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CAMPBELL • DIRECTOR/MBB CONTACT E-MAIL - JC56 @INDIANA.EDu • CELL - (812) 322-1437 • IUHOOSIERS.COM 2012-13 INDIANA MEN’S SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS (1-1) vs. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE NO. 1/1 INDIANA HOOSIERS (2-0) Date Opponent Time TV/Result Progressive Legends Classic--Bloomington Regional November Thursday, Nov. 15 • 7 p.m. ET 1 INDIANA WESLEYAN (EX) 7:00 p.m. W, 87-57 Bloomington, Ind. - Assembly Hall (17,472) 9 BRYANT 8:00 p.m. W, 97-54 SERIES RECORD: First Meeting PROGRESSIVE LEGENDS CLASSIC LAST MEETING: First Meeting 12 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 7:00 p.m. W, 87-61 TV: BTN (Eric Collins and Jim Jackson) 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 7:00 p.m. BTN RADIO: IU Radio Network; Sirius 123/XM190 19 Georgia+ 5:30 p.m. ESPNU (Don Fischer, Royce Waltman and Joe Smith) 20 UCLA or Georgetown+ 7:30/10:00pm ESPN/ESPNU LIVE STATS: IUHoosiers.com 25 BALL STATE 6:00 p.m. BTN THE OPENING TIP ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE Indiana is in its 113th season of college basketball and will play host to Sam Houston State in the Bloomington 27 NORTH CAROLINA 9:30 p.m. ESPN Regional of the Progressive Legends Classic. The Hoosiers are 4-0 all-time against Southland Conference opponents December with the last meeting coming in November, 2010 when IU beat Northwestern State, 100-66. For the first time since 1 COPPIN STATE 7:30 p.m. BTN the 1979-80 preseason and just for the third time in school history (1975-76), the Indiana men’s basketball team 8 CENTRAL CONN. STATE 6:00 p.m. BTN started the season as the top ranked team in the country. Indiana was also picked by the Big Ten media to win the conference championship. The Hoosiers return the same starting lineup they finished their season with last year. CLOSE THE GAP CROSSROADS CLASSIC (Indianapolis) The group helped lead IU to a 27-9 record as they earned the program’s first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2002 and 15 vs. Butler 2:00 p.m. CBS just the second berth in the round of 16 since 1995. Indiana was ranked 16th by the Associated Press and 13th in the final USA Today/Coaches poll. Using the formula on how the NCAA ranks a teams’ improvement from one 19 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 7:00 p.m. BTN year to the next, IU had a 15 1/2-game improvement in the standings from 2010-11, the seventh largest in NCAA 21 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 28 JACKSONVILLE 8:00 p.m. BTN history. The Hoosiers also rank 11th with 1,692 wins all-time. 31 at Iowa* 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 CREAN RECEIVES CONTRACT EXTENSION January Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced that he and Tom 7 at Penn State* 7:00 p.m. BTN Crean had reached an agreement on the terms of a new contract, including a two-year extension, that would keep 12 MINNESOTA* 12:00 p.m. BTN Crean as the head men’s basketball coach at Indiana at least through the year 2020. The key terms of the new 15 WISCONSIN* 9:00 p.m. ESPN contract will include the two-year extension from six years to eight years (through June 20, 2020) and an increase 20 at Northwestern* 1:00 p.m. BTN in the average annual non-performance based compensation from approximately $2.52 million to approximately 23 PENN STATE* 7:00 p.m. BTN $3.16 million. All of the annual incremental income will be paid through deferred compensation. The new contract 27 MICHIGAN STATE* 1:00 p.m. CBS 30 at Purdue* 8:30 p.m. BTN will also add a performance bonus for team academic performance as measured by APR, GSR, and GPA worth as much as $55,000 per year. The contract will also contain increased buyout and guaranty provisions. February 2 MICHIGAN* 9:00 p.m. ESPN THE COACHES 7 at Illinois* 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Indiana named Tom Crean as its 28th men’s basketball coach on April 2, 2008, and he is in his fifth year with 10 at Ohio State* 1:00 p.m. CBS the Hoosiers. He is 247-171 all-time as a head coach and has six wins over nationally ranked foes in the last 13 NEBRASKA* 7:00 p.m. BTN two seasons. Crean was named National Coach of the Year by ESPN’s Jason King, and Big Ten Coach of the Year 16 PURDUE* 2:00 p.m. ESPN2 by the Sporting News and the BTN’s Tom Dienhart. He was also the midseason winner of the Jim Phelan Award 19 at Michigan State* 7:00 p.m. ESPN which is the National Coach of the Year by Collegeinsider.com. SI.com also selected him as the Midseason Coach 26 at Minnesota* 7:00 p.m. ESPN of the Year. March 2 IOWA* 7:30 p.m. BTN Jason Hooten is in his third season as the head coach of the Bearkats, posting a record of 32-32 in his only stop 5 OHIO STATE* 9:00 p.m. ESPN as a Division I head coach. 10 at Michigan* TBA TBA STATS TO WATCH Big Ten Tournament (United Center, Chicago, Ill.) After finishing 140th in the country last season in scoring off the bench (18.9 ppg), the Hoosier depth could 14 First Round TBA TBA challenge for the nation’s best after scoring 77 points in the first two games. Sophomore Remy Abell and 15 Quarterfinals TBA TBA freshman Jeremy Hollowell are averaging 13.0 points per game, while Will Sheehey is averaging 9.5.After 16 Semifinals TBA TBA 17 Championship TBA TBA two games, the Hoosiers have a 14.5 rebound per game edge on its opponents. Last year at the same time, opponents had outrebounded IU by 1.5 per game. The Hoosiers are averaging 32 free throw attempts per game. Home games in ALL CAPS Last year, IU led all Big Six Conference teams making 18.2 charity tosses per game. All times Eastern + - at Barclays Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) HULLS CLOSING IN ON MILESTONE * indicates Big Ten Conference game Senior Jordan Hulls needs 10 points to become the 44th member of the 1,000 point club at Indiana. Teammate Times/Dates subject to change Christian Watford is currently 25th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,308 points. For his career, Hulls has made 44.2 percent of his 3-point field goals. His 180 triples are the seventh most among active players in the NCAA. INDIANA BASKETBALL GAME 3 - SAM HOUSTON STATE against Sam Houston State and will sign autographs YOGI HONORED prior to the contest. Indiana guard Kevin (Yogi) Ferrell has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, announced by the Those who have confirmed they are attending league office on Monday, Nov. 12. include: Ronald Fifer, Manager Ferrell, a native of Indianapolis, scored 10 points Ron Howard, Manager in his collegiate debut, helping Indiana to a 97-54 John Wood, Manager win over Bryant. He recorded seven assists, five Burke Scott rebounds, one block and one steal in 24 minutes Phil Byers of action. Ferrell began the season in the Indiana Charlie Kraak starting lineup, marking the sixth straight season Bobby Leonard at least one freshman has started in the Hoosiers’ Jim Schooley season opener. Dick White Jack Wright Indiana’s last Big Ten Freshman of the Week was Paul Poff The Progressive Legends Classic is fast becoming Cody Zeller (March 5, 2012). Lysa Schlundt Spicer (Representing her father, Don) one of the nation’s premier early-season college Marge Farley Kennedy (Representing husband, Dick) basketball tournaments. Twelve teams from across REMY IS ABELL the nation will compete in the sixth annual event CREEK COMEBACK Sophomore Remy Abell is off to a fantastic start to with top-ranked Indiana, No. 13 UCLA, Georgetown, Junior Maurice Creek who underwent three his second collegiate season. Last year, he averaged and Georgia serving as regional hosts. Regional surgeries in a span of 22 months, played in his first 3.0 points and made 6-of-15 3-pointers. Through the action takes place from Nov. 11-15 with the four regular season game since January, 2011 and had six first two games, he has made all seven field goals, hosts advancing to the Championship Rounds, Nov. points on two 3-pointers against Bryant. including five long distance calls. He is averaging 19-20, at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, 13.0 points and had a career-high 14 points against N.Y. The remainder of the field will participate in North Dakota State. Subregionals held in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Huntsville, HOOSIER HYSTERIA Texas, Nov. 19-21. Interest in the IU Basketball program was at a fever HOLLO BETTER THAN WELL pitch on Saturday, Oct. 20, when the program held Freshman Jeremy Hollowell is averaging 13.0 Joining the four Regional Round hosts in the its annual Hoosier Hysteria presented by Smithville. points per game after he had 14 against NDSU and Progressive Legends Classic are Duquesne, James In 90 minutes after opening doors, all 17,472 seats 12 versus Bryant. He has made 9-of-10 free throws. Madison, Liberty, North Dakota State, Sam Houston were taken and thousands of fans were turned away He has scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half. State, Southern Miss, UC Irvine, and Youngstown from the Assembly Hall doors.