2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–15 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Seasons
2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Michigan State 16 2   .889 30 5   .857
No. 11 Purdue 15 3   .833 30 7   .811
No. 17 Ohio State 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
No. 7 Michigan 13 5   .722 33 8   .805
Nebraska 13 5   .722 22 11   .667
Penn State 9 9   .500 26 13   .667
Indiana 9 9   .500 16 15   .516
Maryland 8 10   .444 19 13   .594
Wisconsin 7 11   .389 15 18   .455
Northwestern 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
Minnesota 4 14   .222 15 17   .469
Illinois 4 14   .222 14 18   .438
Iowa 4 14   .222 14 19   .424
Rutgers 3 15   .167 15 19   .441
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Archie Miller, his first year as Indiana head coach. The team played its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The season officially kicked off with its annual event, Hoosier Hysteria, on October 21, 2017.

For Miller, his first season at IU wouldn't be so much of a rebuilding job, as it would be a major remodeling job; starting with laying the foundation of a pack-line defense and valuing possessions. Early in the season, Miller stated practices were 75% defense, 25% offense.[1] That scheme showed early and often, as the Hoosiers struggled mightily throughout the season to find any flow or rhythm on offense, despite the defense making leaps and bounds in the overall rankings of Division 1 basketball (final ranking of number one in the Big Ten Conference).[2] As the season progressed toward its end, the Hoosiers bought into Miller's defense, which led to better offense. With a surprising early second round loss in the 2018 Big Ten tournament to Rutgers, 67–76, and losing enough games to keep them out of the NCAA tournament and NIT, including an early few they should have won against Indiana State and IPFW, IU's first season under their new coach came to a disappointing close. They finished with an overall record of 16–15 and 9–9 in the Big Ten.

Previous season

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Despite the highs of the previous season and being ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation, the Hoosiers faced a troubling and disappointing year; they finished the 2016–17 season 18–16, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. At the Big Ten tournament they defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Wisconsin. The Hoosiers missed out on the NCAA tournament and lost in the first round of the NIT, their first appearance since 2005, to Georgia Tech. The game was played at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion because Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass declined to host a home game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall citing concern it would "devalue" the Hoosiers' home court.[3]

On March 16, 2017, Indiana fired Crean after nine years as head coach.[4] On March 25, 2017, it was announced that Dayton's Archie Miller was hired as Indiana's 29th head basketball coach.[5][6] Miller played at NC State and had assistant coaching experience at schools like NC State, Ohio State, and Arizona before coaching Dayton for six years.

Preseason

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Departures

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Indiana Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
James Blackmon Jr. 1 G 6'4" 200 Junior Marion, Indiana Declared for 2017 NBA draft
OG Anunoby 3 F 6'8" 235 Sophomore Jefferson City, Missouri Declared for 2017 NBA draft
Thomas Bryant 31 C 6'10" 255 Sophomore Rochester, New York Declared for 2017 NBA draft
Grant Gelon 24 G 6'5" 195 Freshman Crown Point, Indiana Transferred to Missouri State University

Recruiting class

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When IU changed head coaches, each of the three original recruits had to be re-recruited by IU's new head coach, Archie Miller. Eventually, all three recruits who had been brought on board by former head coach, Tom Crean, recommitted. On July 16, 2017, Miller was able to land his first IU recruit in freshman Race Thompson. Announced in interviews, Thompson reclassified from the class of 2018 to 2017 and decided to redshirt his freshman year.[7]

Justin Smith for Stevenson High School in 2015
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Justin Smith
SF
Buffalo Grove, IL Stevenson High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 26, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 83
Al Durham
PG
Lilburn, GA Berkmar High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Apr 6, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 80
Clifton Moore
F
Ambler, PA Hatboro-Horsham High School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Apr 16, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 74
Race Thompson
F
Plymouth, MN Armstrong High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jul 16, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2017 Indiana Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Future recruits

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2018–19 team recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jerome Hunter
SF
Pickerington, OH Pickerington High School North 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jul 17, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 84
Damezi Anderson
SF
South Bend, IN Riley High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jul 17, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 82
Rob Phinisee
PG
Lafayette, IN McCutcheon High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Aug 19, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 81
Jake Forrester
PF
Harrisburg, PA Westtown School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sep 11, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 81
Romeo Langford
SG
New Albany, IN New Albany High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Apr 30, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Al Durham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Berkmar Lilburn, Georgia
G 2 Josh Newkirk 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Word of God Christian Academy / Pittsburgh Raleigh, North Carolina
F 3 Justin Smith 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Stevenson Buffalo Grove, Illinois
G 4 Robert Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Benedictine Richmond, Virginia
G 5 Quentin Taylor (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Brebeuf Indianapolis, Indiana
G 10 Johnny Jager (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Bloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
G 11 Devonte Green 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) So Long Island Lutheran North Babylon, New York
G 12 Ethan Lasko (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Fr Weinbaum Yeshiva Hollywood, Florida
F 13 Juwan Morgan 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Waynesville Waynesville, Missouri
F 15 Zach McRoberts (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Carmel/Vermont Carmel, Indiana
F 20 De'Ron Davis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Overland Aurora, Colorado
F 21 Freddie McSwain Jr. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Liberty County/Neosho County CC Hinesville, Georgia
F 22 Clifton Moore 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Hatboro-Horsham Horsham, Pennsylvania
G 24 Vijay Blackmon (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Marion Fort Wayne, Indiana
F 25 Race Thompson Current redshirt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Armstrong Plymouth, Minnesota
F 30 Collin Hartman (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Cathedral Indianapolis, Indiana
C 35 Tim Priller 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Richland North Richland Hills, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 8-20-2017

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 28, 2017*
8:00 pm, BTN+
Marian W 93–62 
 22  Green   6  Green   7  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 5*
2:00 pm, BTN+
Indianapolis W 74–53 
 18  Johnson   9  McSwain   3  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Regular season
Nov 10*
7:00 pm, BTN+
Indiana State L 69–90  0–1
 14  Davis   8  McSwain   3  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 12*
8:00 pm, BTN
Howard
Hoosier Tip-Off Classic
W 86–77  1–1
 17  Davis   12  Smith   7  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 15*
6:30 pm, FS1
at No. 22 Seton Hall
Gavitt Tipoff Games
L 68–84  1–2
 16  Green   7  Morgan   3  Tied  Prudential Center (8,452)
Newark, NJ
Nov 19*
6:00 pm, BTN
South Florida
Hoosier Tip-Off Classic
W 70–53  2–2
 21  Johnson   10  Morgan   4  Durham  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 22*
7:00 pm, BTN
Arkansas State
Hoosier Tip-Off Classic
W 87–70  3–2
 28  Morgan   10  McSwain   3  Durham  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,646)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 24*
4:30 pm, BTN
Eastern Michigan
Hoosier Tip-Off Classic
W 87–67  4–2
 18  Johnson   9  McSwain   5  Durham  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,024)
Bloomington, IN
Nov 29*
9:30 pm, ESPN
No. 1 Duke
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 81–91  4–3
 17  Johnson   6  Morgan   4  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 2
12:30 pm, CBS
at Michigan L 55–69  4–4
(0–1)
 24  Morgan   8  Morgan   3  Green  Crisler Center (11,661)
Ann Arbor, MI
Dec 4
8:00 pm, BTN
Iowa W 77–64  5–4
(1–1)
 15  Morgan   10  Morgan   4  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 9*
2:00 pm, ESPN
at Louisville L 62–71  5–5
 17  Morgan   9  Morgan   4  Newkirk  KFC Yum! Center (20,030)
Louisville, KY
Dec 16*
2:30 pm, FOX
vs. No. 18 Notre Dame
Crossroads Classic
W 80–77 OT 6–5
 34  Morgan   11  Morgan   4  Johnson  Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,680)
Indianapolis, IN
Dec 18*
8:00 pm, BTN
Fort Wayne L 72–92  6–6
 17  Johnson   12  Morgan   4  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (11,424)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 21*
8:00 pm, BTN
Tennessee Tech W 87–59  7–6
 20  Newkirk   7  Green   6  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,122)
Bloomington, IN
Dec 29*
8:00 pm, BTN
Youngstown State W 79–51  8–6
 16  Morgan   8  McRoberts   5  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (14,122)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 2, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN
at Wisconsin L 61–71  8–7
(1–2)
 18  Hartman   4  Morgan   5  Johnson  Kohl Center (17,287)
Madison, WI
Jan 6
5:15 pm, ESPN2
at Minnesota W 75–71  9–7
(2–2)
 28  Johnson   12  Morgan   7  Johnson  Williams Arena (12,956)
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 9
6:30 pm, BTN
Penn State W 74–70  10–7
(3–2)
 21  Morgan   11  Morgan   4  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 14
4:30 pm, CBS
Northwestern W 66–46  11–7
(4–2)
 17  Johnson   6  Johnson   5  Hartman  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 19
7:00 pm, FS1
at No. 9 Michigan State L 57–85  11–8
(4–3)
 21  Johnson   7  Johnson   3  Newkirk  Breslin Center (14,797)
East Lansing, MI
Jan 22
7:00 pm, FS1
Maryland W 71–68  12–8
(5–3)
 25  Morgan   8  Johnson   4  Morgan  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 24
9:00 pm, BTN
at Illinois
Rivalry
L 71–73  12–9
(5–4)
 28  Morgan   8  Morgan   5  Green  State Farm Center (13,003)
Champaign, IL
Jan 28
3:30 pm, FOX
No. 3 Purdue
Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup
L 67–74  12–10
(5–5)
 24  Morgan   7  Morgan   5  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Jan 30
7:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 17 Ohio State L 56–71  12–11
(5–6)
 20  Green   6  Morgan   4  Johnson  Value City Arena (14,041)
Columbus, OH
Feb 3
8:15 pm, ESPN
No. 5 Michigan State L 60–63  12–12
(5–7)
 22  Morgan   16  McSwain   6  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Feb 5
7:00 pm, BTN
at Rutgers W 65–43  13–12
(6–7)
 24  Morgan   9  McSwain   4  Green  Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,360)
Piscataway, NJ
Feb 9
7:30 pm, FS1
Minnesota W 80–56  14–12
(7–7)
 19  Green   9  Morgan   7  Green  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Feb 14
8:30 pm, BTN
Illinois
Rivalry
W 78–68  15–12
(8–7)
 14  Tied   10  Morgan   4  Johnson  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Feb 17
2:00 pm, ESPN
at Iowa W 84–82  16–12
(9–7)
 29  Johnson   4  Green   6  Green  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,229)
Iowa City, IA
Feb 20
9:00 pm, BTN
at Nebraska L 57–66  16–13
(9–8)
 16  Tied   9  Morgan   4  Newkirk  Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,859)
Lincoln, NE
Feb 23
8:00 pm, FS1
No. 16 Ohio State L 78–80 2OT 16–14
(9–9)
 18  Morgan   8  McRoberts   6  Newkirk  Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222)
Bloomington, IN
Big Ten tournament
Mar 1
9:00 pm, BTN
(6) vs. (14) Rutgers
Second round
L 69–76  16–15
 15  Morgan   9  Morgan   4  Tied  Madison Square Garden (13,996)
New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A Stl Blk TO
Blackmon, Vijay 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Davis, De'Ron 15 15 282 18.8 144 9.6 56 91 .615 0 0 .000 32 64 .500 27 37 64 4.3 16 12 22 12
Durham, Al 31 9 583 18.8 148 4.8 47 115 .409 14 49 .286 40 56 .714 5 54 59 1.9 39 11 4 25
Green, Devonte 31 12 697 22.5 236 7.6 80 220 .364 33 98 .337 43 61 .705 9 51 60 1.9 76 32 6 59
Hartman, Collin 23 0 354 15.4 97 4.2 35 95 .368 16 66 .242 11 16 .688 19 43 62 2.7 23 9 4 11
Jager, Johnny 6 0 7 1.2 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0
Johnson, Robert 31 31 1060 34.2 435 14.0 156 365 .427 66 177 .373 57 81 .704 6 133 139 4.5 84 25 6 76
Jones, Curtis 7 0 80 11.4 21 3.0 7 26 .269 4 18 .222 3 4 .750 1 8 9 1.3 3 3 2 2
Lasko, Ethan 1 0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
McRoberts, Zach 28 17 613 21.9 78 2.8 27 63 .429 13 33 .394 11 16 .688 35 60 95 3.4 33 37 4 18
McSwain, Freddie 31 8 453 14.6 130 4.2 45 101 .446 0 1 .000 40 70 .571 60 80 140 4.5 16 10 18 28
Moore, Clifton 9 0 43 4.8 6 0.7 3 12 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 2 6 8 0.9 2 1 6 2
Morgan, Juwan 31 30 912 29.4 512 16.5 195 337 .579 16 53 .302 106 168 .631 84 144 228 7.4 47 37 44 51
Newkirk, Josh 31 24 721 23.3 221 7.1 73 193 .378 29 95 .305 46 57 .807 12 53 65 2.1 86 15 8 57
Priller, Tim 4 0 4 1.0 1 0.3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0.5 0 0 0 0
Smith, Justin 31 9 463 14.9 200 6.5 82 149 .550 3 10 .300 33 49 .673 43 55 98 3.2 7 7 10 34
Taylor, Quentin 1 0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0
Total 31 - 6275 235.2 2229 71.90 806 1767 .456 194 602 .322 423 644 .657 345 754 1099 35.5 435 199 134 386
Opponents 31 - 6275 202.4 2178 70.26 773 1752 .441 235 640 .367 397 564 .704 314 740 1054 34.0 404 201 124 417
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Defense will be a work in progress under Miller". Hoosier Sport Report. October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "IU's defensive improvement is no fluke, but Archie Miller wants more". IndyStar. February 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Indiana didn't want to 'devalue' its home court by hosting an NIT game". Washington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Tom Crean fired by Indiana". SI.com. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "Archie Miller 'a great hire for IU, great hire for the state'". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Goodman, Jeff; Katz, Andy (March 25, 2017). "Hoosiers hire Dayton's Archie Miller as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  7. ^ "Class of 2018 forward Race Thompson commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. July 16, 2017.