# 2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach, and former Indiana standout, Mike Woodson. 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 began with the annual event, Hoosier Hysteria, on Friday, October 18, 2024.
By missing out on the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the Woodson era came to a close. Turning down other post-season tournament invites, the Hoosiers finished with an overall record of 19–13, and 10–10 in Big Ten Conference play.

## Previous season

Woodson's third season didn't meet expectations as the '23-'24 Hoosiers finished 19–14 overall and 10–10 in the Big Ten. IU received the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten Conference tournament, where they beat Penn State for the first time that season, 61–59 with a last second tip-in by Anthony Leal. In the quarterfinals, IU lost to Nebraska for the third time that season, 66–93.

## Offseason
### Departures

Indiana departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Xavier Johnson | 0 | G | 6'3" | 200 | SR | Woodbridge, VA | Graduated |
| Kel'el Ware | 1 | C | 7'0" | 230 | SO | North Little Rock, AR | Declared for 2024 NBA draft |
| Anthony Walker | 4 | F | 6'9" | 215 | SR | Baltimore, MD | Graduated |
| Kaleb Banks | 10 | F | 6'7" | 215 | SO | Hampton, GA | Transferred to Tulane |
| CJ Gunn | 11 | G | 6'6" | 194 | SO | Indianapolis, IN | Transferred to DePaul |
| Payton Sparks | 24 | G | 6'10" | 255 | JR | Winchester, IN | Transferred to Ball State |

### Incoming transfers

Indiana's coaching staff hit the portal early during the off-season and was able to get their first commitment from the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Myles Rice. The announcement came right after his visit to the IU campus on April 13, 2024. Rice averaged 14.8 points, 3.8 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game during his freshman season at Washington State. In addition to being PAC-12 Freshman of the Year, Rice was named first-team All-Pac 12 and won Pac-12 Freshman of the Week seven times. Just a few days later on April 16, 2024, IU secured their second transfer in Oumar Ballo. Coming from Arizona, he was considered the number one transfer in the portal. Over his career at Arizona and Gonzaga, Ballo has a field goal percentage of 64.6% and 56.4% percent as a free throw shooter. Kanaan Carlyle, ranked tenth in the transfer portal, committed to Indiana on April 20, 2024. In his freshman year at Stanford, Carlyle avergaed 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists. Coming out of high school, he was a consensus four-star and a top-60 recruit; however, by the time he signed with Stanford he was a five-star recruit, ranked No. 15 overall by ESPN. With these three transfers, on April 20, 2024, IU had the number one transfer portal class in the country. The Hoosiers added a fourth portal transfer on April 26, 2024: Luke Goode, an Indiana native from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Goode played for three years for the Fighting Illini and posted a career 3-point average of 38.8%. He only has one year of eligibility remaining. Another Indiana native, Langdon Hatton, announced his commitment to play for IU on May 15, 2024. Hatton came from Bellarmine, where as a Junior he shot 50.9% on 2s and 33.3% on 3s.
Indiana incoming transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | Years remaining | Date eligible |
| Myles Rice | 1 | G | 6'3" | 180 | RS Sophomore | Columbia, SC | Washington State | 3 | October 1, 2024 |
| Oumar Ballo | 11 | C | 7'0" | 260 | Graduate | Koulikoro, Mali | Arizona | 1 | October 1, 2024 |
| Kanaan Carlyle | 9 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Atlanta, GA | Stanford | 3 | October 1, 2024 |
| Luke Goode | 10 | F | 6'7" | 205 | Senior | Fort Wayne, IN | Illinois | 1 | October 1, 2024 |
| Langdon Hatton | 12 | F | 6'10" | 240 | Senior | Georgetown, IN | Bellarmine | 1 | October 1, 2024 |

### Recruiting classes
#### 2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Bryson Tucker SF | Arlington, VA | Bishop O'Connell High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| 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: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

#### 2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2025) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Trent Sisley PF | Lincoln City, IN | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82 |||||||
| Harun Zrno F | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | KK Slavija | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A |||||||
| 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: "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

## Roster

Note: Players' year is based on remaining eligibility. The NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season towards eligibility.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 27, 2024* 3:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ | No. 17 | at No. 12 Tennessee John McLendon Foundation Charity Exhibition | W 66–62 | – | 21 – Reneau | 11 – Ballo | 4 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (13,351) Knoxville, TN |
| November 1, 2024* 7:00 p.m., B1G+ | No. 17 | Marian | W 106–64 | – | 19 – Tucker | 8 – Reneau | 5 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| Regular Season |||||||||
| November 6, 2024* 8:00 p.m., BTN | No. 17 | SIU Edwardsville | W 80–61 | 1–0 | 31 – Mgbako | 9 – Mgbako | 9 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| November 10, 2024* 12:00 p.m., B1G+ | No. 17 | Eastern Illinois | W 90–55 | 2–0 | 18 – Mgbako | 9 – Ballo | 8 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| November 16, 2024* 3:00 p.m., Peacock | No. 16 | South Carolina | W 87–71 | 3–0 | 23 – Rice | 13 – Ballo | 3 – Rice | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| November 21, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 16 | UNC Greensboro | W 69–58 | 4–0 | 20 – Rice | 11 – Ballo | 6 – Rice | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| November 27, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 14 | vs. Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals | L 61–89 | 4–1 | 21 – Reneau | 7 – Reneau | 4 – Reneau | Imperial Arena (1,594) Paradise Island, The Bahamas |
| November 28, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 14 | vs. No. 3 Gonzaga Battle 4 Atlantis consolation 2nd round | L 73–89 | 4–2 | 25 – Ballo | 5 – Tied | 6 – Galloway | Imperial Arena (2,885) Paradise Island, The Bahamas |
| November 29, 2024* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 | No. 14 | vs. Providence Battle 4 Atlantis 7th place game | W 89–73 | 5–2 | 25 – Mgbako | 10 – Ballo | 6 – Rice | Imperial Arena (1,117) Paradise Island, The Bahamas |
| December 3, 2024* 7:30 p.m., BTN | | Sam Houston State | W 97–71 | 6–2 | 19 – Rice | 10 – Reneau | 5 – Reneau | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| December 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN | | Miami (OH) | W 76–57 | 7–2 | 19 – Reneau | 18 – Ballo | 6 – Ballo | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| December 9, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN | | Minnesota | W 82–67 | 8–2 (1–0) | 18 – Ballo | 7 – Tied | 5 – Carlyle | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| December 13, 2024 8:00 p.m., FOX | | at Nebraska | L 68–85 | 8–3 (1–1) | 20 – Rice | 11 – Ballo | 3 – Galloway | Pinnacle Bank Arena (14,635) Lincoln, NE |
| December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., BTN | | Chattanooga | W 74–65 | 9–3 | 14 – Tied | 8 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,574) Bloomington, IN |
| December 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., BTN | | Winthrop | W 77–68 | 10–3 | 18 – Rice | 11 – Hatton | 5 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (14,499) Bloomington, IN |
| January 2, 2025 8:30 p.m., Peacock | | Rutgers | W 84–74 | 11–3 (2–1) | 21 – Rice | 12 – Ballo | 4 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,843) Bloomington, IN |
| January 5, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN | | vs. Penn State | W 77–71 | 12–3 (3–1) | 25 – Ballo | 13 – Ballo | 6 – Galloway | The Palestra (6,126) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN | | USC | W 82–69 | 13–3 (4–1) | 23 – Ballo | 9 – Rice | 6 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,022) Bloomington, IN |
| January 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX | | at Iowa | L 60–85 | 13–4 (4–2) | 12 – Rice | 13 – Ballo | 5 – Rice | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (10,948) Iowa City, IA |
| January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock | | No. 19 Illinois Rivalry | L 69–94 | 13–5 (4–3) | 16 – Ballo | 15 – Ballo | 5 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| January 17, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX | | at Ohio State | W 77–76 $^{OT}$ | 14–5 (5–3) | 23 – Goode | 15 – Ballo | 6 – Galloway | Value City Arena (13,124) Columbus, OH |
| January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN | | at Northwestern | L 70–79 | 14–6 (5–4) | 20 – Mgbako | 7 – Ballo | 7 – Ballo | Welsh–Ryan Arena (7,039) Evanston, IL |
| January 26, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBS | | Maryland | L 78–79 | 14–7 (5–5) | 16 – Tied | 10 – Ballo | 5 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| January 31, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX | | at No. 10 Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup | L 76–81 | 14–8 (5–6) | 25 – Mgbako | 8 – Ballo | 5 – Galloway | Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN |
| February 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock | | at No. 21 Wisconsin | L 64–76 | 14–9 (5–7) | 15 – Mgbako | 6 – Tied | 5 – Galloway | Kohl Center (14,447) Madison, WI |
| February 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., CBS | | No. 24 Michigan | L 67–70 | 14–10 (5–8) | 16 – Reneau | 11 – Mgbako | 5 – Reneau | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| February 11, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock | | at No. 11 Michigan State | W 71–67 | 15–10 (6–8) | 19 – Reneau | 12 – Reneau | 3 – Leal | Breslin Student Events Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| February 14, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX | | UCLA | L 68–72 | 15–11 (6–9) | 16 – Goode | 7 – Goode | 6 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| February 23, 2025 1:30 p.m., CBS | | No. 13 Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup | W 73–58 | 16–11 (7–9) | 15 – Tied | 6 – Reneau | 9 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| February 26, 2025 8:30 p.m., BTN | | Penn State | W 83–78 | 17–11 (8–9) | 20 – Ballo | 12 – Ballo | 9 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| March 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., Peacock | | at Washington | W 78–62 | 18–11 (9–9) | 22 – Reneau | 6 – Reneau | 7 – Galloway | Hec Edmundson Pavilion (7,851) Seattle, WA |
| March 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Oregon | L 64–73 | 18–12 (9–10) | 16 – Galloway | 12 – Ballo | 4 – Tied | Matthew Knight Arena (9,584) Eugene, OR |
| March 8, 2025 3:45 p.m., CBS | | Ohio State Senior Day | W 66–60 | 19–12 (10–10) | 16 – Tied | 8 – Tied | 6 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN |
| Big Ten Tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN | (9) | vs. (8) No. 23 Oregon Second round | L 59–72 | 19–13 | 19 – Reneau | 8 – Tied | 9 – Galloway | Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| *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 | 3FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | Stl | Blk | TO |
| Ballo, Oumar | 30 | 29 | 894 | 28.8 | 403 | 13.0 | 157 | 252 | .623 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 89 | 156 | .571 | 94 | 188 | 282 | 9.1 | 66 | 21 | 40 | 63 |
| Carlyle, Kanaan | 25 | 6 | 404 | 16.2 | 101 | 4.0 | 39 | 135 | .289 | 17 | 70 | .243 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 1.6 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 17 |
| Cupps, Gabe | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Galloway, Trey | 32 | 20 | 892 | 27.9 | 280 | 8.8 | 108 | 256 | .422 | 37 | 113 | .327 | 27 | 42 | .643 | 24 | 50 | 74 | 2.3 | 149 | 20 | 6 | 79 |
| Goode, Luke | 32 | 16 | 854 | 26.7 | 291 | 9.1 | 89 | 215 | .414 | 62 | 158 | .392 | 51 | 58 | .879 | 24 | 74 | 98 | 3.1 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 13 |
| Hatton, Langdon | 19 | 0 | 122 | 6.4 | 39 | 2.1 | 11 | 20 | .550 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 1.5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Leal, Anthony | 26 | 14 | 546 | 21.0 | 85 | 3.3 | 26 | 45 | .578 | 7 | 17 | .412 | 26 | 42 | .619 | 18 | 57 | 75 | 2.9 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 17 |
| Mgbako, Mackenzie | 32 | 31 | 809 | 25.3 | 389 | 12.2 | 139 | 318 | .437 | 47 | 143 | .329 | 64 | 79 | .810 | 39 | 107 | 146 | 4.6 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| Newton, Jakai | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rayford, Jordan | 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 |
| Reneau, Malik | 26 | 19 | 602 | 23.2 | 347 | 13.3 | 139 | 252 | .552 | 3 | 24 | .125 | 66 | 90 | .733 | 43 | 100 | 143 | 5.5 | 52 | 21 | 14 | 41 |
| Rice, Myles | 32 | 25 | 880 | 27.5 | 323 | 10.1 | 112 | 272 | .412 | 27 | 83 | .325 | 72 | 88 | .818 | 14 | 74 | 88 | 2.8 | 88 | 32 | 5 | 69 |
| Tucker, Bryson | 23 | 0 | 379 | 16.5 | 125 | 5.4 | 48 | 127 | .378 | 3 | 20 | .150 | 26 | 36 | .722 | 15 | 51 | 66 | 2.9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Total | 32 | | 6425 | 200.8 | 2389 | 74.66 | 871 | 1902 | .458 | 203 | 632 | .321 | 444 | 629 | .706 | 349 | 817 | 1166 | 36.4 | 509 | 186 | 107 | 371 |
| Opponents | 32 | | 6425 | 200.8 | 2305 | 72.03 | 827 | 1904 | .434 | 242 | 741 | .327 | 409 | 564 | .725 | 320 | 759 | 1079 | 33.7 | 428 | 216 | 103 | 363 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and honors
### Pre-season awards

| Name | Award | Date |
| Oumar Ballo | Blue Ribbon Pre-Season Big Ten Newcomer of the Year | September 5, 2024 |
| Oumar Ballo | Blue Ribbon Pre-Season All-Big Ten | September 5, 2024 |
| Oumar Ballo | Blue Ribbon Pre-Season All-American | September 5, 2024 |
| Oumar Ballo | Lindy's Pre-Season Third Team All-American | September 13, 2024 |
| Oumar Ballo | Pre-Season All-Big Ten | October 1, 2024 |

### Post-season awards

| Name | Award | Date |
| Oumar Ballo | Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches and Media) | March 11, 2025 |
| Oumar Ballo | NABC Great Lakes District Second Team | March 18, 2025 |
| Malik Reneau | Big Ten Honorable Mention (Media) | March 11, 2025 |
| Anthony Leal | Indiana's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award | March 11, 2025 |