Five-Time National Champions 8 Final Fours 22 Big Ten Championships 45 All-Americans 74 Nba Draft Picks 39 Ncaa Tournament Appearances
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FIVE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 8 FINAL FOURS 22 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 45 ALL-AMERICANS 74 NBA DRAFT PICKS 39 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES #12 seed CHATTANOOGA (29-5) vs. #5 seed INDIANA (25-7) Thursday, March 17, 2016 • 7:10 p.m. ET NCAA Tournament - East Region Des Moines, Iowa • Wells Fargo Arena (16,869) TV: CBS (Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson) Radio: IU Radio Network(Don Fischer, Errek Suhr and Joe Smith) Westwood One ( Brandon Gaudin and Mike Montgomery) GAME 33 GAME Series History: IU leads, 2-0 Last Meeting: IU 78, CHATT 53 (11/13/2011) OPENING TIP HOOSIER SHOOTING • Indiana University is the #5 seed in • IU is third in the country in field goal IU INSIGHT the East Region and will face Southern percentage (50.1), fifth in 3-point field goal • Senior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell has Conference Champion, #12 Chattanooga, percentage (41.5), 10th in scoring margin started an IU record 134 games and will tie in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (+13.4), 11th in scoring offense (82.3), and former teammate Jordan Hulls (135, 2009- 13) as the IU career leader in games played on Thursday in Des Moines. IU won its 22nd 11th in 3-point field goals made per game against Chattanooga. Big Ten title (tied for most with Purdue) (9.9). and its 13th outright crown. The winner will play the winner of the #4 Kentucky vs. #13 FERRELL IS 45TH IU ALL-AMERICAN • Indiana has made 316 3-point field goals Stony Brook game on Saturday. • Senior guard Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell was in 32 games and need 4 more triples to named second-team All-American by USA break the school record of 319 set last DID YOU KNOW Today, The Sporting News, NBCSports. season. • The Hoosiers are making their Big Ten- com and ESPN.com. He is a unanimous best 39th NCAA Tournament appearance first-team All-Big Ten choice and becomes • Since the 2011-12 season (170 games), and are 64-33 all-time in the event. the first Hoosier to earn that distinction in the Hoosier offense is first in the Big Ten in consecutive years since Calbert Cheaney points scored (77.6), field goal percentage • After rebuilding the program from did in 1991, 92 and 93. He also is a member (47.8), and 3-point field goal percentage scratch, IU Coach Tom Crean has guided of the league’s All-Defensive Team. (40.2). the Hoosiers to four NCAA bids in the last five seasons. MORE NATIONAL HONORS • Tom Crean (2) joins Tom Izzo and Thad • Ferrell is being considered for the Wooden Matta (3) as active Big Ten coaches with BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR TOM CREAN and Naismith Awards for National Player multiple outright league titles. • Tom Crean is in his eighth year at IU and of the Year. He was also named one of has led them to outright Big Ten titles in five finalists for the Cousy Award, given to • The Hoosiers have made 347 three-point 2013 and 2016. Over the last five years, the nation’s top point guard. Ferrell is the field goals in conference play the last two IU is 118-52 and leads the Big Ten with only player in Big Ten History with 1,900 seasons, which is 21 more than any other points, 600 assists, 400 rebounds and 250 22 regular season wins over ranked major college program (Villanova, 3269). opponents during that time. Since 2011, 3-pointers made. He is IU’s all-time leader the Hoosiers have averaged 23 wins per in games started (134) and assists with 615 COMEBACKS IN THE TOM CREAN ERA season compared to 20 averaged at IU (Michigan’s Gary Grant had 2,200 points, Deficit Date Opponent Score from 1995-2008. For his efforts this 700 assists and 400 rebounds). He joins IU 16 12/19/2015 vs. Notre Dame 80-73 season, he was named Big Ten Coach of greats Calbert Cheaney, Don Schlundt, Damon 15 1/11/2014 at Penn State 79-76 the Year (AP, Big Ten Coaches, Big Ten Bailey, and Kent Benson to rank among the top 12 11/20/2014 SMU 74-68 Media and CBSSports.com). He also was 10 scorers all-time at IU and win multiple Big 11 2/2/2016 at Michigan 80-67 named USBWA District V Coach of the Year. Ten titles. 11 1/18/2015 at Illinois 80-74 11 3/10/2013 at Michigan 72-71 TOM CREAN’S MORE ALL-BIG TEN HONORS 10 1/14/2014 Wisconsin 75-72 1,000 POINT SCORERS BY RECRUITING CLASS • Graduate transfer Max Bielfeldt was named 10 2/25/2016 at Illinois 74-47 2008-Verdell Jones III (1,347) Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year and junior Troy 2009-Christian Watford (1,730) and Jordan Hulls (1,318) Williams and freshman Thomas Bryant were INDIANA MENS 2010-Will Sheehey (1,120) and Victor Oladipo (1,117) named third-team All-Big Ten by the Coaches. 2011-Cody Zeller (1,157) Bryant also was a member of the coaches All- BASKETBALL 2012-Yogi Ferrell (1,923) Freshman team and was an honorable mention 2013-Troy Williams (1,069) All-League pick by the media. @INDIANAMBB 2015-16 INDIANA BASKETBALL INDIANA NOTES CREAN ERA SUPERLATIVES IN B1G PLAY • Sophomore Robert Johnson is shooting • Junior Collin Hartman started 16 B1G • The Hoosiers allowed the fewest number of 43.6 percent from 3-point range. He forced games this season and averaged 5.7 points free throws made per game (11.5) in conference a game-winning steal in the final seconds at and 3.1 rebounds in those games. He play during Coach Crean’s eight seasons at IU. home against Wisconsin. He had 16 points is shooting 41.7% in Big Ten play from Opponents also hauled in just 8.6 offensive and six rebounds at Michigan and had 13 3-point range combined over the last two rebounds. points against Iowa and Nebraska. He is seasons. That is the third-highest total second on the team in assists (88). His among players who have taken more than former high school teammate, Jackson • The Hoosiers averaged 78.1 points per game 75 3-point attempts in the last two years in conference play, the highest since the White (Richmond, Va./Benedictine) Hoosiers averaged 74.6 in 2013. IU also had plays for Chattanooga. in the league. its best rebounding season, hauling in 36.8 per game, compared to 36.5 in 2013. • Senior Nick Zeisloft is second on the • Freshman OG Anunoby had a career-high team in 3-point field goals with 61 made. 13 points against Michigan in the Big Ten • IU dished out 15.2 assists per game, which He made his third straight start and had Tournament. He had 11 points at Nebraska, eclipses the 12.9 it accomplished last season. nine points against Maryland, 11 at Iowa, at Wisconsin and at Michigan. He has shot and 14 at Illinois. He finished with 15 points 52.8 percent from the field and made 9-of- • The Hoosiers made (9.9) and took (24.8) the at Minnesota and led the Hoosiers with 14 22 3-point field goal attempts. He had six highest number of 3-pointers it ever has. points at Penn State. He is shooting 52.7% points and six rebounds at Iowa. from long distance this season and 45.5% JAMES BLACKMON, JR. in the last five games. • Freshman Juwan Morgan had five points Sophomore guard James Blackmon, Jr., and five boards at Iowa and hit the go- (15.8 ppg) is out for the season after he had • Freshman Thomas Bryant had 14 ahead free throws with 3:16 to go. He had surgery on his right knee. In his two years points and 8 rebounds at Illinois and his a career-high 12 points against Nebraska with the Hoosiers, IU is 21-0 anytime he second double-double of the season with and also added 5 rebounds. He also had shot 47.0 percent or higher from the field. 12 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa. He is 7 points in the win over Northwestern. He He is the Big Ten sophomore class career a two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week has made a three-point field goal in four of leader in scoring averaging 15.7 ppg. honoree. He had a career-high 23 points at the last five games. He had six points and home against Minnesota. He had his first four rebounds against Maryland. ODDS AND TRENDS career double-double with 19 points and • Senior graduate transfer Max Bielfeldt 13 rebounds against OSU. He leads the Big • Senior walk-on Ryan Burton played is the first Big Ten hoops player to win Ten in field goal shooting, making 68.6% of 10 minutes against Rutgers and scored a championships at two different league his attempts. career-high six points on a pair of 3-point schools (Michigan 2, IU 1). He is averaging field goals. He also hit a 3-pointer against 8.0 points and 4.5 rebounds. He had his • Junior Troy Williams tied his career-high Northwestern. Freshman walk-on Harrison Niego played seven minutes at home second double-double with 15 points and with a 23-point effort against Maryland PRESENTED BY 10 boards at MSU. He had 16 points, eight (also had 23 against OSU this season. He against Iowa and had a basket and took a 2016 2016DIVISION NCAA I MEN’S DIVISIONrebounds, I MEN'S two blocks BASKETBALL and three steals hadCHAMPIONSHIP 15 points and seven rebounds BRACKET at Iowa.