# 2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Archie Miller, in his fourth and final 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 Hoosiers finished the season 12–15, 7–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for the 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to Rutgers.
On March 15, 2021, the school fired Miller after four years and began its search for the next men's head basketball coach. Two weeks later, the school named former Indiana player and New York Knicks assistant Mike Woodson as the new head coach.

## Previous season

The Hoosiers started off another strong campaign by going 11–1 before dropping back-to-back games in late December 2019 and early January 2020. During the bulk of the conference season, IU was able to win most of their home games (7–3), while stealing a few road games (2–8) to end their final season with an overall record of 20–12 and a conference record of 9–11. Indiana entered the Big Ten tournament as the 11-seed where they faced the 14-seeded Nebraska Cornhuskers. The first round matchup ended in an 89–64 IU victory, staging a second round matchup with 6-seed Penn State. However, on the morning of March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference announced that it would be cancelling the remaining tournament games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following suit, that afternoon, the NCAA announced that it was cancelling all winter and spring championships. This announcement officially, and abruptly, ended the Hoosiers' season, where they were expected to make the NCAA tournament for the first time in 4 years.

## Offseason
### Departures

Indiana Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Devonte Green | 11 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Senior | North Babylon, New York | Graduated |
| Adrian Chapman | 15 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Senior | Brownsburg, Indiana | Graduated |
| De'Ron Davis | 20 | F | 6'10" | 255 | Senior | Aurora, Colorado | Graduated |
| Justin Smith | 3 | F | 6'7" | 230 | Junior | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | Transferred to Arkansas |
| Damezi Anderson | 23 | F | 6'7" | 225 | Sophomore | South Bend, Indiana | Transferred to Loyola |

### Recruiting class

Miller continued to implement his "inside-out" approach to recruiting by adding two more highly ranked recruits from Indiana: Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal, who was named 2020 Indiana Mr. Basketball on April 10, 2020. With Leal earning this honor, he made three straight Indiana Mr. Basketball's to attend IU, the first time to happen in the storied history of the program. In addition to these recruits, Miller also nabbed the New Hampshire Gatorade Player of Year in 4-star recruit, Jordan Geronimo. On May 18, 2020, it was announced that Khristian Lander, who was originally a 2021–22 commit, was reclassifying to 2020. He stated that a big factor in his decision was the chance to play with Trayce Jackson-Davis and "dominate the Big Ten."
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Trey Galloway SG | Culver, IN | Culver Academies | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Anthony Leal SG | Bloomington, IN | Bloomington South High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Jordan Geronimo F | Concord, NH | St. Paul's School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80 ||||||
| Khristian Lander PG | Evansville, IN | FJ Reitz High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| 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: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### 2021–22 team recruits

College recruiting information (2021) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Logan Duncomb C | Cincinnati, OH | Moeller High School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 |||||||
| 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: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

### 2022–23 team recruits

College recruiting information (2022) :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| CJ Gunn SG | Indianapolis, IN | Lawrence North High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Feb 7, 2021 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 83 |||||||
| 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: "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. |||||||

## Schedule and results

* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, games were played without an audience, or with very limited attendance.
* With the entire 2021 NCAA tournament being hosted in the state of Indiana, the Big Ten Conference also decided to host the 2021 Big Ten men's basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis instead of the original scheduled site, the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The idea behind this change was that teams playing in both tournaments could stay in Indianapolis and avoid excess travel and possibly avoid further exposure/transmittance of COVID-19. Lucas Oil Stadium was chosen as the host site since the 2021 Big Ten women's basketball tournament is being hosted at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 25, 2020* 8:00 pm, BTN | | Tennessee Tech | W 89–59 | 1–0 | 26 – Jackson-Davis | 11 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Durham | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (125) Bloomington, IN |
| November 30, 2020* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Providence 2020 Maui Invitational Tournament Quarterfinals | W 79–58 | 2–0 | 22 – Thompson | 13 – Thompson | 5 – Phinisee | Harrah's Cherokee Center (0) Asheville, NC |
| December 1, 2020* 1:30 pm, ESPN | | vs. No. 17 Texas 2020 Maui Invitational Tournament Semifinals | L 44–66 | 2–1 | 17 – Jackson-Davis | 7 – Franklin | 4 – Lander | Harrah's Cherokee Center (0) Asheville, NC |
| December 2, 2020* 1:30 pm, ESPN | | vs. Stanford 2020 Maui Invitational Tournament Third-place game | W 79–63 | 3–1 | 31 – Jackson-Davis | 8 – Tied | 5 – Franklin | Harrah's Cherokee Center (0) Asheville, NC |
| December 9, 2020* 7:15 pm, ESPN | | at No. 20 Florida State ACC–Big Ten Challenge | L 67–69 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | 25 – Jackson-Davis | 17 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Durham | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,956) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 13, 2020* 12:00 pm, BTN | | North Alabama | W 87–52 | 4–2 | 19 – Franklin | 7 – Tied | 5 – Franklin | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| December 19, 2020* 11:30 am, FS1 | | vs. Butler Crossroads Classic | W 68–60 | 5–2 | 21 – Jackson-Davis | 8 – Tied | 5 – Galloway | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN |
| Big Ten Regular Season |||||||||
| December 23, 2020 8:30 pm, BTN | | Northwestern | L 67–74 | 5–3 (0–1) | 22 – Jackson-Davis | 9 – Jackson-Davis | 3 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| December 26, 2020 4:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 18 Illinois Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry | L 60–69 | 5–4 (0–2) | 23 – Franklin | 8 – Jackson-Davis | 3 – Durham | State Farm Center (178) Champaign, IL |
| December 30, 2020 8:30 pm, BTN | | Penn State | W 87–85 $^{OT}$ | 6–4 (1–2) | 21 – Jackson-Davis | 6 – Tied | 5 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| January 4, 2021 8:30 pm, BTN | | Maryland | W 63–55 | 7–4 (2–2) | 22 – Jackson-Davis | 15 – Jackson-Davis | 3 – Tied | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| January 7, 2021 7:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 8 Wisconsin | L 73–80 $^{2OT}$ | 7–5 (2–3) | 23 – Jackson-Davis | 12 – Jackson-Davis | 6 – Phinisee | Kohl Center (0) Madison, WI |
| January 10, 2021 6:00 pm, BTN | | at Nebraska | W 84–76 | 8–5 (3–3) | 18 – Phinisee | 11 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Phinisee | Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE |
| January 14, 2021 7:00 pm, FS1 | | Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup | L 69–81 | 8–6 (3–4) | 25 – Jackson-Davis | 10 – Thompson | 4 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| January 21, 2021 9:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 4 Iowa | W 81–69 | 9–6 (4–4) | 23 – Jackson-Davis | 7 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Thompson | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (566) Iowa City, IA |
| January 24, 2021 12:00 pm, BTN | | Rutgers | L 70–74 | 9–7 (4–5) | 14 – Franklin | 7 – Jackson-Davis | 5 – Phinisee | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| January 30, 2021 1:00 pm, CBS | | at No. 4 Michigan | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Michigan | Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI |
| February 2, 2021 9:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 12 Illinois Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry | L 71–75 $^{OT}$ | 9–8 (4–6) | 19 – Jackson-Davis | 14 – Jackson-Davis | 3 – Galloway | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| February 7, 2021 12:00 pm, FOX | | No. 8 Iowa | W 67–65 | 10–8 (5–6) | 17 – Jackson-Davis | 12 – Jackson-Davis | 5 – Franklin | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| February 10, 2021 5:30 pm, BTN | | at Northwestern | W 79–76 $^{2OT}$ | 11–8 (6–6) | 24 – Durham | 14 – Jackson-Davis | 5 – Phinisee | Welsh–Ryan Arena (0) Evanston, IL |
| February 13, 2021 12:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 4 Ohio State | L 59–78 | 11–9 (6–7) | 23 – Jackson-Davis | 9 – Jackson-Davis | 3 – Tied | Value City Arena (0) Columbus, OH |
| February 17, 2021 9:00 pm, BTN | | Minnesota | W 82–72 | 12–9 (7–7) | 20 – Jackson-Davis | 10 – Jackson-Davis | 5 – Franklin | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| February 20, 2021 12:00 pm, ESPN | | Michigan State | L 71–78 | 12–10 (7–8) | 34 – Jackson-Davis | 9 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Phinisee | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| February 24, 2021 8:00 pm, BTN | | at Rutgers | L 63–74 | 12–11 (7–9) | 21 – Jackson-Davis | 11 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Durham | Rutgers Athletic Center (64) Piscatawy, NJ |
| February 27, 2021 12:00 pm, FOX | | No. 3 Michigan | L 57–73 | 12–12 (7–10) | 15 – Durham | 6 – Tied | 3 – Jackson-Davis | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN |
| March 2, 2021 8:00 pm, BTN | | at Michigan State | L 58–64 | 12–13 (7–11) | 16 – Phinisee | 7 – Jackson-Davis | 4 – Phinisee | Breslin Center (0) East Lansing, MI |
| March 6, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN | | at No. 23 Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup | L 58–67 | 12–14 (7–12) | 14 – Durham | 6 – Phinisee | 4 – Phinisee | Mackey Arena (250) West Lafayette, IN |
| Big Ten tournament |||||||||
| March 11, 2021 6:30 pm, BTN | (10) | vs. (7) Rutgers Second round | L 50–61 | 12–15 | 19 – Jackson-Davis | 9 – Jackson-Davis | 7 – Phinisee | Lucas Oil Stadium (6,769) 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 |
| Brunk, Joey | 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 |
| Bybee, Cooper | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Childress, Nathan | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Durham, Al | 26 | 26 | 846 | 32.5 | 293 | 11.3 | 87 | 224 | .388 | 38 | 100 | .380 | 81 | 103 | .786 | 9 | 72 | 81 | 3.1 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| Franklin, Armaan | 22 | 20 | 661 | 30.0 | 250 | 11.4 | 87 | 203 | .429 | 36 | 85 | .424 | 40 | 54 | .741 | 13 | 78 | 91 | 4.1 | 47 | 26 | 5 | 48 |
| Galloway, Trey | 25 | 7 | 492 | 19.7 | 90 | 3.6 | 35 | 84 | .417 | 6 | 33 | .182 | 14 | 19 | .737 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 1.9 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| Geronimo, Jordan | 21 | 0 | 169 | 8.0 | 47 | 2.2 | 19 | 37 | .514 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 5 | 18 | .278 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 1.8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Hunter, Jerome | 25 | 4 | 487 | 19.5 | 157 | 6.3 | 59 | 136 | .434 | 25 | 73 | .342 | 14 | 27 | .519 | 14 | 61 | 75 | 3.0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| Jackson-Davis, Trayce | 27 | 27 | 924 | 34.2 | 516 | 19.1 | 183 | 354 | .517 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 150 | 229 | .655 | 87 | 156 | 243 | 9.0 | 39 | 20 | 38 | 59 |
| Lander, Khristian | 26 | 0 | 264 | 10.2 | 55 | 2.1 | 18 | 70 | .257 | 12 | 44 | .273 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0.8 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| Leal, Anthony | 20 | 0 | 232 | 11.6 | 32 | 1.6 | 10 | 32 | .313 | 9 | 30 | .300 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| Phinisee, Robert | 27 | 24 | 731 | 27.1 | 193 | 7.1 | 69 | 199 | .347 | 25 | 96 | .260 | 30 | 47 | .638 | 4 | 59 | 63 | 2.3 | 77 | 22 | 10 | 36 |
| Scott, Sebastien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shipp, Michael | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thompson, Race | 27 | 27 | 761 | 28.2 | 247 | 9.1 | 87 | 169 | .515 | 3 | 15 | .200 | 70 | 114 | .614 | 54 | 113 | 167 | 6.2 | 37 | 28 | 34 | 31 |
| Total | 27 | - | 1115 | 41.3 | 1882 | 69.7 | 654 | 1510 | .433 | 158 | 488 | .324 | 416 | 626 | .665 | 244 | 689 | 933 | 34.6 | 376 | 155 | 101 | 322 |
| Opponents | - | - | 1115 | 41.3 | 1873 | 69.4 | 655 | 1539 | .426 | 193 | 578 | .334 | 370 | 516 | .717 | 260 | 713 | 973 | 36.0 | 319 | 159 | 98 | 330 |

## 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 |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings