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CincyHoosier: Any guesses on once we would possibly see a schedule announcement?
What’s recognized for the 2024-25 schedule, not less than the non-conference portion, continues to be comparatively sparse.
Indiana will play within the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis with Arizona, Gonzaga, Louisville, Windfall, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Davidson on November 27-29, 2024.
The Hoosiers will host Jap Illinois on November 10, 2024, at Meeting Corridor. IU’s Massive Ten opponents are recognized, however we don’t have dates for any of these video games.
General, we all know 24 of Indiana’s 31 video games. That leaves seven non-conference video games (and a few exhibitions) as present unknowns. A number of the non-conference video games will start to trickle out within the weeks forward.
Final 12 months, Indiana introduced the 2023-24 non-conference schedule on June 27. The total schedule was introduced in September when the Massive Ten assigned dates to the convention video games. So these are the timelines to look at for the schedule to be revealed.
@LaBeck81 What are we listening to on difficult non-conf video games? Atlantis is an efficient begin however definitely want one other 2 that helps take a look at the group/boosts laptop numbers.
It’s an excellent query. Atlantis is an excellent occasion, however swapping out Creighton for Windfall was not a positive growth for its energy.
Indiana has at all times performed a sport in Indianapolis and the expectation is that can proceed. Whether or not it’s something aside from a purchase sport is unknown at this level. The Hoosiers ought to get one thing significant on the non-conference schedule at house. Whereas it wouldn’t be something on the extent of Kansas or the upcoming collection with Kentucky, a house non-conference schedule stuffed with purchase video games wouldn’t sit properly with season ticket holders.
Whereas I agree that Indiana wants extra assessments than Atlantis within the non-conference, it additionally must flatten some groups to assist increase the pc numbers. The Hoosiers didn’t try this final season, which was a serious purpose their laptop numbers suffered.
Ethan Jones: Do you assume the Massive Ten’s possibilities of getting one other NCAA championship are higher, the identical, or worse with the brand new group additions?
Extra groups ought to result in extra alternatives to win a title. UCLA and Oregon have made the Closing 4 within the final ten years, so each are related applications nationally.
It isn’t just like the Massive Ten hasn’t had probabilities to win a title – Purdue was simply within the nationwide championship sport – it’s very tough to do. The pool of applications that compete on the nationwide stage has grown within the final 15-20 years. The introduction of NIL has began to degree the enjoying area by way of expertise within the Massive Ten relative to different conferences. To reply your query, it barely helps or stays the identical, however it doesn’t damage.
@DJFreddie10: Did we ever get clarification on what sort of harm Jakai Newton had? Is he 100%? And what may his function appear like?
Knee harm is the extent of the knowledge that was launched publicly. However it was extreme sufficient to require a process and pressure him to overlook all the season.
Newton started to undergo warmups throughout just a few video games in direction of the tip of final season and shifting with out many restrictions. Based mostly on that, he seemed to be shifting in direction of full well being.
Concerning a task, he’ll be taking a look at backup minutes behind the likes of Myles Rice, Trey Galloway and Kanaan Carlyle. There can be minutes behind these gamers and Gabe Cupps, Anthony Leal and Newton are anticipated to compete for them. Newton is a proficient participant who ought to have a vivid future if he’s one hundred pc wholesome. That stated, anticipating him to have a serious function subsequent season might be unreasonable.
Don Endicott: Clearly early. However who do you count on the beginning 5 to be? And what about Galloway in relation to that?
Rice, Mackenzie Mgbako, Malik Reneau and Oumar Ballo ought to all begin. The fifth spot will seemingly come all the way down to Carlyle and Galloway.
I may see that going both method, however Woodson is usually very loyal to his veterans, so it may very well be a scenario the place Galloway begins however Carlyle performs minutes just like a starter.
Chi-Hoosier13: With all of the modifications to the roster over the previous few years, the one factor that hasn’t actually modified is the teaching employees, except for Fife/Walsh. I do know Kenya Hunter was a reputation that was being floated round right here and there for different jobs however he clearly likes the place he’s at. So to my query, has the assistant teaching stability at IU shocked you in any respect?
It doesn’t shock me, no. Hunter has been talked about as a possible head coach, however it hasn’t occurred but. That’s to not say it received’t occur, however the job at his alma mater, Duquesne, was crammed this offseason. I at all times considered that as a spot which may take into account him.
General, it appears the teaching employees works properly collectively and there aren’t many applications with Indiana’s sources. So, until a coach is leaving for extra money or a head teaching job, staying put in Bloomington is a great play.
Jake Freeman: On paper, the group appears to be pretty deep (11-12 guys) and we all know all of them received’t be capable of play each sport. Who’re the few who you assume will see much less enjoying time?
Leal, Newton and Langdon Hatton are most likely the three I’d label as seeing “much less enjoying time”. Gabe Cupps will play lower than he did as a freshman. However all of them may play relying on accidents, the extent of the opponent and matchups.
It’s secure to imagine Ballo, Reneau, Mgbako, Carlyle, Galloway and Rice will play starter-level minutes. Behind them, Bryson Tucker and Luke Goode must be rotation regulars. That leaves Leal, Newton, Hatton and Cupps battling for the rest of the minutes. Hatton is able of larger want than the opposite three, so his probabilities to play usually are greater.
George McLaren: Lots of people assume IU is spending large on NIL funds to gamers. Is there any concrete proof to again that up? NIL $$ specifics look like a carefully held secret in basketball applications.
Concrete proof, as in a paper path or public contracts that can be launched? No.
However you simply want to have a look at the gamers Indiana has added and the place it’s ranked in a number of switch portal recruiting class rankings to conclude that the collectives supporting Indiana have spent closely this offseason.
And that’s the way it must be at a program like Indiana on this NIL period.
IU doesn’t make it any secret that it has robust NIL sources to make use of. Mike Woodson talked about one of many collectives and one among its main supporters by first and final title when he addressed the fanbase on the courtroom at senior day in March.
No program releases specifics relating to NIL figures, so it’s not particular to IU that precise numbers are ambiguous. However make no mistake, Indiana’s collectives spent large to place collectively the 2024-25 roster.
David Baird: Is it attainable that Kel’El (Ware) won’t like his draft place and are available again?
Ware stated on the NBA draft mix in Chicago that he’s one hundred pc in on the draft, so he’s not coming again to highschool.
His draft place is predicted to be mid to late first spherical, so he’ll virtually definitely get a assured NBA contract. And with subsequent 12 months’s draft wanting stronger than this 12 months’s, Ware ought to receives a commission now.
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