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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–15 (7–12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Archie Miller (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Ostrom (4th season) Mike Roberts (2nd season) Kenya Hunter (1st season)
Captain	Al Durham Joey Brunk Rob Phinisee Race Thompson
Home arena	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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

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

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.^[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

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: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2022–23 team recruits

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: "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

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 Archie Miller (NC State) Assistant coach(es) Tom Ostrom (Minnesota) Mike Roberts (Indiana) Kenya Hunter (Duquesne) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 24, 2021

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.^[8]

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

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

See also: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	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

See also

• 2020–21 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

References

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