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NOTES: Indiana Hosts Northern Illinois Friday Night
11/11/2021 6:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
OPENING TIP
Indiana University begins its 122nd of competition in men's basketball and will begin the season in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against a second MAC foe Northern Illinois. The Hoosiers are coming off a 68-62 win over Eastern Michigan, while NIU won at Washington, 71-64 on Tuesday. IU has a 75-12 record against the MAC.
GAME INFORMATION
RV/RV Indiana (1-0) vs. Northern Illinois (1-0)
Friday, Nov. 12 • 7 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads, 3-1
Last Meeting: Northern Illinois 85, Indiana 71; January 4, 1972
ON THE SIDELINES
IU Hall of Famer, All-American, Big Ten MVP and Indiana native Mike Woodson is the first Hoosier graduate to lead the program at the start of the season since Lou Watson in 1965. Dan Dakich served as interim coach for seven games at the end of the 2008 season. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience back to his alma mater and worked for seven franchises as an assistant coach and won an NBA title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He played 11 seasons in the NBA as a player and is the fifth all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,061 points. His 19.8 ppg. average is tied for second among players who spent four years in Bloomington.
Coach Rashon Bruno is in his first year at Northern Illinois after spending the last six as Associate Head Coach at Arizona State.
JACKSON-DAVIS IS CONSENSUS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten, has been named a first-team 2021-22 Preseason All-American by the Associated Press, noted analyst Dick Vitale and ESPN.com, and by Athlon's Magazine and second team by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and The Sporting News. The Center Grove standout was also selected to the watch list for the Karl Malone Watch, the NABC Player of the Year, Wooden Award and Naismith Award. He was a third-team All-American (Sporting News) last season. He started all 27 games in 2020-21 and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds. He was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1), second in rebounding (9.0), fifth in field goal percentage (51.7%) and blocked shots (1.4) and was third in minutes played (34.2). He led the Hoosiers with 21 points, 14 boards and 3 blocked shots against EMU. This was Jackson-Davis 23rd career double-double. IU is now 18-5 when Jackson-Davis records a double-double in his career. He also moved into 55th all-time in career points at IU with 970 points surpassing Isiah Thomas.
WHAT CLASS ARE THEY IN?
Indiana Basketball is listing a player's academic standing and year in eligibility within most publications. However you've decided to do so after last year's COVID-19 season is up to you.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (60), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (82), Miller Kopp (75), Parker Stewart (75) and Race Thompson (28) have combined for 320 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee have started 154 games. The Hoosiers are just outside the Top-25, receiving the 27th most votes in the AP Poll and 30th most votes in the coaches poll.
Indiana University begins its 122nd of competition in men's basketball and will begin the season in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against a second MAC foe Northern Illinois. The Hoosiers are coming off a 68-62 win over Eastern Michigan, while NIU won at Washington, 71-64 on Tuesday. IU has a 75-12 record against the MAC.
GAME INFORMATION
RV/RV Indiana (1-0) vs. Northern Illinois (1-0)
Friday, Nov. 12 • 7 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) | TuneIn App
Series History: Indiana leads, 3-1
Last Meeting: Northern Illinois 85, Indiana 71; January 4, 1972
ON THE SIDELINES
IU Hall of Famer, All-American, Big Ten MVP and Indiana native Mike Woodson is the first Hoosier graduate to lead the program at the start of the season since Lou Watson in 1965. Dan Dakich served as interim coach for seven games at the end of the 2008 season. Woodson brings nine years of NBA head coaching experience back to his alma mater and worked for seven franchises as an assistant coach and won an NBA title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons. He played 11 seasons in the NBA as a player and is the fifth all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,061 points. His 19.8 ppg. average is tied for second among players who spent four years in Bloomington.
Coach Rashon Bruno is in his first year at Northern Illinois after spending the last six as Associate Head Coach at Arizona State.
JACKSON-DAVIS IS CONSENSUS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN
Junior/sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten, has been named a first-team 2021-22 Preseason All-American by the Associated Press, noted analyst Dick Vitale and ESPN.com, and by Athlon's Magazine and second team by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and The Sporting News. The Center Grove standout was also selected to the watch list for the Karl Malone Watch, the NABC Player of the Year, Wooden Award and Naismith Award. He was a third-team All-American (Sporting News) last season. He started all 27 games in 2020-21 and was the only high major player to average at least 19.0 points and 9.0 rebounds. He was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (19.1), second in rebounding (9.0), fifth in field goal percentage (51.7%) and blocked shots (1.4) and was third in minutes played (34.2). He led the Hoosiers with 21 points, 14 boards and 3 blocked shots against EMU. This was Jackson-Davis 23rd career double-double. IU is now 18-5 when Jackson-Davis records a double-double in his career. He also moved into 55th all-time in career points at IU with 970 points surpassing Isiah Thomas.
WHAT CLASS ARE THEY IN?
Indiana Basketball is listing a player's academic standing and year in eligibility within most publications. However you've decided to do so after last year's COVID-19 season is up to you.
ODDS AND TRENDS
IU's starting lineup of Jackson-Davis (60), Sr./Jr's. Xavier Johnson (82), Miller Kopp (75), Parker Stewart (75) and Race Thompson (28) have combined for 320 career Division I starts. Off the bench, Sr./Jr's. Michael Durr (85) and Rob Phinisee have started 154 games. The Hoosiers are just outside the Top-25, receiving the 27th most votes in the AP Poll and 30th most votes in the coaches poll.
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