page_title: 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
section_title: Recruiting class
hierarchical_section_title: 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team / Preseason / Recruiting class
caption_attribution_description: English: Justin Smith of Stevenson
context_page_description: 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. As the season progressed toward its end, the Hoosiers bought into Miller's defense, which led to better offense.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Justin Smith for Stevenson High School in 2015
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