyers to a 139-63 record (69.8) and a 68-34 mark (66.7) in the Atlantic 10. He took Dayton to the NCAA Tournament each of the last four years with the Flyers advancing to the Elite Eight in the 2014 Tournament. UD was nationally ranked in three of Miller's six seasons (2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16).

•   Brian Gregory is in his first year of leading South Florida. He previously was the head coach at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11) and was an assistant coach at Michigan State (1999-2003) and Northwestern (1997-99).

NEWS & NOTES
• The Hoosiers will begin a stretch where 5 of their next 6 games will be played in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

• The Hoosiers have shot over 50.0% from the floor in 4 of 6 halves this season. The team is shooting 50.3% overall from the field.

• Sophomore De'Ron Davis is the top shooter in the Big Ten making 78.9% of his field goal attempts (15/19).

• Senior forward Collin Hartman has not played in the regular season due to a groin injury. He missed one exhibition game due to a sprained ankle, missed all of last season due to knee surgery and played in the 2016 NCAA Tournament with a broken wrist. Since the 2014-15 season, IU is 47-20 in games that he has played and 19-20 in games he has not played in.

• With 12 points against Seton Hall, senior Robert Johnson became the 51st player in IU history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark in his career and with 1,011, he surpassed Jared Jeffries (1,008) for 50th place.

• The Hoosiers will host Arkansas State (Nov. 22) and Eastern Michigan (Nov. 24) to round out the multi-team event. Indiana will finish off the four-game homestand against Duke (Nov. 29) in the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

HOOSIER TIP-OFF CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Nov. 12   Howard (77) at Indiana (86)
Nov. 16   Arkansas St. (59) at EMU (76)
Nov. 18   Howard at EMU   3pm
Nov. 19   USF at Indiana   6pm
Nov. 20   Howard at Arkansas St.   8pm
Nov. 22   Arkansas St. at Indiana   7pm; Howard at USF   7pm
Nov. 24   EMU at Indiana   4:30pm; Arkansas St. at USF   12pm
Nov. 26   EMU at USF   4pm

3 THINGS TO KNOW
(1) IU reserves are averaging 29 points per game.
(2) Sophomore Devonte Green (thigh bruise) and junior Juwan Morgan (ankle) did not start against Seton Hall and were replaced by freshman Aljami Durham and Justin Smith in the starting lineup.
(3) Green came off the bench against Seton Hall and had a career-high 16 points, while Morgan had 8 points and 7 rebounds. Against Howard, Smith filled in for the injured Morgan and had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Durham came off the bench and had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in that same game.

NOTES: Hoosier Tip-Off Classic Continues Against South Florida

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Players Mentioned

De'Ron Davis

Aljami Durham

Devonte Green

Collin Hartman

Robert Johnson

Juwan Morgan

Justin Smith