2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 16
Record	4–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mike Woodson (4th season);
Associate head coach	Kenya Hunter (5th season); Yasir Rosemond (4th season)
Assistant coach	Brian Walsh (3rd season)
Home arena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team will represent Indiana University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be led by fourth-year head coach, and former Indiana standout, Mike Woodson.^[1] The team will play 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.

2024–25 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Wisconsin	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
Oregon	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Penn State	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 16 Indiana	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Maryland	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Iowa	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Northwestern	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 6 Purdue	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
UCLA	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
USC	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 25 Illinois	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Michigan	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Michigan State	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Minnesota	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Nebraska	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Ohio State	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
No. 24 Rutgers	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Washington	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800

† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of November 23, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[2]

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^[3]
Anthony Walker	4	F	6'9"	215	SR	Baltimore, MD	Graduated
Kaleb Banks	10	F	6'7"	215	SO	Hampton, GA	Transferred to Tulane^[4]
CJ Gunn	11	G	6'6"	194	SO	Indianapolis, IN	Transferred to DePaul^[5]
Payton Sparks	24	G	6'10"	255	JR	Winchester, IN	Transferred to Ball State^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] With these three transfers, on April 20, 2024, IU had the number one transfer portal class in the country.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
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
Bryson Tucker SF	Recruiting 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

US college sports recruiting information for 2025 recruits
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
Trent Sisley PF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82
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.

2024–25 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jakai Newton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Newton	Covington, GA
G	1	Myles Rice	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Sandy Creek/Washington State	Columbia, SC
G	2	Gabe Cupps	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Centerville	Dayton, OH
G/F	3	Anthony Leal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Bloomington South	Bloomington, IN
F	5	Malik Reneau	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	Jr	Montverde Academy	Miami, FL
F	8	Bryson Tucker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Bishop O'Connell	Arlington, VA
G	9	Kanaan Carlyle	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	So	Overtime Elite/Stanford	Atlanta, GA
F	10	Luke Goode	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Homestead/Illinois	Fort Wayne, IN
C	11	Oumar Ballo	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	GS	Canterbury School/Arizona	Koulikoro, Mali
F	12	Langdon Hatton	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	247 lb (112 kg)	Sr	North Harrison/Bellarmine	Georgetown, IN
G	13	Shaan Burke (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Vista	San Diego, CA
G	14	Jordan Rayford (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	Phillips Academy/Air Force	Washington, D.C.
F	15	James Goodis (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Montverde Academy	Winter Park, FL
G	20	Jaden Bobbett (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Cushing Academy/Middlebury College	Rye, NH
F	21	Mackenzie Mgbako	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	So	Roselle Catholic	Gladstone, NJ
G	22	Jackson Creel (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Mt. Vernon Township/Rend Lake College	Mount Vernon, IL
F	30	Ian Stephens (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	So	New Palestine	New Palestine, IN
G	32	Trey Galloway (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Culver Academies	Culver, IN
F	42	Dallas James (W)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Inglewood/South Carolina State	Artesian,CA

Head coach

Mike Woodson (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Kenya Hunter (Duquesne)
Yasir Rosemond (Oregon)
Brian Walsh (Akron)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 26, 2024

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		vs. Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals^[13]						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, The Bahamas
November 28, 2024* 12:00 p.m./2:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2		vs. West Virginia or Gonzaga Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, The Bahamas
November 29, 2024*		vs. TBD Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, The Bahamas
December 3, 2024* 7:30 p.m., BTN		Sam Houston State						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN		Miami (OH)						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 9, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN		Minnesota						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 13, 2024 8:00 p.m., FOX		at Nebraska						Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., BTN		UT-Chattanooga						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., BTN		Winthrop						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 2, 2025 8:30 p.m., Peacock		Rutgers						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 5, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN		vs. Penn State						The Palestra Philadelphia, PA
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN		USC						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX/FS1		at Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
January 14, 2025 7:00 p.m., Peacock		Illinois Rivalry						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 17, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX		at Ohio State						Value City Arena Columbus, OH
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 26, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBS		Maryland						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 31, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX		at Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup						Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock		at Wisconsin						Kohl Center Madison, WI
February 8, 2025 1:00 p.m., CBS		Michigan						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
February 11, 2025 9:00 p.m., Peacock		at Michigan State						Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, MI
February 14, 2025 8:00 p.m., FOX		UCLA						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
February 23, 2025 1:30 p.m., CBS		Purdue Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
February 26, 2025 8:30 p.m., BTN		Penn State						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
March 1, 2025 6:00 p.m., Peacock		at Washington						Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, WA
March 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., FS1		at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
March 8, 2025 3:45 p.m., CBS		Ohio State Senior Day						Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, 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		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
Ballo, Oumar
Burke, Shaan
Carlyle, Kanaan
Cupps, Gabe
Galloway, Trey
Goode, Luke
Hatton, Langdon
Leal, Anthony
Mgbako, Mackenzie
Newton, Jakai
Reneau, Malik
Rice, Myles
Stephens, Ian
Tucker, Bryson
Total
Opponents

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

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final
AP	17	16	16
Coaches	18	16	18

Awards and honors

Pre-season awards

Name	Award	Date
Oumar Ballo	Blue Ribbon Pre-Season Big Ten Newcomer of the Year	September 5, 2024^[14]
	Blue Ribbon Pre-Season All-Big Ten	September 5, 2024^[14]
	Blue Ribbon Pre-Season All-American	September 5, 2024^[14]
	Lindy's Pre-Season Third Team All-American	September 13, 2024^[15]
	Pre-Season All-Big Ten	October 1, 2024^[16]

References

^ "Sources: Mike Woodson to return as Indiana basketball coach". ESPN. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "Indiana Falls to Nebraska in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal". IU Athletics. March 16, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "Indiana sophomore Kel'el Ware declares for the 2024 NBA draft". Inside the Hall. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ "Indiana Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker". FanNation. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ "CJ Gunn transfers to DePaul". 247 Sports. March 29, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
^ "Payton Sparks Returns to Ball State". Ball State Sports. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ "Washington State transfer Myles Rice commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
^ "Arizona transfer Oumar Ballo commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
^ "Stanford transfer Kanaan Carlyle commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Indiana's transfer portal class of Oumar Ballo, Kanaan Caryle and Miles Rice now ranks No. 1 in the country in the 247SportsPortal rankings". Jeff Rabjohns. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Illinois transfer Luke Goode commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^ "Bellarmine transfer Langdon Hatton commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 26, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
^ "2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Field Announced". IU Athletics. November 29, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oumar Ballo garners handful of preseason honors from Blue Ribbon Yearbook". rivals.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
^ "Indiana picked to win the Big Ten by Lindy's Sports". Inside the Hall. September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
^ "Ballo Named to Preseason All-Big Ten Team". IU Hoosiers. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.

[1] "Sources: Mike Woodson to return as Indiana basketball coach". ESPN. March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[2] "Indiana Falls to Nebraska in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal". IU Athletics. March 16, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[3] "Indiana sophomore Kel'el Ware declares for the 2024 NBA draft". Inside the Hall. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[:Portal-4] "Indiana Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker". FanNation. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[5] "CJ Gunn transfers to DePaul". 247 Sports. March 29, 2024. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

[6] "Payton Sparks Returns to Ball State". Ball State Sports. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[7] "Washington State transfer Myles Rice commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

[8] "Arizona transfer Oumar Ballo commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.

[9] "Stanford transfer Kanaan Carlyle commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[10] "Indiana's transfer portal class of Oumar Ballo, Kanaan Caryle and Miles Rice now ranks No. 1 in the country in the 247SportsPortal rankings". Jeff Rabjohns. April 20, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[11] "Illinois transfer Luke Goode commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2024.

[12] "Bellarmine transfer Langdon Hatton commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 26, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

[13] "2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Field Announced". IU Athletics. November 29, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[:preseason-14] "Oumar Ballo garners handful of preseason honors from Blue Ribbon Yearbook". rivals.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.

[15] "Indiana picked to win the Big Ten by Lindy's Sports". Inside the Hall. September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.

[16] "Ballo Named to Preseason All-Big Ten Team". IU Hoosiers. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.

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