Indiana University Athletics
Thursday, March 1
New York City
Approx. 9:00PM
Indiana University
vs
Rutgers (Second Round)
NOTES: IU Opens Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at MSG
2/26/2018 6:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Thursday when the Hoosiers travel to New York City for the 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The Hoosiers will play at approximately 9 p.m. in Madison Square Garden against the winner of Wednesday's game between Rutgers and Minnesota. IU is the No. 6 seed, Minnesota is No. 11 and Rutgers is No. 14.
• The winner would advance to the Big Ten quarterfinals, where they would meet No. 3 seed Purdue on Friday at approximately 9 p.m.
• Indiana is 2-0 against Minnesota this season, having topped the Gophers in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 (75-71) and 80-56 on Feb. 9 in Bloomington. The two teams last met in the Big Ten Tournament in 2008, with Minnesota winning at the buzzer, 59-58, in Indianapolis.
• The Hoosiers defeated Rutgers, 65-43, on Feb. 5 in Piscataway, in what was easily IU's best defensive performance in at least two decades. The two programs have never met in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Purdue defeated Indiana by a score of 74-67 on Jan. 28 in Bloomington. The only time these two long-standing rivals have met in the Big Ten Tournament came in the 1998 quarterfinals, when the Boilermakers defeated the Hoosiers, 76-71.
GAME INFO
Tipoff: Approx. 9:00 p.m. ET
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Location: Madison Square Garden (19,182)
TV: BTN - Kevin Kugler, Shon Morris & Rick Pizzo
Radio: IU Radio Network - Don Fischer, Errek Suhr & Mike Glasscott; Compas Radio Network - Drew Bontadeli & Mike Wozniak
COACH MILLER
• Archie Miller is the 29th head coach in Indiana men's basketball history. He won his 150th career game with the triumph over Northwestern on Jan. 14. 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 3 of Miller's 6 seasons (2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). During Miller's tenure at Dayton, he took the Flyers to the 2015 Atlantic-10 Basketball Tournament Championship Game.
NEWS & NOTES
• The Hoosiers improved dramatically during course of the 2017-18 season. After seeing IU allow 76 points per game on 45.9% shooting and 41.7% accuracy from 3-point range in the month of November, IU limited teams to 65.4 points on 41.3% shooting from the floor and 33.1% from long distance in the month of February.
• IU posted a two-win improvement in the Big Ten from last season, going from 7-11 last year to 9-9 this year.
• Junior Juwan Morgan was named second-team All-Big Ten. In the last 10 games, he has averaged 19.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and shot 57.8% from the floor. He had his eighth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Illinois. He also tied his career-high with four steals and established a career-best with five blocked shots against the Illini. He has scored 20 points or more in 10 games this season, including eight times in the Big Ten. He leads the Hoosiers in scoring (16.6) and is among the league leaders in rebounds (7.3) and field goal percentage (58.4%). He is the most improved scorer in the Big Ten, averaging 8.9 points per game more overall and 10.6 points better in conference play when compared to last season. He averaged 17.9 points in the Big Ten play.
• Senior Robert Johnson was named honorable mention All-Big Ten. He averaged 16.3 points and shot 50.0% (21/42) from three-point range in the month of February. He scored a career-high 29 points at Iowa and tied an IU record by making nine 3-point field goals in the game (Rod Wilmont vs. Northwestern, 2007; Matt Roth vs. Ohio State, 2009). He is now in 22nd place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,401 points - 26 points behind Ray Tolbert for 20th place - and fourth on the school's all-time list with 236 treys.
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Thursday when the Hoosiers travel to New York City for the 2018 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. The Hoosiers will play at approximately 9 p.m. in Madison Square Garden against the winner of Wednesday's game between Rutgers and Minnesota. IU is the No. 6 seed, Minnesota is No. 11 and Rutgers is No. 14.
• The winner would advance to the Big Ten quarterfinals, where they would meet No. 3 seed Purdue on Friday at approximately 9 p.m.
• Indiana is 2-0 against Minnesota this season, having topped the Gophers in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 (75-71) and 80-56 on Feb. 9 in Bloomington. The two teams last met in the Big Ten Tournament in 2008, with Minnesota winning at the buzzer, 59-58, in Indianapolis.
• The Hoosiers defeated Rutgers, 65-43, on Feb. 5 in Piscataway, in what was easily IU's best defensive performance in at least two decades. The two programs have never met in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Purdue defeated Indiana by a score of 74-67 on Jan. 28 in Bloomington. The only time these two long-standing rivals have met in the Big Ten Tournament came in the 1998 quarterfinals, when the Boilermakers defeated the Hoosiers, 76-71.
GAME INFO
Tipoff: Approx. 9:00 p.m. ET
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Location: Madison Square Garden (19,182)
TV: BTN - Kevin Kugler, Shon Morris & Rick Pizzo
Radio: IU Radio Network - Don Fischer, Errek Suhr & Mike Glasscott; Compas Radio Network - Drew Bontadeli & Mike Wozniak
COACH MILLER
• Archie Miller is the 29th head coach in Indiana men's basketball history. He won his 150th career game with the triumph over Northwestern on Jan. 14. 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 3 of Miller's 6 seasons (2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). During Miller's tenure at Dayton, he took the Flyers to the 2015 Atlantic-10 Basketball Tournament Championship Game.
NEWS & NOTES
• The Hoosiers improved dramatically during course of the 2017-18 season. After seeing IU allow 76 points per game on 45.9% shooting and 41.7% accuracy from 3-point range in the month of November, IU limited teams to 65.4 points on 41.3% shooting from the floor and 33.1% from long distance in the month of February.
• IU posted a two-win improvement in the Big Ten from last season, going from 7-11 last year to 9-9 this year.
• Junior Juwan Morgan was named second-team All-Big Ten. In the last 10 games, he has averaged 19.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and shot 57.8% from the floor. He had his eighth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Illinois. He also tied his career-high with four steals and established a career-best with five blocked shots against the Illini. He has scored 20 points or more in 10 games this season, including eight times in the Big Ten. He leads the Hoosiers in scoring (16.6) and is among the league leaders in rebounds (7.3) and field goal percentage (58.4%). He is the most improved scorer in the Big Ten, averaging 8.9 points per game more overall and 10.6 points better in conference play when compared to last season. He averaged 17.9 points in the Big Ten play.
• Senior Robert Johnson was named honorable mention All-Big Ten. He averaged 16.3 points and shot 50.0% (21/42) from three-point range in the month of February. He scored a career-high 29 points at Iowa and tied an IU record by making nine 3-point field goals in the game (Rod Wilmont vs. Northwestern, 2007; Matt Roth vs. Ohio State, 2009). He is now in 22nd place on the IU all-time scoring list with 1,401 points - 26 points behind Ray Tolbert for 20th place - and fourth on the school's all-time list with 236 treys.
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