# 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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. 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). 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

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.
On March 16, 2017, Indiana fired Crean after nine years as head coach. On March 25, 2017, it was announced that Dayton's Archie Miller was hired as Indiana's 29th head basketball coach. 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
### Departures

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

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.
College recruiting information :
| 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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
### 2018–19 team recruits

College recruiting information :
| 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 ||||||
| Jake Forrester PF | Harrisburg, PA | Westtown School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Sep 11, 2017 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: 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: "2018 Indiana Commits". Rivals.com. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| 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

Individual player statistics (Final) :
| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | 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 |