Indiana University Athletics
#IUBB Game 23 Preview: at Wisconsin
2/2/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 2, 2015
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GAME 23
Tuesday, Feb. 3 -- #rv/25 Indiana (16-6, 6-3 Big Ten) at #5/4 Wisconsin (19-2, 7-1 Big Ten)
Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Kohl Center (Madison, Wis.)
TV/Video: ESPN (Mike Tirico, Dan Dakich & Samantha Ponder) | WatchESPN
Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Notes: Indiana Notes | Wisconsin Notes
Series Record: Indiana leads, 95-68
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OPENING TIP
• The 2014-15 college basketball season represents the 115th in the history of Indiana University. The Hoosiers will travel to Wisconsin for their only regular season meeting with the Badgers.
UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers return home to face Michigan on Sunday, February 8 at 1 p.m.
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 307-199 all-time as a head coach and in the last 3+ years, he has led IU to an 89-37 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.
• With wins over No. 13 Maryland, No. 22 Ohio State, No. 22 SMU and No. 23 Butler, IU leads Big Ten teams with 19 regular season wins over Top 25 teams since the start of the 2011-12 season.
• 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 second-most in the nation.
BEING RANKED
• IU has now been ranked for three straight weeks in the USA Today Coaches Poll, after checking in a No. 25 this week. This is the fourth straight year that IU has been nationally ranked by one of the two major polls.
• Every four-year player since the poll began has played for a nationally ranked squad at IU.
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 -3.4 per game. Last year, IU turned the ball over 15.1 times per game compared to this year at 11.7.
IN THE CLUTCH
In the last 5 minutes against Rutgers, IU held the Scarlet Knights to 30 percent (3 of 10) from the field and did not allow a three-point field goal (0-6). The Hoosiers also made 10-of-10 free throws with five different players going to the charity stripe.
DID YOU KNOW
• Junior Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell has a school-record 53-game streak of making at least one 3-point field goal. That is the longest active streak in the nation.
• Freshman James Blackmon, Jr., notched his 8th 20-point plus effort against Rutgers and is 3rd among all freshmen nationally with 363 points scored and 5th in three-point field goals made with 51. He also is 4th in total field goals made for freshmen with 123 and 8th in free throw percentage at 84.6.
IU INSIGHT
• The Hoosiers are 13th in the country in scoring (80.3) and 3FGM (196) and 18th in 3FGM per game (8.9) and 16th in 3FG% (40.2)
• IU has five wins when not favored including Butler, Nebraska, Ohio State, Illinois and Maryland.
• Since losing to Louisville in the Jimmy V Classic, IU has out-rebounded 11 of its next 13 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 6-1 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 5-0 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. The reason for the improvement is defense. In the last 5 minutes of those close games this year, IU has limited opponents to 33.3% shooting from the field and 19% shooting from long distance. Last year, teams shot 47.8 from the field in close games in the last 5 minutes. This season, opponents have attempted just 15 free throws in the 5 games, while they shot 49 in close games a year ago.
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 36th on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,180 points. He leads all Big Ten juniors in career scoring, assists (376), 3-FGM (162) and free throw percentage (83.1). He is second in the league in free throw percentage (87.5), is 7th in the league in scoring (16.1) and 5th in assists (4.7) and 4th in 3FGM (2.3). In conference games only, he is 4th in the league in assists (4.7) and 3rd in 3FGM per game at (2.6). With 12 seconds left in regulation against Georgetown he hit a game tying three-pointer that sent the game to overtime against the Hoyas. It was the second time in his career that he hit a tying shot to force overtime. He also did that against Butler at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in December 2012. Easily the team's best defender, his steal and assist with 1:13 left against Illinois led IU to the comeback win.
• Sophomore Troy Williams is 5th in the conference overall shooting 57.5 from the field. In conference games only, he is 3rd in the league in FG percentage making 55.6 of his shots. He is coming off 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 16.5 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 5.2 rebounds per game and is averaging 14.4 points in league play.
• Sophomore Collin Hartman, who returned 6 months after tearing an ACL, has started the last 6 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. Overall he is shooting 52.9 from the field and 50.0 from three-point range.
• 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 will be out indefinitely. He is averaging 7.4 points and 5.0 rebounds and led the team with 25 blocked shots.
• Freshman Robert Johnson had 8 points and 2 assists against Rutgers. He 9 points and 2 steals at Purdue. 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 30 3FGM. He led the Hoosiers with 14 points against Nebraska and along with Ferrell and Blackmon have started all 21 games.
• Junior transfer Nick Zeisloft is third on the team with 35 3FGM and is averaging 19.4 minutes per game. He is shooting 39.3 from long distance and is a graduate student who played for Illinois State. He had 8 key second half points against Rutgers. He scored 10 points and started the winning run at Illinois with a three-pointer with under 3 minutes to go.
• Freshman reserve Emmitt Holt had 4 points and 3 rebounds against Rutgers and 4 points and 5 boards at Ohio State. He also had 5 points and 7 rebounds in the home win against OSU. 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 66.7 percent from the field.
• Freshman reserve Max Hoetzel has seen his playing time increase due to the Perea injury. In the last 5 games, he is averaging 7.8 minutes per game and has contributed 3.4 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 4.0 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
