INDIANA BASKETBALL Game 31 - ILLINOIS • 1 INDIANA HOOSIERS ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS • J.D. CAMPBELL • DIRECTOR/MBB CONTACT E-MAIL - JC56 @INDIANA.EDu • CELL - (812) 322-1437 • IuHOOSIERS.COM 2010-11 INDIANA MEN’S INDIANA (12-18, 3-14) at BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ILLINOIS (18-12, 8-9) Saturday, March 5, 2011 • Noon ET Date Opponent Time TV/Result Assembly Hall - 16,618 (Champaign, Ill.) November 3 FRANKLIN COLLEGE (Ex) 7 p.m. W, 89-37 SERIES RECORD: IU leads 83-82 8 FERRIS STATE (Ex) 7 p.m. W, 78-65 (OT) LAST MEETING: 1/27/11 - IU 52, UI 49 TV: Big Ten Network (Tom Hart and Jim Jackson) 12 FLORIDA GULF COAST 6:30 p.m. W, 88-60 RADIO: IU Radio Network 14 WRIGHT STATE 7 p.m. W, 67-44 (Don Fischer, Royce Waltman and Joe Smith) 16 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST 7 p.m. W, 71-54 21 EVANSVILLE 1 p.m. W, 67-54 LIVE STATS: IUHoosiers.com or on Twitter @IUShanaDan 23 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL 7 p.m. W, 72-56 26 NORTHWESTERN STATE 7:30 p.m. W, 100-66 THE OPENING TIP The Hoosiers will close out the regular season when they visit Illinois on Saturday afternoon. The Hoosiers December ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE are coming off a 77-67 loss at home to No. 10 Wisconsin on Thursday night. Illinois is coming off a loss at No. 1 at Boston College 7:15 p.m. L, 76-88 6 Purdue, 75-67, Tuesday night. Earlier this season, the Hoosiers defeated the Illini, 52-49 in Bloomington. Last year, Illinois defeated the Hoosiers in Champaign, 72-70. 4 SAVANNAH STATE 6 p.m. W, 79-57 11 at #16 Kentucky 5:15 p.m. L, 62-81 THE COACHES IBN LAS VEGAS CLASSIC Indiana named Tom Crean as its 28th men’s basketball coach on April 2, 2008, and is in his third year with 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 7 p.m. W, 88-54 19 SOUTH CAROLINA ST 4 p.m. W, 102-60 the Hoosiers. He is 218-160 all-time as a head coach, collecting his 200th career win last year against Pitt at 22 Northern Iowa 7:30 p.m. L, 61-67 Madison Square Garden as part of the Jimmy V Classic. He came to Indiana from Marquette where he was 23 Colorado 7:30 p.m. L, 69-78 190-96 (66.4) in nine seasons and made five NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2003 Final Four. 27 PENN STATE 6:30 p.m. L, 60-69 Bruce Weber is in his eighth season with the Fighting Illini after spending the previous five seasons at 31 No. 2 OHIO STATE 6 p.m. L, 67-85 Southern Illinois. His record at Illinois is 191-84 and his overall record as a head coach is 294-138. In his 12 January full seasons as a head coach, Weber has had nine 20-win seasons - including a 37-2 record in 2004-05 on the 4 at No. 21 Minnesota 7 p.m. L, 63-67 way to a national runner-up finish. 9 at Northwestern 7 p.m. L, 81-93 15 MICHIGAN 8 p.m. W, 80-61 QUICK HITS 20 at No. 18 Wisconsin 9 p.m. L, 60-69 Indiana is in its 111th season of college basketball. 23 at Iowa 3 p.m. L, 77-91 27 No. 20 ILLINOIS 9 p.m. W, 52-49 The Hoosiers will not have a four-year player in the program until Verdell Jones III, Tom Pritchard, Matt 30 at No. 25 Michigan State 6 p.m. L, 83-84 (OT) Roth, Daniel Moore and Kory Barnett enter their senior year. February 2 No. 20 MINNESOTA 6:30 p.m. W, 60-57 Champaign native Verdell Jones III will play against the Illini for the first time this season. The junior is 5 IOWA 4 p.m. L, 63-64 the third leading third-year scorer in the league (1,103 points) and missed the first meeting with Illinois with 8 at No. 12 Purdue 7 p.m. L, 53-67 a knee injury. He is averaging 13.5 points in four games against Illinois. He had 18 points against Wisconsin 12 at Michigan 4 p.m. L, 69-73 on Saturday. 19 NORTHWESTERN 7 p.m. L, 64-70 23 No. 8 PURDUE 8:30 p.m. L, 61-72 27 at No. 2 Ohio State 4 p.m. L, 61-82 Sophomore Christian Watford is ninth in the league averaging 16.3 points and 14.5 points in Big Ten play. He is fifth in the league making 84.2 percent of his free throws. He has hit 133-of-158 free throws. He has March averaged 13.5 points against Illinois in his career. He is shooting 45.0 percent from 3-point range on the road 3 No. 10 WISCONSIN 9 p.m. L, 67-77 this season. 5 at Illinois Noon BTN 10-13 Big Ten Tournament TBA TBA Sophomore Jordan Hulls had 18 points in the last meeting with Illinois. He is the only player to start all 30 Home games in ALL CAPS games this season and is averaging 12.9 points in league play. * indicates Big Ten Conference game Times/Dates subject to change INDIANA BASKETBALL Game 31 - ILLINOIS • 2 NUMERICAL No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. YR/EXP Hometown / High School / Last College 0 Kory Barnett 6-6 186 F Jr./2L Rochester, Ind./Rochester 1 Jordan Hulls 6-0 175 G So./1L Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South 2 Christian Watford 6-8 230 F So./1L Birmingham, Ala./Shades Valley 3 Maurice Creek 6-5 200 G So./1L Oxon Hill, Md./Hargrave Military Acad. 4 Victor Oladipo 6-5 210 G Fr./HS Hyattsville, Md./DeMatha 5 Jeremiah Rivers 6-5 210 G Sr./1L Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park/Georgetown 10 Will Sheehey 6-6 195 G/F Fr./HS Stuart, Fla./Sagemont 11 Daniel Moore 5-10 170 G Jr./2L Carmel, Ind./Carmel 12 Verdell Jones III 6-5 185 G Jr./2L Champaign, Ill./Central 13 Taylor Wayer 5-11 172 G Fr./HS Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard 23 Bobby Capobianco 6-9 235 F So./1L Loveland, Ohio/Loveland 24 Jeff Howard 6-8 225 F Fr./HS Westfield, Ind./Westfield 25 Tom Pritchard 6-9 250 F Jr./2L Westlake, Ohio/Lakewood St. Edward 30 Matt Roth 6-3 192 G Jr../1L Washington, Ill./Washington Community 32 Derek Elston 6-9 235 F So./1L Tipton, Ind./Tipton Last Games Starters Underlined Head Coach: Tom Crean (Central Michigan, ‘89) Assistant Coach: Tim Buckley (Bemidji State, ‘86) Assistant Coach: Bennie Seltzer (Washington State, ‘93) Assistant Coach: Steve McClain (Chadron State, ‘84) Assistant A.D. - Director of Basketball Administration: Jayd Grossman (Wisconsin-LaCrosse, ‘92) Strength and Conditioning: Je’Ney Jackson (Wyoming, ‘98) Director of Operations/Video Coordinator: Drew Adams (Tennessee, ‘09) Athletic Trainer: Tim Garl (Alabama ‘78) Pronunciation Guide Oladipo: Oh-la-dee-po Sheehey: She-he TOUGH DEFENSE In the first half, Indiana was 12-of-19 (62.5 percent) 52-49 victory over the Illini in Assembly Hall. Junior Indiana held Michigan to 15 points in the first half, from the floor but had six offensive rebounds. IU Tom Pritchard’s tip-in with 39 seconds left and two the fewest points IU has allowed in a half this season held a 17-6 edge on the glass overall in the opening additional free throws by sophomore Jordan Hulls, and the fewest for the Wolverines in a half this stanza and a 37-18 advantage in the ballgame. The proved to be the difference. In addition, sophomore year. Indiana entered the locker room with a 30-15 19-rebound margin is tied for the Hoosiers’ second- Christian Watford had a key blocked shot in the closing advantage over Michigan. The last time the Hoosiers largest margin this year. minute. held an opponent to 15 points in a half came against Purdue on Jan. 31, 2002. HOOSIER HISTORY MEDIA INFORMATION IU is third all-time in NCAA Championships (5), fifth All media requests should be directed to Director of The Hoosiers limited the Wolverines to just 23.8 in NCAA Tournament appearances (35), sixth in Athletic Communications J.D. Campbell. Coach Crean percent from the floor on 5-of-21 shooting. It was the NCAA Tournament victories (60), seventh in Final Four is available usually following practice a day before the lowest percentage by a Hoosier defense since Bryant appearances (8) and 11th in overall victories (1,662). game. Players can be made available after practice on shot 22.2 percent in the first half on Dec. 29, 2009. Indiana has won 20 Big Ten Championships and has a non-game or travel day as long as their is no class the best winning percentage in conference games only conflict. We request at least 48 hours notice to ensure Michigan shot 36.4 percent (20-of-55) for the game, at nearly 60 percent. No team has had more All-Big the player availability. a the time the lowest percentage for an opponent in Ten selections than IU with 53. Head Coach Tom Crean’s three seasons at Indiana. AGAINST ILLINOIS COMEBACKS Capobianco, 2.7 ppg., 2.7 rpg. SHOOTING, REBOUNDS Against Evansville, the Purple Aces held a 31-25 Elston, 3.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg. IU shot 67.4 percent against Michigan, its highest lead at intermission. But Indiana came out firing on Hulls, 13.7 ppg., 2.3 rpg.