Indiana University Athletics
#IUBB Game 26 Preview: Minnesota
2/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2015
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GAME 26
Wednesday, Feb. 15 -- Indiana (17-8, 7-5 Big Ten) vs. Minnesota (16-9, 5-7 Big Ten)
Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Assembly Hall (Bloomington, Ind.)
TV/Video: BTN (Kevin Kugler & Stephen Bardo) | Watch Online
Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Notes: Indiana Notes | Minnesota Notes
Series Record: Indiana leads, 96-67
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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 Minnesota in the only meeting between the two teams this season.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will host Purdue on February 19.
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 308-201 all-time as a head coach and in the last 3+ years, he has led IU to an 90-38 record, the 2013 Big Ten Championship and back-to-back appearances (12 and 13) for the Hoosiers in the Sweet 16 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.
• 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.
• This week's NBA All-Star Weekend in NYC will featured four players who played collegiately for Tom Crean. Dwyane Wade (Marquette) will play in the NBA All-Star Game, Wesley Matthews (Marquette) will be in the three-point shooting contest, Victor Oladipo (Indiana) will be in the slam dunk contest and will join Cody Zeller (Indiana) in the Rising Stars Game.
• Indiana had 2 of the B1G 4 wins over ranked opponents in the non-conference season (Butler and SMU). The Hoosiers 4 wins over ranked teams is tied for the fifth most in the nation.
• The Hoosiers 19 regular season wins against Top 25 opponents since the 2011-12 season is the most of any Big Ten team.
ROSTER ADDITION
• Indiana University men's basketball coach Tom Crean has announced that Jordan Fuchs has been added to the Hoosiers roster. Fuchs is a tight end for the IU football team and played as prep at Christ The King High School in New York. He is 6-6, 230 and will wear #20.
LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENT
• As far as taking care of the basketball, Indiana is the most improved team in the country from a year ago, at -3.5 per game. Last year, IU turned the ball over 15.1 times per game compared to this year at 11.6.
SHOOTING THREE'S
• The 2014-15 Indiana basketball team has made 226 three-point field goals in 24 games, which is the seventh highest single season mark ion school history. The 2005-06 squad made 276 to establish an IU mark.
DID YOU KNOW
• Junior Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell has a school-record 56-game streak of making at least one 3-point field goal. That is the longest active streak in the nation.
IU INSIGHT
• The Hoosiers are 8th in the country in 3-point field goal percentage (40.9), 11th in 3FGM per game (9.0) and 13th in scoring (79.2).
• In the last 3 games, IU has shot 45.5 percent from three-point range making 30 of 66 attempts.
• Since losing to Louisville in the Jimmy V Classic, IU has out-rebounded 13 of its next 16 opponents for a +4.0 rebound margin.
• According to Stats Inc., Indiana has the 6th Lowest Average Years of Eligibility on an NCAA Division I roster at 1.79.
• IU is 7-1 since beating Butler 82-73 on December 20 in games decided by single digits. Last year during the same time frame, IU was 2-5 in games decided by single digits.
• IU is 6-1 in the B1G in games decided by 8 points or less. Last year, IU was 2-4 in the first half of the B1G in similar games.
• Eight different Hoosiers have scored 15 points or more in at least one game this season (Ferrell, Blackmon, Jr., Williams, Johnson, Hartman, Zeisloft, Holt and Hoetzel).
• The Hoosiers have a 63-8 record in Assembly Hall since 2011-12, the second best home record in the B1G in the last 4 years.
ODDS AND TRENDS
• Bennie Seltzer, who served as an assistant coach at Indiana from 2008-12, has rejoined the program as Director of Player Performance for a temporary period of four months as a replacement to Je'Ney Jackson, who managed player development and strength and conditioning for the men's basketball program.
• Junior Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell is 32nd on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,232 points. He leads all Big Ten juniors in career scoring, assists (392), 3-FGM (172) and free throw percentage (83.4). He leads the league in free throw percentage (87.4), is 5th in the league in scoring (16.3) and 5th in assists (4.8) and 4th in 3FGM (2.4). In conference games only, he is 2nd in the league in assists (4.8) and 3rd in 3FGM per game (2.8) and 7th in scoring (15.4). He is now 9th on the school's all-time assist list (392). He is coming off one of the best games of his career with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists without a turnover against Maryland.
• Sophomore Troy Williams is 4th in the conference overall shooting 57.3 from the field. In conference games only, he is 4th in the league in FG percentage making 55.9 of his shots. He posted his fourth double-double of the year with 17 points and 10 rebounds at Maryland. Last week, he had a 20-point, 8-board effort against Michigan. He had his third double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Rutgers. He had 16 points and 7 boards against Maryland and also had 21 points and 9 rebounds at Illinois. He had 15 points and 11 boards at home against OSU .
• James Blackmon, Jr. is second in scoring among all B1G freshmen and 5th nationally among first-year players at 15.9 points per game. He had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals against Rutgers. He had 22 points against Maryland and 21 points against Illinois. He has topped the 20-point mark 8 times this season. He is second on the team averaging 5.3 rebounds per game. He did not play at Wisconsin due to a left ankle injury.
• Sophomore Collin Hartman, who returned 6 months after tearing an ACL, has started the last 9 games. He had a career-high 15 points and 3 blocked shots in the win over Maryland. He followed that up with 12 points at Ohio State. He had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals against Wisconsin. Overall he is shooting 53.0 from the field and 51.1 from three-point range. He leads in conference games only making 55.6 of his 3's.
• Forward Hanner Mosquera-Perea, who had started the first 16 games for the Hoosiers this season, suffered an injury to his right knee in practice on Jan. 12 and returned to the court against Michigan. He is averaging 6.8 points and 4.7 rebounds and led the team with 25 blocked shots. He had 4 points and 3 boards at Maryland
• Freshman Robert Johnson had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals at Wisconsin. He is 5th in the Big Ten making 42.5 percent of his 3-point attempts. He had 20 points and made 4-of-6 from long distance in the win over Penn State. He is 4th on the team with 36 3FGM. He led the Hoosiers with 14 points against Nebraska.
• Junior transfer Nick Zeisloft is third on the team with 42 3FGM and is averaging 19.7 minutes per game. He is shooting 41.6 from long distance and is a graduate student who played for Illinois State. He had 8 key second half points against Rutgers and scored 10 points and started the winning run at Illinois with a three-pointer with under 3 minutes to go. He had a career-high 19 point performance at Wisconsin.
• Freshman reserve Emmitt Holt had 3 points and 3 boards at Wisconsin. His best game of the season came against Pittsburgh, when he had 15 points against the Panthers. He also is 2nd on the team with 16 blocked shots. He is shooting 67.4 percent from the field.
• Freshman reserve Max Hoetzel has seen his playing time increase due to the Perea injury. In his last 5 games, he is averaging 8.0 minutes per game and has contributed 2.2 points. He had his Big Ten-best 6 points, including a three-pointer against Illinois.
• Sophomore Stanford Robinson had a season-high 12 points against Penn State and made all six of his free throw attempts in the game. He is averaging 3.5 points in Big Ten play. Against Rutgers, he started and had 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists without a turnover.
• Junior walk-on Ryan Burton played a huge role in the win over Penn State. In five minutes of play, he had three offensive rebounds and an assist to help IU go from a 51-51 tied to a 12-point lead.
