Indiana University Athletics
#IUBB Game 9 Preview: Louisville
12/8/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2014
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GAME 9 - Jimmy V Classic (Madison Square Garden)
Tuesday, Dec. 9 -- Indiana (7-1) vs. #5/5 Louisville (7-0), 9:00 p.m. ET
Video: ESPN (Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale and Andy Katz) | WatchESPN
Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Notes: Indiana Notes | Louisville Notes
Last Meeting: 2/1/2003 - Indiana 76, at Louisville 95
All-Time Series: Indiana leads, 10-6
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OPENING TIP
• The 2014-15 college basketball season represents the 115th in the history of Indiana University. The Hoosiers are coming off a 95-49 win over Savannah State on Saturday Night.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will return home for a Saturday night contest against Grand Canyon.
AGAINST LOUISVILLE
• The Hoosiers hold a 10-6 lead in a series which began in 1921. The teams will meet for the first time since February of 2003. This will be the 19th meeting for Coach Tom Crean, who has eight wins against the Cardinals.
JIMMY V CLASSIC
• IU will be making its third appearance in the event (1999, 2009). IU defeated North Carolina, 82-73, in E. Rutherford, N.J., in the 1999 Classic and Pittsburgh, 74-64, in 2009 at Madison Square Garden.
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 298-194 all-time as a head coach and in the last 3+ years, he has led IU to an 80-32 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 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.
• Since 2011-12, Indiana leads all major conference teams in field goal percentage (47.9), three-point field goal percentage (39.8) and free throw percentage (74.6). IU also is fourth nationally in scoring (77.1), and second in free throws made (2,051).
• The Hoosiers 38.6% 3-point field goal percentage since the start of the 2010-11 season is the highest among major college conference schools in that time frame.
• With the win over No. 22 SMU, IU leads Big Ten teams with 16 regular season wins over Top 25 teams since the start of the 2011-12 season.
THREE YEAR WIN TOTAL
• The Hoosiers 73 wins from 2011-12 to 2013-14 represents the highest three-year win total for IU since 1990-91 to 1992-93.
CREAN HONORED AT DICKIE V GALA
• IU Coach Tom Crean, Notre Dame's Mike Brey and Alabama Football coach Nick Saban were honored at the Ninth Annual Dick Vitale Gala this past May for their efforts in helping to raise money in the fight against pediatric cancer through The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
NUMBERS
• The Hoosiers are 4th in the country in scoring (88.4) and effective field goal shooting (60.9), 8th in 3-FG% (43.9), and 9th in overall FG percentage (52.4.). IU has improved from 325th in the country last year in assist/turnover ratio to 40th in the country after 8 games.
WOODEN AND NAISMITH AWARDS
• The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 for the John R. Wooden Award and the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced their Top 50 Watch List for the Naismith Trophy and the list includes IU junior guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell. He is averaging 17.3 points and 5.8 assists and is shooting 44.8 percent from three-point range
TISDALE AWARD
• James Blackmon, Jr., and Robert Johnson have been named to the watch list for the Wayman Tisdale award, which is handed out by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to the top freshman in the country each season.
Blackmon Jr., a native of Marion, Ind., has started all 8 games for the Hoosiers this season and is averaging 19.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest. He is also shooting 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from behind the 3-point line.
Johnson has also started all 8 games so far and is averaging 11.1 points,4.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. The Richmond, Va., native has made 52.4 percent of his shots from the floor and leads the team with 10 steals.
HOOSIERS IN NYC
• Indiana has played 25 games in the NYC metro area since 1972 and has a 16-9 record. Twenty-one of those games came at Madison Square Garden. The last time the Hoosiers appeared in the Garden was a year ago, in the 2K Sports Classic. IU defeated Washington, 102-84 in the semifinals and lost to eventual national champion, UConn, 59-58 in the title game. In November 2012, IU defeated Georgia and Georgetown to win the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.
3/18/72 Princeton L 60-68 NIT
12/26/75 Columbia W 106-63 Holid Fest.
12/27/75 Manhattan W 97-61 Holid Fest.
12/28/75 #17 SJU W 76-69 Holid Fest.
3/19/79 Ohio State W 64-55 NIT
3/21/79 #15 Purdue W 53-52 NIT
12/28/81 #20 Villanova L 59-63 Holid Fest.
12/29/81 Kansas L 61-71 Holid Fest.
3/27/85 Tennessee W 74-67 NIT
3/29/85 UCLA L 62-65 NIT
11/23/88 #6 Syracuse L 78-102 NIT
11/25/88 N. Carolina L 92-106 NIT
12/21/91 #10 SJU W 82-77
11/25/92 #7 Florida St. W 81-78 Pres. NIT
11/27/92 #6 Seton Hall W 78-74 Pres. NIT
11/27/96 Evansville W 74-73 Pres. NIT
11/29/96 #6 Duke W 85-69 Pres. NIT
12/21/99 #6 N. Carolina W 82-73 Jimmy V
11/22/00 #25 Temple L 61-69 Pres. NIT
11/24/00 Texas L 58-70 Pres. NIT
12/8/09 Pittsburgh W 74-64 Jimmy V
11/19/12 Georgia W 66-53 Legends
11/20/12 Georgetown W 82-72 OT Legends
11/21/13 Washington W 102-84 2KSports
11/22/13 UConn L 58-59 2KSports
ARMED FORCES CLASSIC
• In 2016, the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii will host a doubleheader just weeks ahead of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Indiana and Kansas will meet in one of the games, with Arizona and Michigan State meeting in the other.
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),14.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.1 apg.
Cody Zeller (Charlotte), 8.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg.
Noah Vonleh (Charlotte), 2.7 ppg., 2.7 rpg.
Christian Watford (Maine), 14.7 ppg., 7.8 rpg. Verdell Jones III (Japan), 16.9 ppg., 4.2 assists
Jordan Hulls (Kosovo) 9.6 ppg., 4.8 rpg, 6.1 apg.
Will Sheehey (Montenegro) 4.2 ppg., 1.9 rpg.
Derek Elston (Portugal) 15.7 ppg., 5.2 rpg.
