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.

2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record12–15 (7–12 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Ostrom (4th season)
  • Mike Roberts (2nd season)
  • Kenya Hunter (1st season)
CaptainAl Durham
Joey Brunk
Rob Phinisee
Race Thompson
Home arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Seasons
2020–21 Big Ten Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Michigan 14 3   .824 23 5   .821
No. 2 Illinois 16 4   .800 24 7   .774
No. 8 Iowa 14 6   .700 22 9   .710
No. 20 Purdue 13 6   .684 18 10   .643
No. 7 Ohio State 12 8   .600 21 10   .677
Wisconsin 10 10   .500 18 13   .581
Rutgers 10 10   .500 16 12   .571
Maryland 9 11   .450 17 14   .548
Michigan State 9 11   .450 15 13   .536
Indiana 7 12   .368 12 15   .444
Penn State 7 12   .368 11 14   .440
Northwestern 6 13   .316 9 15   .375
Minnesota 6 14   .300 14 15   .483
Nebraska 3 16   .158 7 20   .259
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

On March 15, 2021, the school fired Miller after four years and began its search for the next men's head basketball coach.[1] Two weeks later, the school named former Indiana player and New York Knicks assistant Mike Woodson as the new head coach.[2]

Previous season

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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.[3] Following suit, that afternoon, the NCAA announced that it was cancelling all winter and spring championships.[4] 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

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Departures

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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

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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.[5] In addition to these recruits, Miller also nabbed the New Hampshire Gatorade Player of Year in 4-star recruit, Jordan Geronimo.[6] 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."[7]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
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 
Recruiting 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 
Recruiting 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 
Recruiting 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 
Recruiting 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

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US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits
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 
Recruiting 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:

2022–23 team recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for 2022 recruits
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 
Recruiting 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:

Roster

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2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Cooper Bybee (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Sr Edgewood/Olney Central Ellettsville, Indiana
G 1 Al Durham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Berkmar Lilburn, Georgia
G 2 Armaan Franklin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Cathedral Indianapolis, Indiana
G 3 Anthony Leal 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Bloomington South Bloomington, Indiana
G 4 Khristian Lander 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr FJ Reitz Evansville, Indiana
G 5 Michael Shipp (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Moeller Cincinnati, Ohio
G 10 Rob Phinisee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr McCutcheon Lafayette, Indiana
F 14 Nathan Childress (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) So Zionsville Zionsville, Indiana
G 15 Sebastien Scott (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr San Ramon Valley Danville, California
F 21 Jerome Hunter 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Pickerington North Pickerington, Ohio
F 22 Jordan Geronimo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr St. Paul's School Newark, New Jersey
F 23 Trayce Jackson-Davis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Center Grove Greenwood, Indiana
F 25 Race Thompson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Jr Armstrong Plymouth, Minnesota
G 32 Trey Galloway 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Culver Academies Culver, Indiana
G 45 Parker Stewart 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Union City/Pitt/UT Martin Union City, Tennessee
C 50 Joey Brunk 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Sr Southport/Butler Indianapolis, Indiana
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: March 24, 2021

Schedule and results

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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[9] 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

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Individual player statistics (Final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws 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
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVNot released
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archie Miller fired after four seasons at Indiana". CBS Sports. March 15, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Brew, Tom. "BREAKING: Indiana Stays Home, Hires Mike Woodson As New Basketball Coach". Sports Illustrated Indiana Hoosiers News, Analysis and More. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020 Big Ten tournament canceled Thursday amid coronavirus pandemic concerns". CBS Sports. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus live updates: NCAA Tournament canceled; NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training". CBS Sports. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mr. Basketball Anthony Leal well-equipped to understand expectations that await at IU". IndyStar. April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "IU Signee Jordan Geronimo Name Gatorade® New Hampshire Boys Basketball Player of the Year". IU Hoosiers. March 26, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Five-star point guard Khristian Lander moves into 2020 class". IU Hoosiers. May 18, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "2021 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament moving to Indy". WISH TV. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Svoboda, Kurt (January 23, 2021). "University of Michigan Athletics Enters Department-Wide Activity Pause". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.