Indiana University Athletics
#IUBB Game 2 Preview: Texas Southern
11/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 16, 2014
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GAME 2
Friday, Nov. 17 -- vs. Texas Southern, 6:00 p.m. ET
Video: BTN (Chris Denari and Jim Jackson) | BTN2Go
Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Notes: Indiana Notes
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OPENING TIP
• The 2014-15 college basketball season represents the 115th in the history of Indiana University. The Hoosiers will host Texas Southern in the Hoosiers Showcase, a round-robin event which also includes SMU, Lamar and Eastern Washington.
UP NEXT
• IU will host No. 22 SMU (11/20) this Thursday night. The Hoosiers then will finish the event with, Lamar (11/22) and Eastern Washington (11/24).
HEAD COACH Tom Crean
• Indiana named Tom Crean as its 28th men's basketball coach on April 2, 2008, and he is in his seventh year with the Hoosiers. He is 292-193 all-time as a head coach and in the last 3+ years, he has led IU to a 74-31 record, the 2013 Big Ten Championship and back-to-back appearances for the Hoosiers in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994. In 2012-13, he was named NABC District 7 and USBWA District V Coach of the Year. In 2011-12, In the last two seasons, Crean has mentored three NBA Lottery picks which is tied with Kansas for the most among NCAA schools in that span.
• Crean is the only Big Ten coach to mentor an NBA lottery pick, a National Player of the Year, a first team All-American, a first team Academic All-American and a Senior Class Award winner this decade.
• Over the last three years, Indiana leads all Big Ten teams in scoring (76.9), field goal percentage (47.7), three-point field goal percentage (39.5), free throw percentage (74.6) and free throws made (1,930).
• The Hoosiers three-point field goal percentage is the highest among major college conference schools in that time frame.
• IU and Kansas are the only two school's that have sent three lottery picks to the NBA in the last two years. (Victor Oladipo, Orlando and Cody Zeller and Noah Vonleh, Charlotte)
FROM LAST YEAR
• IU was sixth in the country last year in rebound margin (+7.6) and 12th in the country in three-point field goal percentage defense.
BEST IN THE NATION
• IU is among the top academic programs in the country with four straight perfect APR scores of 1,000 and has received an NCAA Recognition Award each of the last two years. Twenty-one players have earned a degree while playing for Coach Tom Crean at Indiana, including five who have earned master's degrees. IU has been honored a league best 27 times on the Academic All-Big Ten team since 2010.
Mike Davis AT IU
• Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis returns to Bloomington for the first time since 2006. He was the Hoosiers head coach from 2000-2006 and guided IU to the 2002 NCAA title game where they fell to Maryland.
HEAD START
• The Hoosiers played five exhibition games in Canada during early August. The Hoosiers were 4-1 on the trip and took advantage of 10 additional practices this summer.
HOOSIER HITS
• Junior transfer Nick Zeisloft had 16 points and made 3 of 5 three-point shots. He played for two seasons at Illinois State.
• Junior Hanner Mosquera-Perea had career highs in points (9), rebounds (12) and minutes (21).
• Freshman Max Hoetzel scored 19 points (12 in the second half) and brought down nine rebounds in 19 minutes of play.
•Junior Collin Hartman tied his career-high for points with five and set new career standards for rebounds (4) and minutes played (13).
• Freshman Tim Priller scored two points in nine minutes of play. He added two rebounds, one block and one steal.
• Redshirt junior walk-on Ryan Burton put up six points, had six boards and dished out two assists in 13 minutes.
• Freshman Jeremiah April played his first minutes with the Hoosiers. He had two points and two boards in seven minutes of play.
• Freshman walk-on Nate Ritchie hit two free throws to score his first points as a Hoosier.
• IU had 20 assists as a team for the first time since January, 2013 when they had 20 at Purdue.
• The Hoosiers 11 three-point field goals made bettered their season best of 10 last season at Illinois.
STAFF WITH EXPERIENCE
• The Hoosiers have four former head coaches on their coaching staff this season.
• Associate Head Coach Tim Buckley begins his seventh year at Indiana. Former head coach at Ball State. His Cardinals beat #3 Kansas and #4 UCLA at the 2001 Maui Classic.
• Associate Head Coach Steve McClain is in his fifth year in Bloomington. Former head coach at Wyoming who led the Cowboys to the 2002 NCAA Tournament and a win over Gonzaga.
• Assistant Coach Chuck Martin joined the IU staff this past summer. Former head coach at Marist.
• Director of Operations Rob Judson came to IU in mid-season a year ago. Former head coach at Northern Illinois, who captured a MAC West title.
EIGHT IN THE PROS
• Eight of Tom Crean's former IU players are currently playing professional basketball.
Victor Oladipo (Orlando),13 ppg, 3 rpg, 2 assists
Cody Zeller (Charlotte), 8.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg.
Noah Vonleh (Charlotte)), Inactive
Christian Watford (Maine, NBDL) 16 ppg.
Verdell Jones III (Japan), 15.0 ppg., 5.8 assists
Jordan Hulls (Kosovo) 9.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 5.7 assists
Will Sheehey (Montenegro) 4.6 ppg., 2.0 rpg.Derek Elston (Portugal) 19.0 ppg., 4.7 rpg.
FRESHMAN STARTERS
• For the sixth time in seven years, a freshman has started on opening night. Here is a look at how they have fared in their first college game at IU.
2008 (vs. Northwestern State)
Tom Pritchard, 13 points, 10 rebounds
Verdell Jones III, 18 points, 5 assists
2009 (vs. Howard)
Christian Watford, 14 points, 11 rebounds
Maurice Creek; 17 points, 2 rebounds
2011 (vs. Stony Brook)
Cody Zeller, 16 points, 10 rebounds
2012 (vs. Bryant)
Kevin Yogi Ferrell, 10 points, 7 assists
2013 (vs. Chicago State)
Noah Vonleh, 11 points, 14 rebounds
Troy Williams, 13 points, 2 rebounds
2014 (vs. Mississippi Valley)
James Blackmon, Jr., 25 points, 4 rebounds
Robert Johnson, 15 points, 7 rebs, 5 assists
FIVE FOR 15
• Stats Inc., who has kept college basketball stats since 1996-97, informed us that for the first time since they started IU had five players score at least 15 points or more in the same game. Blackmon Jr., had 25, Hoetzel had 19, Zeisloft had 16, and Ferrell and Johnson each had 15.
