NOTES: Hoosiers Take On No. 1 Duke As Part of Big Ten/ACC Challenge

OPENING TIP
•   The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Wednesday when the Hoosiers host the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.. The Hoosiers are coming off an 87-67 win over Eastern Michigan and have a three-game winning streak. Duke won the PK80 Motion Bracket with an 87-84 triumph over Florida.

• Duke holds a 5-3 edge in the series which begin in the 1987 NCAA Tournament. This will be the fourth meeting in this event, with Duke capturing the first three matchups. Duke won the only previous meeting in Bloomington, 75-67 on November 30, 2005.

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).

•   Mike Krzyzewski – a Naismith Hall of Fame coach, five-time national champion and 12-time Final Four participant – has built a dynasty that few programs in the history of the game can match. Krzyzewski has a 1,079-330 record in 42 years as a head coach, including a 1,006-271 mark in 37 seasons at Duke. Played for IU Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight at Army (1966-69) and served as a graduate assistant at Indiana where he helped the 1975 team to a 31-1 record and an 18-0 Big Ten ledger.

NEWS & NOTES
• The Hoosiers are in a stretch where 5 of 6 games are being played in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

• Duke will be the second nationally ranked team the Hoosiers will play this season. IU traveled to #23 Seton Hall on November 15. This will be the fourth top-10 program IU has faced in the event in the last 5 seasons.

• The Hoosiers have shot over 50.0% from the floor in 7 of 12 halves this season. IU shot 53.4% from the floor against Eastern Michigan, and a season-best 12 of 21 from long distance.

• Senior forward Collin Hartman played his first game of the season against Eastern Michigan. He had 3 points and a rebound in 6 minutes.. 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 48-20 in games that he has played and 21-20 in games he has not played in. With 18 points against EMU, senior Robert Johnson is now in 48th place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,060 points. Ricky Calloway is 47th with 1,073 points.

• In the last three games, IU is holding opponents to 39.6% shooting from the floor and have averaged just 9.3 turnovers per game. IU averaged 15.2 turnovers a season ago and had 49 in their first three games of the season.

• The Hoosiers begin Big Ten Conference play at Michigan (Dec. 2) and at home against Iowa (Dec. 4). IU will then travel to #18 Louisville (Dec. 9) and play #12 Notre Dame (Dec. 16) in Indianapolis in the Crossroads Classic.

NOTES: Hoosiers Take On No. 1 Duke As Part of Big Ten/ACC Challenge

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Players Mentioned

Collin Hartman

Robert Johnson