@INDIANAMBB 2018-19 SCHEDULE #25 INDIANA (8-2, 2-0) Vs. BUTLER
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2018-19 SCHEDULE #25 INDIANA (8-2, 2-0) vs. BUTLER (7-2) Saturday, Dec. 15 • 3:45 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,345) N. 1 Southern Indiana (Ex.) 7pm W, 96-62 TV: CBS (Brad Nessler, Bill Raftery, Jamie Erdahl) N. 6 Chicago State 6:30pm W, 104-55 Radio: IU Radio Network N. 9 Montana State^ 8pm W, 80-35 (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, Joe Smith) Indiana leads, 38-15 N. 14 Marquette# 8:30pm W, 96-73 Series History: N. 18 at Arkansas^ 3:30pm L, 72-73 Last Meeting: IU 78, BUT 83 - Indy; 12/17/16 N. 20 UT Arlington^ 7pm W, 78-64 N. 23 UC Davis^ 7pm W, 76-62 OPENING TIP N. 27 at Duke@ 9:30pm L, 69-90 Indiana University is in its 119th season of competition in men’s basketball. The D. 1 Northwestern* 1pm W, 68-66 Hoosiers will take on Butler in the eighth installment of the Crossroads Classic D. 4 at Penn State* 7pm W, 64-62 which features IU, Butler, Purdue and Notre Dame. IU is 4-3 D. 8 Louisville 2:30pm W, 68-67 in the event, defeating Notre Dame, 80-77, in overtime last D. 15 vs. Butler% 3:45pm CBS year. The 25th-rated Hoosiers are ranked for the first time D. 19 Central Arkansas 7pm BTN in nearly two seasons and are riding a three-game winning D. 22 Jacksonville 6pm BTN streak, including a 68-67 win over Louisville at home in their J. 3 Illinois* 7pm FS1 last contest. The Bulldogs are 7-2 and are coming off a 95- J. 6 at Michigan* 1:30/4:30pm CBS 68 win over Northern Illinois on December 8. J. 11 at Maryland* 7pm FS1 THE COACHES J. 14 Nebraska* 6:30pm FS1 Indiana Coach Archie Miller is in his second season of guiding the Cream and J. 19 at Purdue* 2pm FOX Crimson. Last year, the Hoosiers finished 16-15 and 9-9 in the Big Ten. He is J. 22 at Northwestern* 9pm BTN 163-80 in 7-plus years as a head coach, which includes 6 years at the University J. 25 Michigan* 6:30pm FS1 of Dayton. His Flyer teams made NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his J. 30 at Rutgers* 7pm BTN last four seasons, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2014. Butler is guided by F. 2 at Michigan State* 2/4/6pm ESPN/2 LaVall Jordan who also enters his second season of leading the Bulldogs. A F. 7 Iowa* 9pm ESPN/2 former player at Butler, Jordan led them to an NCAA Tournament bid a season F. 10 Ohio State* 1pm CBS ago. F. 16 at Minnesota* 2pm ESPN/2 NEWS & NOTES F. 19 Purdue* 7pm ESPN/2 IU is rated 25th in the latest AP poll, 20th in the NET, and 25th by KenPom. F. 22 at Iowa* 9pm FS1 The Hoosiers have the 21st-rated defense in the country according to F. 26 Wisconsin* 9pm ESPN/2 KenPom. M. 2 Michigan State* 12pm FOX M. 7 at Illinois* 8pm FS1 The Hoosiers have four Top 50 wins according to KenPom--Marquette (35), M. 10 Rutgers* 12pm BTN Louisville (40), Penn State (42) and Northwestern (47). Their only losses M. 13-17 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) came on the road at Duke (1) and Arkansas (50). Home games in bold IU is one of just eight major conference teams to have already played 3 true ^ - Hardwood Showcase road games. The others include, Colorado, Michigan State, North Carolina, Purdue, Rutgers, Stanford and Wisconsin. # - Gavitt Tipoff Games @ - Big Ten/ACC Challenge Senior forward Juwan Morgan and freshman guard Romeo Langford were % - Crossroads Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) selected to the 10-member Preseason All-Big Ten team. Both are among * - Big Ten Conference Game 50 players listed as candidates for the 2019 Naismith Trophy and Wooden Award and Langford is among 20 players on the NABC Player of the Year watch list. Langford was named third-team Preseason All- UPCOMING MEDIA AVAILABILITY American by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com and earned fourth-team Date Opponent Time Where honors from WatchStadium.com. Langford has twice already been Dec. 14 Butler 2 p.m. Press Room named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Morgan also is up for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award. ARCHIE MILLER RADIO SHOW Morgan needs 15 points to become the 52nd player in IU history to Date Where Time score 1,000 points or more in his career. Langford’s 20 point effort in his D. 17 Holiday Inn 7 pm first Big Ten game is the most by a true freshman in their first conference outing since Eric Gordon had 25 in his first B1G contest at Iowa in 2008. He is the only Hoosier to score in double digits every game. @INDIANAMBB Coach Archie Miller’s squad is the top shooting team in the Big Ten, and 6th in the country, making 51.4% of its shots. 5 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 FINAL FOURS • 22 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS • 45 ALL-AMERICANS • 76 NBA DRAFT PICKS 2018-19 INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME NOTES ROSTER NUMERICAL POST GAME NOTES # Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr/Exp Hometown/High School/Previous College 0 Romeo Langford 6-6 215 G Fr./HS New Albany, Ind./New Albany AGAINST LOUISVILLE 1 Al Durham 6-4 181 G So./1L Lilburn, Ga./Berkmar • IU is now 7-0 when holding an opponent 2 Johnny Jager* 6-0 185 G R-Jr./1L Bloomington, Indiana/South/Wabash under 70 points. The Hoosiers extended their 3 Justin Smith 6-7 227 F So./1L Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai Stevenson series lead over to Louisville to 11-9 with their 4 Jake Forrester 6-8 218 F Fr./HS Harrisburg, Pa./Westtown School first win over the Cardinals since Feb. 9, 2002. 5 Quentin Taylor* 6-2 185 G Sr./3L Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf 10 Rob Phinisee 6-1 182 G Fr./HS Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon • In each of the last 4 wins, IU has erased a 11 Devonte Green 6-3 185 G Jr./2L North Babylon, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran 13 Juwan Morgan 6-8 232 F Sr./3L Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville deficit [UC Davis (14), Northwestern (5), Penn 15 Zach McRoberts* 6-6 210 F R-Sr./2L Carmel, Ind./Carmel/Vermont State (9), and Louisville (8)]. 20 De’Ron Davis 6-10 255 F Jr./2L Park Hill, Colo./Overland 21 Jerome Hunter 6-7 214 F Fr./HS Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North • This is the second straight game that IU has 22 Clifton Moore 6-10 230 F So./1L Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham held an opponent to under 40% shooting. 23 Damezi Anderson 6-7 215 F Fr./HS South Bend, Ind./Riley Penn State shot 37.1% and Louisville finished 24 Vijay Blackmon* 6-2 185 G R-So./RS Marion, Ind./Marion/St. Francis (Ind.) at 38.3%, including 34.5% in the second half. 25 Race Thompson 6-8 228 F R-Fr./RS Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong 55 Evan Fitzner 6-10 225 F R-Sr./TR San Diego, Calif./Francis Parker/ St. Mary’s (CA) • For the third straight game, IU won by two points or less. This is the first time since Feb. ALPHABETICAL 11-19, 1987 that the Hoosiers have won by two # Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr/Exp Hometown/High School/Previous College or less in three straight games. Feb. 11 - at 23 Damezi Anderson 6-7 215 F Fr./HS South Bend, Ind./Riley Northwestern - 77-75, Feb. 16 - at Wisconsin (3 24 Vijay Blackmon* 6-2 185 G R-So./RS Marion, Ind./Marion/St. Francis (Ind.) OT) - 86-85, Feb. 19 - Minnesota - 72-70 20 De’Ron Davis 6-10 255 F Jr./2L Park Hill, Colo./Overland 1 Al Durham 6-4 181 G So./1L Lilburn, Ga./Berkmar • This is the second game this season where 55 Evan Fitzner 6-10 225 F R-Sr./TR San Diego, Calif./Francis Parker/ St. Mary’s (CA) 4 Jake Forrester 6-8 218 F Fr./HS Harrisburg, Pa./Westtown School Indiana has trailed under the four-minute 11 Devonte Green 6-3 185 G Jr./2L North Babylon, N.Y./Long Island Lutheran media timeout and has rallied to win the game. 21 Jerome Hunter 6-7 214 F Fr./HS Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North The other time this season was in win against 2 Johnny Jager* 6-0 185 G R-Jr./1L Bloomington, Ind./South/Wabash Northwestern on Dec. 1. The Cardinals led 55- 0 Romeo Langford 6-6 215 G Fr./HS New Albany, Ind./New Albany 54 with 3:50 to go and Northwestern led 61- 15 Zach McRoberts* 6-6 210 F R-Sr./2L Carmel, Ind./Carmel/Vermont 58. In the final 3:50, IU held the Cardinals to 13 Juwan Morgan 6-8 232 F Sr./3L Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville 2 of 7 shooting from the field, while it made all 22 Clifton Moore 6-10 230 F So./1L Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham 3 of its field goal attempts and 7 of 12 from the 10 Rob Phinisee 6-1 182 G Fr./HS Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon 3 Justin Smith 6-7 227 F So./1L Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai Stevenson free throw line. After the Cardinals took a 58- 5 Quentin Taylor* 6-2 185 G Sr./3L Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf 57 lead with 1:37 to go in the game, IU scored 25 Race Thompson 6-8 228 F R-Fr./RS Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong eight straight points to go up 65-58.