2013-2014 Indiana Hoosiers Basketball Preview

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ill Sheehey can handle being despised. There’s a part of him that enjoys it.

You could see that when Sheehey cracked a smile at the foul line at Carver Hawkeye Arena last New Year’s Eve when Iowa fans chanted, “Sheehey sucks,” and when he flexed beneath the vitriol that was raining down on him at Purdue. The Indiana senior forward and reigning Big Ten Sixth Man of

Will the Year said he was OK with being the most hated player on his team, and he meant it.

In Sheehey’s mind, he had to sometimes be the villain the past two years on a resurgent team mostly populated by nice guys.

Someone had to amp everyone up, draw fire from opposing fans and impress upon opponents that the Hoosiers were not a team to be messed with. That was a part of his leadership contribution to back-toback Sweet 16 teams and a Big Ten championship, and one he’s proud of. If Cody Zeller was the face of the Indiana basketball resurrection, Jordan Hulls the heart and Victor Oladipo the soul, then Will Sheehey was the spine.

“He’s a guy you hate to play

against but love to have on your team,” Hulls said by email from Poland, where he’s playing professionally. “He’s a straight-up guy and doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him.”

But whether he cares about it or not, Sheehey does see a distortion in his persona. There’s a tendency for others, he said, to read too deep into what they see from him on the floor, coloring their opinion about who he really is.

“I feel like, I put this on myself, but a lot of times I’m a little bit misunderstood,” said Sheehey, who as captain of this baby-faced Indiana team is trying to take a softer approach to leadership now that many of his old cohorts SEE SHEEHEY | PAGE F4

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“People think I’m probably a worse person than I actually am, but it’s just because I want to win a basketball game. You guys (the media) probably think that what I’m like on the court is what I’m similar to off the court, which is not necessarily the case. … The media in general thinks, like you said. I’m some kind of hard ass. … I cuss all the time. I want to fight everyone, and I’m crazy and all of this stuff. It’s not true at all, actually. I’m probably the most laid-back guy on this team.

Guaranteed.”

Teammates and friends agree that there is a caricature of Sheehey that is misleading and belies the reality of his off-court personality. But not all of that caricature is based in fiction.

So what of Sheehey is perception and what is reality? That’s hard to answer in its entirety, but the following truths can be accepted as fact.

He is competitive to a fault

Both of Sheehey’s top front teeth are fake, he said. The originals are gone because two guys who played against Sheehey in pick-up games three years apart both decided that his mouth needed to be re-arranged.

He lost the first when he was 13, he said, when a player threw an elbow in the post. The guy who knocked the second one loose when Sheehey was 16 was much less subtle. Sheehey said some things the player didn’t like during a pick-up game, so the player just waited until the game was over and punched him in the face.

These, Sheehey admitted, were not isolated incidents, and he shares the blame with his assailants.

“I used to get my butt beat in at the park,” Sheehey said. “I’ve gotten my lunch money and my basketball stolen. My mom can tell you. The number of times I’ve gotten my butt kicked from just being a jerk on the court is

unbelievable.”

Sheehey wants to win at everything, and when he beats you, he declares victory as loudly as possible. And he doesn’t shut up during the game either. On the outdoor courts in a park near his teenage home in Stuart, Fla., he would spend Thursday nights trash-talking anyone who had the misfortune of guarding him or being guarded by him in pick-up games until they had to fight the urge to punch his lights out.

“I just get so competitive,” Sheehey said, “ever since I was just a little kid playing with my brother in the driveway, that I would just always push the envelope with guys. I really don’t mean to, but I just get to a certain point of competitiveness that I just want to win everything. I tend to push the line of being a competitor and being a jerk. I try not to cross that all the time.

Sometimes I do.”

It’s in those moments when Sheehey allows his persona to be the most distorted because it’s by all accounts the polar opposite from who he is off the floor.

“Watching Will on the court, you’d think he’s either this crazy, in-your-face jokester or just a jerk who’s always in your face,” said Ryan Power, a former teammate at South Fork High School and now an assistant coach there. “Off the court, he’s one of the nicest, most genuine, humble people I’ve ever met.”

Yes, the guy who puts three fingers to his temple any time he or any other Hoosier makes a 3-pointer actually does have a deep reserve of humility. His analysis of his game is strikingly self-effacing, and he can list every one of his on-court flaws. And even though he doesn’t have the same Pied Piper qualities that Oladipo had, he connects easily with ordinary people and tries not to act like his status makes him special.

“I don’t know if he even realizes that he’s as big of a deal as he is,” Power said.

But you wouldn’t know that if you watch him on the floor, especially on the road. He’s always kept the trash-talking in check in

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Indiana’s Will Sheehey waves to the Iowa student section after the Hoosiers’ 69-65 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, last December. Sheehey had been the source of fan taunts throughout the second half. organized games in high school and college, because the stakes are too high to take a technical foul. But he’s demonstrative when he can be, and it’s a badge of honor for him if he can infuriate an entire fanbase.

“He relishes it,” said Adam Ross, who coached him in his senior year at Sagemont Upper School in Weston, Fla.. “He feels like he’s doing his job if the crowd feels it’s necessary to boo him or chant his name or say something derogatory. He feels like he’s won.”

He’s uncommonly driven

The spark came in Sheehey’s freshman year of high school, the first time he recognized that what he was doing wasn’t enough.

He had been, he said, the best player on his junior varsity team that year at South Fork High School in Stuart, and he moved up to the varsity at the end of the season. Some of the JV guys got varsity minutes, but he didn’t.

“It kind of bummed me out, and really, from that point on, I kind of realized that I had to put

way more work into the game than I previously thought,” Sheehey said. “I kind of relied on my athleticism and my natural feel for the game. But I never worked on my shooting or my ball-handling. I kind of just played. From that point on, after my freshman year of high school, I had to say to myself, ‘I have to put in more time if I want to go to college on a basketball scholarship,’ and things like that.”

He developed a drive that borders on maniacal. At South Fork, his coach Tom Swager, and his mother practically had to demand that he slow down. He’d start his day with 6 a.m. team workouts that he’d worked with Swager to institute. He’d then go to practice after school, then lift weights for two hours on his own, then head to the playground for more games afterward or just shoot at the hoop in his driveway.

“We had to get him to stop from playing so much on his own,” Swager said. “His back was sore, his knees were sore. We said, ‘Will, you’ve got to stop.’”

Through that work ethic and a

growth spurt that took him from 5-11 as a freshman to 6-7, he transformed. He started as a sophomore at South Fork and by his junior year, he was one of the best players in Palm Beach County, averaging about 24.6 points and 10 rebounds per game.

He decided the summer between his junior and senior year to transfer to Sagemont, a prep school about two hours south of Stuart for the purpose of getting more recruiting exposure.

His profile had taken a huge boost that summer when he finally got on a major summer travel team — the Florida Rams — and he believed he could add to it by playing alongside Sagement center Fab Melo, who would play at Syracuse and was a first round NBA draft pick in 2012. Sheehey brought that drive with him and ended up receiving dozens of scholarship offers, committing to Indiana right at the beginning of his senior season.

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SHEEHEY CONTINUED FROM PAGE F4 actually did,” Ross said. “He lived here in our gym and in our weight room. He’d stay until very, very late at night when it was just him and the janitors, and sometimes even sleep in the locker room for a couple of hours between workouts. It was crazy stuff. He’s the gold standard here at our school for work ethic.”

He didn’t slow down once he got to Bloomington. From the time he arrived, Sheehey and Oladipo, his freshman year roommate, were in the gym virtually every day, and they established the workaholic culture that has defined the program since. He averaged 9.5 points per game a season ago as a reserve, and even though he’s never been an All-Big Ten player, his versatility makes him a legitimate candidate for an NBA career.

“He wants to make it,” IU coach Tom Crean said. “He wants to be successful. He wants to win.

He’s consistently in there on his own at 6:30 am. And we’re not doing individuals at that point.

That’s when he wants to be in there. He’ll do the same thing at 7 a.m. in the summer time. He’s got an uncommon drive.”

And also an uncommon work capacity. Sheehey dabbled in cross country at Sagemont and was a 400 meter runner on the track team.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Hulls said. “He’s just on another planet when it comes to our conditioning and our workouts, I feel like he never gets tired. I really feel as though he could do an IronMan triathlon or something, because it just comes so easy for him.”

Said freshman guard Stanford Robinson: “When we first came back from the summer, I think it was the first day of school, we did conditioning. We were dead tired, but we did a lot of running on this conditioning day. He was still going, ‘OK, I’ll do some more.

I’ll do some more.’ He just started running again. So when I seen that, I was like, ‘This guy’s not

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Indiana’s Will Sheehey tries to get his point across to head coach Tom Crean during a timeout in the Hoosiers’ Feb. 13 game against Nebraska at Assembly Hall. human.’ There’s no possible way you want to run some more after doing (strength and conditioning) Coach (Je’Ney) Jackson’s workout. I just don’t understand it. I mean, I understand it. But how can you do that?”

He’s a basketball savant

Sheehey’s mind is high-functioning across the board. He was an international baccalaureate student in high school, he’s close to graduating with a degree in legal studies and is strongly considering law school when his basketball career ends.

But he somehow understands basketball on an even higher level. Sending Sheehey out on the floor is kind of like sending a U2 spy plane on a reconnaissance mission.

“As a basketball mind, he has the ability to very quickly view how a team is playing offensively or defensively and immediately recognize the soft spots in the defense or offense,” Ross said.

“He can figure out a way — even if he’s not personally able to exploit those himself — the right way to exploit those soft spots.

… In a game, whether we were on offense or defense, we would run our stuff, and Will would immediately run over to me and tell me, ‘If we run this a play, it would work,’ or ‘If we make this adjustment to this play, it will run that much easier or better.’ There were examples of something like that every day.”

Sheehey has some natural understanding of the game that comes from being in a basketball family. His father, Mike, played collegiately at Syracuse and St. Bonaventure, and his uncle Tom played at Virginia. But it’s less genetics than learned experience.

Basketball IQ is, more than anything else, what makes Sheehey an effective player. Crean said Sheehey is one of the best cutters in the nation, and it’s because he can sense when defenses will move in such a way that the floor opens up, and he can find the holes in it.

“The more you play, the more you learn there’s a flow to basketball,” Sheehey said. “There’s a way that it’s played, and when you know the rhythm of the game,

it’s very easy after that to see what’s going on. … Most games are played very similar. Defensive schemes are different, but when the ball is a certain place on the court, you should be in a certain place. There’s always a correlation between yourself and the ball, so if you kind of find that rhythm, you should always be in movement, which is another thing. So if you’re always moving, then somehow, your defender is going to not be with you.”

Crean calls Sheehey one of the smartest players he’s ever been around. He not only trusts Sheehey to make points in practice when a play isn’t being run right, but he’s allowed Sheehey to draw plays up himself.

“He’s put in three baseline out of bounds plays himself this year that he ran this summer (for Team USA at the World University Games) that he liked, that he trusted, and I said, “Put them in,’” Crean said. “That’s the level of confidence and respect we have in him.”

He gets the most out of people

Sheehey is an acquired taste.

Just ask his co-captain.

When Yogi Ferrell arrived on campus last summer, he and Sheehey didn’t get along particularly well, and Ferrell told reporters at the NCAA Tournament that it almost came to blows at one point. Sheehey thought the McDonald’s All-American point guard was a little “too Hollywood,” and needed to be taken down a peg.

“I thought when I first met him he was a jerk,” Ferrell said. “You think I’m kidding. He already knows it.”

This year’s freshmen were thinking the same thing, especially when in the first workout he attended with the whole class, he threw two freshmen out of conditioning because he didn’t think they were working hard enough.

“We thought he was crazy,” Robinson said. “We thought it was going to be a long year with him.”

But to understand Sheehey, you have to realize that all the crazy is calculated.

“I just want to win games,” Sheehey said. “If I feel like I have to do something to win a game, that’s what I’ll do. There’s nothing I won’t do to win a game. That’s just the way it is always. … If the team’s sluggish, what are you going to do to get them pumped up? You’ve gotta get it going a little bit. If that’s what I gotta do to get everyone going, that’s what I gotta do. At the end of the game, everyone wants to say, ‘Sheehey’s this, Sheehey’s that, he’s crazy.’

Whatever.”

And when he harps on his teammates, it’s for the same purpose. To win games, he needs to get the most out of them. He needs Ferrell to make the right decisions with the ball.

He needs the freshmen to be in condition to run the floor, and he needs them to understand what they’re doing.

Ferrell’s come to understand that. Their relationship has improved tremendously since the early part of last season and reached another level this summer when they played together at the World University Games in Russia.

“He just has the best interests for the team,” Ferrell said.

“We especially need someone like that to bring the best out of people. Now that I know why he does the things he does, he’s very helpful.”

Give Sheehey your best and you earn his eternal loyalty, which is also one of his best unknown qualities. Few are more fierce defenders of their teammates than Sheehey. For all of his histrionics, he’s only had three technical fouls called on him in his career, and one was for getting into it with a Penn State player who he believed had taken a cheap shot at former teammate Christian Watford. Ferrell and the rest of his young teammates are starting to get that now.

“It does take a little while to figure Will out,” Hulls said. “But once you get to know him, he’s a guy that you would take to war with you.”

And if his teammates understand that, the rest of the Big Ten can hate Sheehey all it wants.

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COMMENTARY

Hoosier Gordon finally a Hoosier Some Hoosiers are simply born, growing up in a state where basketball and Assembly Hall are synonymous, pledging fealty to Indiana University whether they ever actually set foot on campus or not.

Others are adopted, traveling from beyond the state’s borders to attend IU and bleeding crimson by the time they leave.

Evan Gordon is both.

The Indianapolis native is a fifth-year senior guard for coach Tom Crean’s Hoosiers this season, but it’s his first year in Bloomington.

Gordon’s journey to this point included stops at Hargrave Military Academy, then on to Liberty for two seasons and Arizona State for one after

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sitting out a transfer year.

But there’s no place like home, and Indiana is that in more than a geographical sense.

Jeremy “I always Price had a deep H-T SPORTS WRITER love for IU,” Gordon said.

In fact, Gordon’s love for Indiana was in part the reason his older brother, Eric, donned the candy stripes for the 2007-08 season.

Eric was committed to Bruce Weber and Illinois, but when Mike Davis resigned at IU and Kelvin Sampson was hired, things began to change.

Sampson hired Jeff Meyer, Eric Gordon Sr.’s college coach, as an assistant coach.

And Evan, two years Eric’s junior, was invited to Bloomington for elite camp.

“They made the trip memorable,” Evan said of Sampson and his staff, “because they put me in all the drills, they coached me. I think Rod Wilmont was my coach. I got to hang out with him and Earl Calloway. Those guys just seemed like a family down there.

“I went back home and told my brother, ‘It’s closer, and you could go down there and be the man.’ That was a good team, but I definitely thought he could make a difference.”

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Indiana guard Evan Gordon brings the ball upcourt during the Hoosiers’ exhibition game with Southern Indiana at Assembly Hall.

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Gordon’s long road brings him back to Indiana CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 Evan also told his dad, and the idea began to take root with the entire family, eventually leading Eric to switch his commitment to Indiana.

It also led to a memorable trip to Champaign during Eric’s freshman year.

“Yeah, it was wild,” Evan recalled. “We had security and everything. It was a different experience.

“I definitely wanted to go, just because I knew that would probably be the toughest game he played in college.

Having my grandmother and stuff go to those games, we didn’t know what was going to happen. After the game, they started throwing ice and stuff after we beat them, but it was just a fun experience for me just to see how passionate it is in the Big Ten.” And Evan is looking forward to his own return to Champaign this season, where he’ll likely get a less than warm reception.

“Me walking in there this year, it will be maybe worse than (Eric) had it,” said Evan, who went with his older brother on almost all of his visits to Illinois during the recruiting process.

Maybe that will be the moment that the opposition first truly recognizes Evan Gordon as a Hoosier, but to his IU teammates and coaches, he’s been a Hoosier for far longer than just this year.

“With his experience, you would think he’s been here already,” freshman Stan Robinson said. “Because his brother, Eric, went here, he knows a little something about Hoosier basketball, and he just knows about the tradition. And he tells me about the traditions, the things that have happened here and how important Hoosier basketball is to people. So

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Evan Gordon shares a laugh with his teammates during Hoosier Hysteria at Assembly Hall Oct. 4. Gordon, the younger brother of former IU standout Eric Gordon, is wrapping up his college eligibility with Indiana this season.

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I would think he was already here and been through some battles. He fits right in perfectly.”

Indiana associate head coach Steve McClain couldn’t agree more.

“To do what he’s done, to walk in and fit in right away tells you a lot about his character and his leadership, how people look at him,” McClain said. “After he’d been here two weeks, you would’ve thought he’d been here four years. And

that’s a credit to him.”

It’s a credit to his maturity, in part the result of a lifetime in the spotlight, not to mention having to work for every step up the ladder of success. “(Being a Gordon)’s kind of put pressure on me my whole life,” Evan said. “Just playing here (at Indiana) is going to put pressure on you.

“When I left Liberty, I was hoping to get an offer here.

But Arizona State — I kind of wanted to be closer to my brother (in Los Angeles), then he ended up getting traded to New Orleans.

“I don’t regret my decision, but I do wish I could’ve started out here and stayed here all four years.”

The result is that Gordon has a sense of perspective born of his journey and an understanding of his strengths

and weaknesses, which should prove beneficial for a youthful squad that features 11 scholarship players in their first or second year at Indiana, including himself.

“Nowadays, I just kind of think out the game,” Gordon said. “I noticed I’m not the most athletic person on the court now. It’s just a different game, and with my role on the team, just trying to stand out more by helping than just trying to get my own out there … I’m taking a different role, where I’m making sure guys are in the right place, and I can help out in that aspect, because my game has matured more than theirs has.”

It’s all a part of a circuitous route to where Gordon was born to be, a fact not lost on IU assistant coach and recruit-

ing coordinator Kenny Johnson.

“You want to bring in people, especially when you’re bringing them in to a oneyear situation, who not only have great respect for your program, but understand the tradition of your program,” Johnson said. “He obviously had both.”

So now there’s a huge grin that lights up Gordon’s face when he talks about playing for the Hoosiers, a sense of comfort and appreciation that lets you know he’s not taking his new family for granted.

“The experience is surreal, because I’ve always wanted to be here,” he said.

H-T sports writer Jeremy Price can be reached at 812-331-4342 or by email at jprice@heraldt.com. Follow him on Twitter @JPPrice.

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Tom Crean Q&A with

EDITOR’S NOTE: H-T sports writer Dustin Dopirak sat down with Indiana coach Tom Crean this August for an Indiana preview story that appeared in the Blue Ribbon magazine, a national college basketball preview publication. Excerpts follow from that interview.

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What are seasons like when you go from having so much experience last year to having so much youth this quickly?

They’re hard. It’s all about the chemistry. The chemistry has to be there, especially when it’s young and old.

Do the young come in humble? Do they come in really excited to get better? Do they come in and prove to the older guys that they’re here to win, and that they’ll do the work that it takes to win? And do the older guys look at the younger guys as part of the keys to the team? It’s not, ‘They’re the young guys, we’re the older guys.’ You really look at it, we’ve only got two seniors and only one of them’s been here. It’s more unique than anything I’ve ever personally experienced in coaching.

I do think it comes down to the common thread of older guys being seen by the younger guys, really being committed to helping them and practicing what they preach and the younger guys being committed to winning, which brings an energy level to the older players.

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What’s the closest model for this in terms of making the chemistry work, whether it was at Marquette or as an assistant coach?

I’ve thought about that. I don’t think there is (one). Even after our Final Four year at Marquette, when we lost Robert Jackson and we lost Dwyane Wade, we still had Travis Diener back. We still had a very good front line player in Scott Meritt back. Steve Novak was going to be a

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sophomore. So we had older players. Right now we’ve got literally two seniors. If you count Austin (Etherington) as a sophomore, you’ve got a junior in school and a sophomore on the court, but he’s gotta be one of our older more experienced guys.

Then we have some guys like Jeff Howard and Taylor Wayer in that situation. There’s going to have to be a tremendous togetherCHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES ness where class really doesn’t play into it, where commitment to work and just Indiana coach Tom Crean gives his team instructions during a timeout in last season’s Sweet 16 really building a true consistency. It’s so game against Syracuse in Washington. different that it’s hard to have a projection of where it can be. But the good news is Pizza | Pasta | Calzones | Sandwiches | Salads there’s talent. It’s young talent. … I look at Italian Chicken Dinners | Gluten-Free Menu | Beer & Wine Open Every Day | Dine In | Carryout | Delivery | Catering it with great excitement. If you sit here and think about who we lost, then you start looking at the glass half-empty. If you start thinking about the excitement level and the energy level that could be created by a young team, then you look at the glass half full.

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What’s your initial thought on what kind of offensive team is this going to be?

It’s gotta be a great rebounding team.

I don’t think there’s any question that this is a team that’s going to have to be on both ends of the backboards. If you look at those numbers the last two seasons, we’ve led the country (BCS conferences) in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted.

How do we go there? One of the reasons on the shooting has been shot selection.

The one thing right off the bat is you can’t accept poor shot selection. This is not a team where one guy or two guys are going to take the bulk of the shots. It’s not all of the sudden going to become a quick-shooting, challenge-shot team … As this team has improved and evolved, the efficiency of it has evolved because of the SEE CREAN Q&A | PAGE F10

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE F9 shot selection, because of the ball movement, because of the spacing, because of the cutting, because of the inside-out play, because of throwing it ahead on the break.

So you don’t want to get away from any of that. Those are all things that have to be constants. Now, how will we do with that? This should be an athletic team that can be a good cutting team. Spacing, from looking at this summer, spacing has got a long way to go. Efficiency has got a long way to go. But hustle shouldn’t have a long way to go. Making defensive plays, getting offensive boards, getting out on the break, getting 50-50 balls, those are all things that may have to get us in there for a while while our offense is getting more efficient and while it’s being learned. The crux of the way we’re going to start this week, the way we’re going to start the preseason is the same way we did it last year.

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How much do you like the raw material you have in terms of what these guys are defensively?

Love it. Love it. Length, it’s definitely what it was recruited for. Length, athleticism. It’s a different game at the basket right now. Now what you do is is you take, like why did Victor Oladipo become better? Because he went from being a really good athlete to being an even better athlete, and he went from being a solid basketball player to being a great basketball player. That all went together. What we try to build it on is we’re going to take athletes and make them better basketball players, and take basketball players and make them better athletes, and at the end of the day, you hope to get as many complete players as you can get. Now, with that being said, because there is so much athleticism and there is so much ability to play at the basket and play at the rim, that should allow us to do that much more defensively, which hopefully will create more opportunities for us on the offensive end.

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What have you seen from Will Sheehey so far? Obviously, he spent a lot of time away this summer with Team USA. I think his confidence is growing. I think what he’s got to understand is that he’s got to be stronger. There’s no question. What he gained in experience this summer in being with the team, we lost in strength-training. So we’re still trying to get that back to where it needs to be. That’s the one trade off that you make

built for that. So him being a great mover of the basketball, moving better without the basketball, being a better catch-and-shoot shooter. Our hope is that he can become as good as anybody in the country in the pick-and-roll and making decisions. Not just scoring, not just passing but making decisions. Then he’s got to be a tremendous defender. I think we had a season where when he played at a really good pace, he played very well. When he let the game speed him up faster than what he was ready to do, he didn’t play so well. Case in point, look at how well he played against James Where do you think he is better Madison, look how poor he played against Syraalready this offseason?

I think shooting. This is gonna be different. This has got to be one where, the younger guys, it’s far more important for him to be accepting in teaching of the younger guys — because he’s such a veteran — than it is for them to look up to him. He’s got to be somebody that reaches out to them. That hasn’t always been his strength. He’s such a hard worker, but he’s also got a bit of a Lone Ranger mentality when he works. That’s not what we’re going to need. He’s one of the smartest players that I have ever coached, and his knowledge and photographic memory are at another level. I mean, it’s just ridiculous how good it is. He’s gotta bring that to them.

when you do that, but it’s for the betterment of them. He always plays so hard, now I think the efficiency is important. I think he’s a guy that everybody is going to look at to do more. OK, well doing more is making sure that the ball moves even better, that he stays with his strengths of moving without the ball, that he becomes an even more efficient shooter, that he can be good in the pick and roll, which has not been a strength of his, that he gets to the offensive boards. Will came here with a great mind for offensive rebounding.

He’s going to play more of a swing guard.

There’s going to be more two spot for him this year. You really look at our team. We have four guards, and you have to count him as one of those guards.

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cuse. That’s always going to be, you’ve got to read what that defense is giving you.

At the same time, on the defensive end, you’ve gotta be the dictator of the tempo of the defensive attack. That’s what we’re looking for from him.

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Another guy coming back is Yogi Ferrell. Where do you feel like he’s better, where does he have to get better?

His shot is better. He has to understand that his No. 1 strength is running the team, throwing the ball ahead, making the open pass. Scoring points because that’s what the game is giving him, not looking to score points. Yogi is not going to be a high-volume shooter with a low percentage. He needs to be a high-percentage shooter. One of the keys to why Victor was so successful is he took good shots. His shot selection was really good and therefore his efficiency was extremely good with his percentages. Yogi needs to be the same way. Again, this is not gonna be a team where one or two guys just dominate the shooting. It’s not how we’re going to be. We won’t win. That’s happened here in the past. It doesn’t work that way. It doesn’t work at the highest level. We’re not

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How have you seen Jeremy Hollowell and Hanner Mosquera-Perea progress?

The biggest thing for those two, they’re works in progress in a big way.

They have the potential. The common thread for those two in the spring and going into the summer is you guys need to win everything. You need to win. You need to win if it’s a one-on-one game, if it’s two-on-two, five-on-five, you need to win sprints, you need to win drills, whatever it is. You need to really put an emphasis on winning. That sounds very basic, but it’s very, very important. The bottom line is they can’t just exist and be out there.

What they require of themselves, that can go either way. When you’re around Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey and Jordan Hulls, you see, ‘OK, this really works if I spend a lot of time in the gym.’ But it can’t be sporadic. The reason Victor is Victor is he was here 365 days a year. Will’s the same way. Jordan’s the same way. There’s no 330 days. There’s no 250 days. There’s no, ‘I’ll shoot once in a while after practice or a workout.’ It’s every day. The best I’ve ever been around, that’s the way they are.

That’s the way that they are. That’s what those two have got to develop. They’ve shown signs of that. But … both of them have gotta have a defensive mind set.

Jeremy’s become so much better at shooting the ball, but Jeremy’s gotta have a just as strong desire to be a great defensive player. The No. 1 thing that still stops him is his lack of emotion that he plays with, his lack of communication on the court that he plays with. He’s extremely smart.

He’s very good at understanding what to do, but he doesn’t always share it with everybody. When you’re smart, you’ve got a responsibility to bring it to everybody else. We need him to become Christian Watford — and I said this to him the other day — we don’t need Christian Watford sophomore year from Jeremy Hollowell. We need Christian Watford junior and senior year from Jeremy Hollowell.

Because Christian could do tremendous things on the break. He became a much better shooter, went from 32 percent to the high 40s. Jeremy needs to do that for us. It’s not going to come on volume, it’s going to come on efficiency. Again, that’s the phrase of this group. Anyone who thinks they’re going to become a volumelevel player on shooting, it’s never going to work that way. What are you going to do

inside of what you’re doing? To me, that’s Hollowell. He’s gotta be a great offensive rebounder. He’s got to get to the foul line off drives, off offensive rebounds and off post-ups, because he’s gotta become one of our leading free throw attempt guys.

Got to be much better at on-the-ball and off-the ball defense. That’s what will help him. I’ve seen enough to know it’s in there. I’ve seen enough to know that emotion is there too. But he’s gotta bring it out, because he can go a lot of different ways on this team. He can be one of our mainstays or he could be a support player.

It could go a lot of different ways. It’s going to come down to, does he have a dominant spirit when he plays, and is he trying to win everything.

In Hanner’s case, never been around a guy who has improved his footwork around the perimeter in as short of a period of time than what Hanner has.

Now, what that leads to, we’ll see. He should become an effective shooter for us away from the bucket. Still struggles in tight spaces. We need to keep the game very simple for him on move, countermove, both sides of the basket, relentless offensive rebounder. He’s got to play with tremendous fight. If there’s one concern I have with him since he’s been here is he needs to play harder longer. I’ve seen him do some things in high school and even in practices last year at times that, ‘Whoa, OK, there’s the real deal.’

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Talking about new guys, what do you like about what you’re getting from Evan Gordon?

I think Evan is what we saw on film when we started studying him. He moves the ball. We’re trying to get Evan to understand that he can be better than what he thinks he is, that he can be really good in the pick-and-roll, that he can be a very efficient shooter. Can’t live in the 30s, he’s gotta be somewhere in the 40s. Gotta make open shots, gotta get to the rim. We think he can be very good. I temper it because I haven’t been around it yet. But he knows how to play. He can make other guys better and he’s tough.

So that right there puts him on the court.

Can he become a lock-up defender? Can he become a mid-40s to high-40s 3-point shooter? Can he get to the foul line for us?

Can we play two smaller guards together and get a lot of things done defensively?

There’s a lot of what-ifs. There’s a lot of let’s sees. But as far as being able to play, as far as being a great young man, as far as wanting to win, as far as for all of those things, you can see that.

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INDIANA PLAYER PROFILES 1 Noah Vonleh

0 Will Sheehey Class: Senior | Position: Small Forward Height: 6-7 | Weight: 200 High school/hometown: Sagemont Upper School, Stuart, Fla. Key stats: 9.5 ppg., 3.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, .486 field goal percentage, .346 3-point percentage, .656 free throw percentage, 28 steals.

Outlook: More will be asked from Sheehey this season than ever before in his Indiana career. The 2012-13 Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year will almost certainly be a full-time starter for the first time in his career. As the only scholarship senior who has actually played in an Indiana uniform before — and the only player who got significant minutes in each of the Hoosiers’ last two NCAA Tournaments — he will be one of Indiana’s captains. The Hoo-

siers will need him to be a better rebounder and a better defender, as he will probably get the top perimeter defensive assignment more often with Victor Oladipo gone. With the Hoosiers low on experienced backcourt depth, he’ll have to handle the ball more, acting as a shooting guard more after being almost exclusively a small forward most of his career.

That means he’ll need to be better in the pickand-roll game, something that has never been his forte. He’ll also need to shoot the ball better, but the Indiana coaches don’t necessarily want him to shoot more or to try to carry the team on his back. The staff considers him one of the best cutters in college basketball, and a reliable mid-range shooter. They’ll be asking for efficiency over volume from Sheehey.

Class: Freshman | Position: Forward Height: 6-10 | Weight: 240 High school/hometown: New Hampton School/ Haverhill, Mass.

Key stats: 17 points, 12 rebounds, four assists as a senior at New Hampton Outlook: Just about every analyst who has seen Vonleh play since he arrived in Bloomington has come away raving. He’s put on 25 pounds and has a body that appears ready for action in the paint in the Big Ten. He was already considered one of the best rebounders among freshmen in the class of 2013. But there’s so much more to Vonleh’s game than size. On his AAU team, Mass Rivals, he brought the ball up the floor.

He can shoot from outside and score in the post.

He will likely be used to defend centers, but he can also take on smaller players. Rated the No. 8 player in what is considered a loaded class, there is a chance he can be IU coach Tom Crean’s first one-and-done. However, his best asset, Crean says, is that he doesn’t look at himself that way. His work ethic is in the Victor Oladipo/Jordan Hulls mode, Crean said, and that will allow him to improve rapidly.

One issue, though, is free throw shooting —he went 0-for-8 in IU’s two exhibition games.

2 Andrew Calomeris Class: Freshman | Position: Guard Height: 6-4 | Weight: 186 High school/hometown: Good Counsel/Potomac, Md. Key stats: 11.9 ppg at Good Counsel Outlook: Calomeris was starting to get Division I scholarship interest at the end of his junior year with Vermont and Stony Brook among the teams considering offering him a grant. He suffered a collapsed lung at practice that forced him to miss his high school’s postseason that year and a broken back suffered in a fall on the court kept him out of the summer travel circuit that year. He was receiving mostly Division III interest when Indiana offered a walk-on opportunity. He has experience playing in one of the best high school conferences in the country and gives the Hoosiers an athletic practice player.

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5 Troy Williams Class: Freshman | Position: Guard/Forward Height: 6-7 | Weight: 206 High school/hometown: Hampton, Va./ Oak Hill Academy Key stats: 16.2 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 4.0 apg at Oak Hill Academy Outlook: Williams is arguably the most electric, pure athlete in Indiana’s vaunted freshman class and perhaps on the entire team. A hand injury kept him out of Hoosier Hysteria, but the general consensus is that the high-flyer would have won the dunk contest otherwise. His length could make him excellent on the defensive end if he buys in; he carries a reputation as an outstanding offensive rebounder, and those who have watched him closely say that his passing ability may be his most impressive basketball skill. At 6-foot-7, he has the build of a swingman but has shown the ability to handle the ball well enough to play shooting guard, which asks a lot in terms of ball-handling. Shooting is not yet one of his strong suits, but Indiana has demonstrated the ability to develop that skill, as evidenced in the case of Victor Oladipo.

10 Evan Gordon Class: Senior | Position: Guard Height: 6-0 | Weight: 192 High school/hometown: North Central/Indianapolis Previous colleges: Liberty, Arizona State Key stats (at Arizona State): 10.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.2 apg, .391 field goal percentage, .347 3-point percentage, .744 free throw percentage Outlook: The younger brother of former Indiana star Eric Gordon returns home for his fifth and final college season. It’s a convenient move for him but arguably an even more convenient one for Indiana. The transfers of guards Remy Abell and Maurice Creek paired with the graduations of Christian Watford, Jordan Hulls and Derek Elston and the early NBA entrees of Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller left the Hoosiers with just one scholarship senior in Sheehey, zero scholarship juniors and a dearth of depth and experience in the backcourt.

Gordon helps in both departments, giving the Hoosiers a combo guard who can score, handle and defend and bring stability and a veteran presence to a young team. But if he’s to continue to have an impact as this team grows up, the Hoosiers will need him to shoot better than he has since his freshman year at Liberty, to be able to handle the point when Yogi Ferrell needs a breather and to become one of their top man-to-man defenders.

3 Jonny Marlin Class: Redshirt Sophomore | Position: Point Guard Height: 5-10 | Weight: 162 High school/hometown: Center Grove High School, Greenwood Last college: Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Key stats (2011-12 season): 4.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, .322 field goal percentage; .356 3-point percentage, .875 free throw percentage Outlook: The Hoosiers are low on backcourt depth, and they don’t have a pure point guard after starter Yogi Ferrell. Combo guards Evan Gordon and Stanford Robinson might both be able to handle the spot in relief of Ferrell, but Marlin might have to at least step in for stretches. The former Indiana All-Star proved at IPFW he could move the ball and shoot from the outside, though the speed of Big Ten play will be an adjustment.

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12 Hanner Mosquera-Perea Class: Sophomore | Position: Forward Height: 6-9 | Weight: 225 High school/hometown: La Lumiere School; Istmina, Colombia Key stats: 0.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.1 apg, .385 field goal percentage; .412 free throw percentage, five blocks.

Outlook: Mosquera-Perea’s length, leaping ability and overall athleticism give him as high of a ceiling as any player on the roster, but as last season’s numbers suggest, he also has a very low floor. IU coach Tom Crean said over the summer that Perea has improved in the very basic fundamentals that plagued him last season — such as simply catching the basketball — but said he still struggles with catching the ball in tight spaces and that there are occasions when he doesn’t attack practice with the necessary vigor. There seemed to be improvement in the Southern Indiana exhibition, and Perea even showed shooting touch by hitting a 12-foot baseline jumper and all five of his free throws. If Perea’s talents can be unlocked and unleashed, he can be one of the most dominant forces in the Big Ten. If not, he will spend another season languishing at the end of the IU bench.

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20 Taylor Wayer Class: Senior | Position: Guard Height: 5-10 | Weight: 187 High school/hometown: Bishop Chatard/Indianapolis Outlook: The walk-on Wayer might not play much more in his senior year than he has the rest of his career, but as a senior, he becomes more important. He isn’t going to keep any of the talented freshmen off the floor, but he will be expected to set an example as one of the only players remaining on the roster who remembers what losing seasons were like, and what it took for Indiana to get back to prominence.

13 Austin Etherington 15 Devin Davis Class: Redshirt sophomore | Position: Forward Height: 6-6 | Weight: 213 High school/hometown: Hamilton Heights, Cicero, Ind. Key stats: 1.9 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.4 apg, .571 field goal percentage, .333 3-point field goal percentage, .571 free throw percentage Outlook: The general consensus is that Etherington’s recovery from a broken patella has actually made him a better player. All the time spent in rehab and working his upper body when his leg was out of commission have certainly made him stronger, and being looked upon as a leader when Will Sheehey and Yogi Ferrell were out of town this summer for the World University Games certainly helped his confidence. It remains to be seen how that will play out on the floor.

If he can defend multiple positions and serve as a reliable catch-andshoot threat, he may find a role on a team that doesn’t have much in the way of reliable shooters.

Class: Freshman | Position: Forward Height: 6-7 | Weight: 221 High school/hometown: Warren Central, Indianapolis Key stats: 17 ppg, 8 rpg at Warren Central Outlook: Davis was one of the most pleasant surprises for Indiana during the summer and the early part of the preseason.

The knock against him as a recruit was that he didn’t have an obvious position. He has the measurements of a small forward, but he’s always been more post-oriented than perimeter-oriented, not being much for outside shooting or handling the ball on the wing. However, the gritty Davis plays hard enough that it doesn’t really matter. He’s a ferocious defender and rebounder, and his activity in the paint is often worth enough points that it doesn’t really matter if he’s all that involved in the offensive game plan. Two things that will likely be critical for Davis, however, are perimeter defense and free throw shooting. He may not have to defend guards that often, but he will likely need to defend small forwards who initiate their offense at the 3-point line. And if he’s going to spend most of his time in the paint as a slightly undersized power forward, he’ll need to be able to draw fouls and turn those into points.

21 Joe Fagan Class: Freshman | Position: Guard Height: 6-4 | Weight: 195 High school/hometown: Bishop Chatard/Indianapolis Key stats: 14.1 ppg, 7.0 rpg at Chatard Outlook: The walk-on Fagan might not play much, but he has a lot of potential value as a practice player. He’s extremely physical – he was a first team All-State safety at Bishop Chatard as well as an All-City guard. He was also a wide receiver and has the sort of athleticism and physicality that will allow him to give the starters and rotation players an excellent look.

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22 Stanford Robinson Class: Freshman | Position: Guard Height: 6-4 | Weight: 193 High school/hometown: Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.)/Landover, Md. Key stats: 10 ppg, 6 rpg, 5 apg at Findlay Prep as a senior Outlook: Robinson missed about three weeks in the preseason with a bruised knee suffered in Hoosier Hysteria, but he was a revelation in the Haunted Hall of Hoops scrimmage, scoring 20 points in a 20-minute half. Though the IU coaches expressed concern in the summer with the left-hander’s ability to play with both hands, he didn’t have that problem in the exhibition, getting to the rim and scoring at will. It might not be easy for him to get in the starting backcourt over Yogi Ferrell or Evan Gordon, but the Hoosiers are low on backcourt depth, and he can help at both the point guard and shooting guard position. He has a reputation as a conscientious defender, so that could help, and he’s also a decent mid-range shooter. He still has to get better from beyond the 3-point arc, but he could still be of significant value even if that doesn’t become a major part of his game.

24 Jeff Howard Class: Senior | Position: Forward Height: 6-8 | Weight: 225 High school/hometown: Westfield/Westfield Key stats: Four points, nine rebounds, one assist in 13 appearances Outlook: Like Taylor Wayer, Howard will be expected to provide as much leadership as he can as a walk-on, passing the culture of work on to the younger players. The Hoosiers have a significant amount of frontcourt depth, albeit young, so he won’t have to play much, but he can also give a good look to the Hoosiers’ younger big men.

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30 Collin Hartman Class: Freshman | Position: Small forward Height: 6-6 | Weight: 210 High school/hometown: Cathedral/Indianapolis Key stats: 13.9 ppg at Cathedral Outlook: Tom Crean said that the first thing that drew him to Hartman wasn’t his renowned jumper, but his ability to move the basketball and always make the right decision. Hartman, Crean said, is a better defender, rebounder and passer than most realize and that all of those skills could be useful to Indiana if he gets on the floor. That being said, to get on the floor, Hartman will need to be close to automatic when he gets open jumpers. His form is outstanding, but that doesn’t mean his shot always goes down. The Hoosiers don’t have much in the way of established marksmen — no returner shot better than 34.6 percent from beyond the arc last season — so it would help a lot to add someone to the rotation who can be counted on for the occasional 3-pointer.

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Class: Sophomore | Position: Forward Height: 6-8 | Weight: 219 High school/hometown: Lawrence Central; Indianapolis Key stats: 2.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 0.3 apg, .403 field goal percentage; .233 3-point percentage; .632 free throw percentage Outlook: If he plays to his potential, Hollowell can be one of the Hoosiers’ top scorers and most versatile players. His inside-outside skills are reminiscent of those of Christian Watford. He can score in the post and off the dribble and has outstanding range. He didn’t get much time to show that last year, however, and even when he did, he was inconsistent. Getting the playing time necessary to showcase that will require more in other areas. Crean said he needs to see more fire from Hollowell and better communication. He considers Hollowell one of his most intelligent players, but Crean wants to see more aggression from him on defense and on the backboards and more efficiency on offense. One idea Crean has used to get Hollowell involved is allowing him to play point guard on occasions when Ferrell is not on the floor. If he can be effective there, he can be an even more significant match-up problem.

Class: Redshirt freshman | Position: Center Height: 7-0 | Weight: 230 High school/hometown: United Faith Christian Academy (N.C.)/Juba, South Sudan Key stat: 7 total minutes last season Outlook: After losing a full year to shin issues after also losing a season to the same affliction in high school, Jurkin appears to finally be healthy enough to play. The lost season of practice was an issue, however, as there are still some basics he hasn’t had the opportunity to learn. Like Hanner MosqueraPerea, he’s struggled to catch the ball or handle it at all. That being said, Jurkin does bring some assets to the table. His wingspan goes about 7-5, so even without a huge vertical he can be a shot-blocker. He also has a much better jumper than one might expect from a player of his size, and can stretch the floor as a shooter.

44 Luke Fischer Class: Freshman | Position: Center Height: 6-11 | Weight: 230 High school/hometown: Germantown/Germantown, Wis. Key stats: 21.3 ppg, 9.5 rpg as a senior Outlook: A sprained shoulder cost Fischer much of the preseason, so that might keep him from contributing much early. Though he came in with numerous comparisons to Cody Zeller, he didn’t have nearly as much time to physically develop as Zeller did in his first preseason, and that’s left him somewhat behind.

That being said, Fischer is, like Zeller, an extremely skilled big man who can finish around the rim, hit hook shots over both shoulders and work in the pick-and-roll.

His Germantown teams won 56 straight games and won back-to-back state titles in his junior and senior seasons, so he fits Crean’s bill as a “year-around winner.” If he can recover quickly and grasp the speed of the college game quickly, he still has a chance to start at center or at least play right away.

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2013-14 OPPONENTS Chicago State Cougars When: Nov. 8, 7 p.m. (BTN. com) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 11-22 overall, 3-5 in the Great West Conference (t3) Coach: Tracy Dildy, 21-74 in 4th year at Chicago State Key players: Jamere Dismukes (6-1, Sr., G) 9.4 ppg, 3.4 apg; Nate Duhon (6-3, Sr., G) 9.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg; Quinton Pippen (6-4, Sr., F), 10.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg; Matt Ross (6-8, Sr., F) 10.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg.

Outlook: Chicago State won just a third of its games last season but won the Great West Conference tournament.

That league doesn’t have an automatic NCAA bid, but the Cougars did get a postseason berth in the College Insider. com tournament.

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LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds When: Nov. 12, 6 p.m.

(BTN.com) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 20-14 overall, 12-6 in the Northeast Conference (t2) Coach: Jack Perri, 20-14 in 2nd year at LIU-Brooklyn, 40-23 in 3rd year overall Key players: Jason Brickman (6-0, Sr., G), 9.5 ppg, 8.5 apg; Joel Hernandez (6-3, Fr., G), 21.9 ppg, 11.2 rpg (HS); Gilbert Pargo (6-4, Jr., G), 17.8 ppg (JC); Landon Atterbury (6-6, Jr., F), 16.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg.

Outlook: The Blackbirds have won three straight conference tournament titles and would’ve played Indiana in the NCAA Tour-

nament last season had they defeated James Madison in the play-in game.

They were hit hard by graduation, and star Julian Boyd will be out until January after suffering a knee injury. Brickman, however, was the Division I leader in assists a year ago .

Samford Bulldogs When: Nov. 15, 7 p.m. (TBA) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 11-21 overall, 9-9 in the Southern Conference (t3, North) Coach: Bennie Seltzer, 11-21 in 2nd year at Samford Key players: Raijon Kelly (6-4, Jr., G) 14.1 ppg, 4.7 apg; Tyler Hood (6-6, Jr., F), 9.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg; Tim Williams (6-8, So., F), 14.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg.

Outlook: This game will be a homecoming for Seltzer, a former Indiana assistant. His young squad faced a tough non-conference schedule last season, which included games against Louisville, Memphis, Florida Gulf Coast, Kentucky and Wisconsin, and the experience seemed to help the Bulldogs in conference play. This year, they return four starters, including conference Freshman of the Year Williams and all-conference second team pick Kelly.

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Stony Brook Seawolves When: Nov. 17, 5 p.m.

(BTN) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 25-8 overall, 14-2 America East (1st) Coach: Steve Pikiell 120-

126 in 9th year at Stony Brook, 125-144 in 10th years overall Key players: Anthony Jackson (6-0, Sr., G), 11.3 ppg, 1.9 apg; Dave Coley (6-2, Sr., G), 11.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg; Jameel Warney (6-8, So., C), 12.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg.

Outlook: Stony Brook is coming off its third America East regular season title, but still hasn’t reached an NCAA Tournament, settling for an NIT berth last season. The Seawolves lose conference player of the year Tommy Brenton, but Warney was the top freshman last season. He’s one of four returning starters on a team that led the conference in scoring offense and defense last season.

Washington Huskies When: Nov. 21, 9 p.m.

(ESPN2) Where: Madison Square Garden, New York 2012-13: 18-16 overall, 9-9 in the Pac-12 (t6th) Coach: Lorenzo Romar, 237-129 in 12th year at Washington, 330-217 in 18th year overall Key players: Nigel WilliamsGoss (6-4, Fr., G); C.J. Wilcox (6-5, Sr., F), 16.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg; Perris Blackwell (6-9, Sr., C), 10.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg Outlook: The Huskies lost three key starters from a team that fell in the first round of the NIT to Brigham Young. Wilcox is the third-leading scorer among returners in the Pac-12 and a second team all-league pick, however, and Williams-Goss is one of the best freshman point guards.

Boston College Golden Eagles When: Nov. 22, 5 p.m. or 7 p.m.

(ESPN2 or ESPNU) Where: Madison Square Garden, New York 2012-13: 16-17 overall, 7-11 in the ACC (8th) Coach: Steve Donahue, 46-52 in 4th year at Boston College, 192-190 in 13th year overall/ Key players: Joe Rahon (6-2, So., G), 10.1 ppg, 3.7 apg; Oliver Hanlon (6-4, So., G), 15.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg; Ryan Anderson (6-9, Jr., F), 14.9 ppg, 8.0 rpg.

Outlook: The Eagles took a seven-win jump from Donahue’s second season to his third season, and with five starters with starting experience, they expect another leap this time around. Hanlon was the ACC’s Freshman of the Year last season, and Anderson was a third team All-ACC pick. The Eagles add to the mix Notre Dame transfer Alex Dragicevich.

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Connecticut Huskies When: Nov. 22, 5 p.m. or 7 p.m.

(ESPN2 or ESPNU) Where: Madison Square Garden, New York 2012-13 Record: 20-10 overall, 10-8 in the Big East (t7th) Coach: Kevin Ollie, 20-10 in 2nd year at Connecticut Key players: Shabazz Napier (6-1, Sr., G), 17.1 ppg, 4.6 apg; Ryan Boatright

(6-0, So., G), 15.4 ppg, 4.4 apg; Omar Calhoun (6-5, So., G), 11.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg; DeAndre Daniels (6-8, Jr., F), 12.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg Outllok: The Huskies weren’t eligible for the NCAA Tournament last season, but the lineup they return has a chance to make a deep run. Napier, Boatright and Calhoun give Connecticut one of the best backcourts in the country.

Evansville Purple Aces When: Nov. 26, 8 p.m.

(BTN) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 21-15 overall, 10-8 in the Missouri Valley (4th) Coach: Marty Simmons, 88-103 in 7th year at Evansville, 186-176 in 13th year overall Key players: D.J. Balentine (6-2, So., G), 8.1 ppg, 1.9 apg; Ryan Sawvell (6-8, Jr., F), 3.5 ppg, 2.9 rpg; Edidjus Mockevicius (6-10, So., C), 5.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg Outlook: The Purple Aces won 21 games, including three in the College Insider.com Tournament last season, but lose four starters, including Colt Ryan, the school’s all-time leading scorer. Simmons, who played at Indiana for two years before transferring in 1985, will likely be relying on Balentine, a former Indiana All-Star at Kokomo High School, as well as Fishers grad Jaylon Brown.

Syracuse Orange When: Dec. 3, 7:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Where: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. 2012-13: 30-10 overall, 11-7 in

the Big East, (t5th) Coach: Jim Boeheim, 920-314 in 38th year at Syracuse Key players: C.J. Fair (6-8, Sr., F), 14.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg; DaJuan Coleman (6-9, So., F), 4.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg; Rakeem Christmas (6-9, Jr., C), 5.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg Outllok: The Hoosiers get another shot at the Syracuse team that ended their season in the NCAA East Regional semifinals. The Orange lost three starters but return preseason ACC Player of the Year Fair, as well as the shot-blocking Christmas. And they still have Boeheim’s suffocating 2-3 zone defense. The Orange also add former Indiana enrollee Ron Patterson.

North Florida Ospreys When: Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m.

(BTN) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 13-19 overall, 8-10 in the Atlantic Sun (t7th) Coach: Matthew Driscoll, 57-62 in 5th year at North Florida Key players: Devin Wilson (5-11, Jr., G), 9.4 ppg, 3.6 apg (JC); Beau Beech (6-8, So., G), 7.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg; Travis Wallace (6-6, Sr., F), 14.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg Outlook: After hitting the .500 mark in 2011-12, the Ospreys took a step back last season, and losing three starters will make it difficult to get back on an upward trajectory. Wallace has all-conference potential, however, and Beech gives the Ospreys an outside threat to go along with him.

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When: Dec. 10, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 16-17 overall, 10-6 in the Summit League (3rd) Coach: Greg Kampe, 506-366 in 30th year at Oakland Key players: Duke Mondy (6-4, Sr., G), 12.0 ppg, 5.1 apg; Travis Bader (6-5, Sr., G), 22.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg; Corey Petros (6-10, Jr., C) 12.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg Outlook: Oakland steps into the Horizon League bringing four starters, including one of the most prolific 3-point shooters in the college game in Travis Bader, who hit 139 of 360 3-point attempts last season. Mondy also recorded 100 steals last season to lead Division I.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish When: Dec. 15, 3:15 p.m.

(ESPN) Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis 2012-13: 25-10 overall, 11-7 in the Big East (t5th) Coach: Mike Brey, 285-142 in 14th year at Notre Dame, 384194 in 19th year overall Key players: Eric Atkins (6-2, Sr., G), 11.2 ppg, 5.5 apg; Jerian Grant (6-5, Sr., G), 13.3 ppg, 5.5 apg; Pat Connaughton (6-5, Jr., F), 8.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg Outlook: The Fighting Irish fell in their NCAA Tournament opener last season but were picked to finish fifth in their first season in the loaded ACC. The loss of Jack Cooley is significant, but Atkins and Grant give the Irish one of the league’s best backcourts, and in-state recruits Demetrius Jackson and V.J. Beachem add depth and athleticism.

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When: Dec. 20, 7 p.m.

(BTN) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 9-21 overall, 8-10 in the Southland (t5th) Coach: J.P. Piper, 97-167 in 10th year at Nicholls State Key players: Dantrell Thomas (6-2, Sr., G), 13.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg; T.J. Carpenter (6-4, So., G), 10.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg; Jeremy Smith (6-3, Sr., G), 7.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg Outlook: The Colonels lost the Southland Conference’s leading scorer in 6-foot-5, 240-pound guard Fred Hunter, who averaged 19.9 points per game a season ago. They do return the rest of the starting five, however, and Thomas and Carpenter should give them a steady foundation in the backcourt.

When/Where: Dec. 31, 3 p.m.

(ESPN2) at Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill.; Jan. 26, 3 p.m. (BTN) at Assembly Hall, Bloomington 2012-13: 23-13 overall, 8-10 in the Big Ten (t7th) Coach: John Groce, 23-13 in 2nd year at Illinois, 108-69 in 6th year overall Key players: Tracy Abrams (6-2, Jr., G), 10.6 ppg, 3.4 apg; Rayvonte Rice (6-4, Jr., G), 16.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg; Joseph Bertrand (6-6, Sr., F), 7.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg Outlook: John Groce inherited a very inconsistent group of players, but also a very talented one and led it to 23 wins and an NCAA tournament victory. The most explosive members of that squad are gone, however the Illini return point guard Abrams, swingman Bertrand and improving center Nnanna Egwu.

Kennesaw State Owls When: Dec. 22, noon (BTN) Where: Assembly Hall 2012-13: 3-27 overall, 2-16 in the A-Sun (10th) Coach: Lewis Preston, 6-55 in 3rd year at Kennesaw State Key players: Delbert Love (6-0, Jr., G), 12.2 ppg, 2.8 apg; Myles Hamilton (6-1, So., G), 5.8 ppg, 2.5 apg; Andrew Osemhen (6-9, Sr., F), 3.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg Outlook: The Owls have lost 55 games in their first two seasons under Preston, a former Penn State and Florida assistant, and that was with a 2,000-point scorer in Markeith Cummings. Cummings is gone, but Delbert Love has shown promise, scoring 32 points in a win over Mercer last season.

Osemhen and Willy Kouassi, an Auburn transfer, provide size.

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Final 2012-13 Indiana men’s basketball statistics (29-7) Cody Zeller Victor Oladipo Christian Watford Jordan Hulls Will Sheehey Yogi Ferrell Remy Abell Jeremy Hollowell Austin Etheringtn Maurice Creek Derek Elston Hanner M-Perea Jeff Howard Raphael Smith Peter Jurkin Taylor Wayer Team Total Opponents

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MIN 1063 1021 1005 1036 801 1012 451 321 47 186 120 114 38 18 7 10

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AFG 199-354 182-304 127-294 115-259 126-259 91-226 46- 98 31- 77 4- 7 15- 52 6- 21 5- 13 2- 3 2- 3 0- 1 0- 1

Pct. .562 .599 .432 .444 .486 .403 .469 .403 .571 .288 .286 .385 .667 .667 .000 .000

FTM 196-259 97-130 129-159 38- 49 63- 96 67- 84 36- 48 24- 38 4- 7 4- 5 7- 10 7- 17 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0

Pct. .757 .746 .811 .776 .656 .798 .750 .632 .571 .800 .700 .412 .000 .000 .000 .000

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672-904 398-563

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OR 102 93 48 10 41 12 24 26 4 6 5 14 0 1 0 1 52 439 429

DR REB AVG AST 188 290 8.1 47 135 228 6.3 74 177 225 6.3 31 74 84 2.3 107 86 127 3.5 46 88 100 2.8 147 30 54 1.5 33 42 68 2.1 11 8 12 1.7 3 16 22 0.9 9 11 16 0.8 4 15 29 1.5 2 9 9 0.7 1 4 5 0.4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.1 0 56 108 3.0 939 1378 38.3 515 686 1115 31.0 353

TO STL BLK PF PTS AVG 81 37 45 80 594 16.5 82 78 28 89 491 13.6 58 22 17 81 443 12.3 43 30 1 60 348 9.7 38 28 6 86 343 9.5 75 28 6 60 272 7.6 27 10 0 35 144 4.0 29 5 12 41 93 2.8 5 2 1 10 13 1.9 6 7 2 13 44 1.8 7 4 4 16 21 1.1 8 3 5 24 17 0.9 0 0 3 2 4 0.3 3 1 0 1 4 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 469 255 130 598 2831 78.6 509 230 149 735 2236 62.1

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2012-13: 27-9 overall, 13-5 in the Big Ten (t2nd) Coach: Tom Izzo, 439-178 in 19th year at Michigan State Key players: Keith Appling (6-1, Sr., G), 13.4 ppg, 3.3 apg; Gary Harris (6-4, So., G), 12.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg; Adreian Payne (6-10, Sr., F), 10.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg Outlook: The Spartans enter this season as the Big Ten favorite and the nation’s No. 2 team. Harris, Payne and Appling were each either second or third team All-Big Ten last season. Brendan Dawson, one of the conference’s best pure athletes, could make a leap as well. The Spartans need to replace Derrick Nix at center, but they have options.

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Penn State Nittany Lions When/Where: Jan. 11, noon (BTN), Bryce Jordan Center, State College, Pa.; Feb. 12, 7 p.m. (BTN) Assembly Hall 2012-13: 10-21 overall, 2-16 in the Big Ten (12th) Coach: Patrick Chambers, 22-41 in 3rd year at Penn State, 64-69 in 5th year overall Key players: Tim Frazier (6-1, Sr., G), 16.3 ppg, 3.8 apg; D.J. Newbill (6-4, Jr., G), 16.3 ppg, 4.0 apg; Brandon Taylor (6-7, So., F), 5.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg Outlook: Penn State’s season was partially derailed four games into last season when Frazier tore his Achilles tendon. Now he’s back, and in his stead the Nittany Lions developed another top-flight scorer to pair with him in Newbill. The Lions lost another reliable scorer in Jermaine Marshall, who transferred to Arizona State, but they return a pair of experienced forwards in Taylor and Ross Travis and added a pair of transfers in the backcourt in Allen Roberts and John Johnson.

Wisconsin Badgers When/Where: Jan. 14, 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Assembly Hall; Feb. 25, 9 p.m. (ESPN), Kohl Center, Madison, Wis. 2012-13: 23-12 overall, 12-6 in the Big Ten (t4th) Coach: Bo Ryan, 291-113 in 13th year at Wisconsin, 674216 in 30th year overall Key players: Ben Brust (6-1, Sr., G), 11.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg; Sam Dekker (6-7, So., F), 9.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg; Vitto Brown (6-8, Fr., F), 23.7 ppg, 13.0 rpg (HS) Outlook: The Badgers lost their entire starting frontcourt in Ryan Evans, Mike Brusewitz and Jared Berggren, but they will have lots of backcourt depth if Josh Gasser returns healthy

some scoring after averaging just 58.3 points per game last season. Gallegos is back after leading the team in scoring, and Shields showed promise as a freshman, but the Cornhuskers need to replace big men Brandon Ubel and Andre Almeida.

Michigan Wolverines When/ Where: Feb. 2, 1 p.m. (CBS) Assembly Hall; March 8, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich.

2012-13: 31-8 overall, 12-6 in the Big Ten (t4th) CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES Coach: John Beilein, 112-85 in 8th year at Michigan, 415-260 Michigan’s Mitch McGary defends a drive by Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell during last season’s game at Assembly Hall. McGary was in 24th year overall instrumental in the Wolverines’ run to the NCAA championship Key players: rpg; Zak Irvin (6-6, Fr., F), 26.4 ppg, 7.3 rpg game last season.

(HS); Glenn Robinson III (6-6, So., F), 11.0 ppg, 5.4 rpg; Mitch after blowing out his knee. former Duke assistant and Dekker steps in to the starting player, comes in with a system McGary (6-10, So., C), 7.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg lineup and has a chance to be that will allow players more an all-conference player, and freedom. To start at least, he’ll Outlook: Michigan lost the national player of the year in the Badgers will continue to have two players back who be one of the toughest teams were out all of last year in Jer- Trey Burke from a team that to prep for in the league with Shonn Cobb (academics) and reached the national title game a year ago, but the Woltheir slow, grinding style and Drew Crawford (shoulder). verines bring back three startsuffocating defense. ers and add a strong recruiting Nebraska class. All of that should have Northwestern Cornhuskers them in the preseason Top 10.

Wildcats When/ Mitch McGary’s outstanding Where: Jan. When/Where: NCAA Tournament perfor30, 8:15 p.m.

Jan. 18, time mance has many predicting (BTN), Pinnacle Bank Arena, TBA (BTN) him to be an All-American and Lincoln,Neb.; March 5, 7 p.m.

Assembly Hall; Feb. 22 or 23, top NBA draft pick. Glenn Robtime and TV TBA, Welsh-Ryan (BTN) Assembly Hall inson III also appears to have a 2012-13: 15-18 overall, 5-13 in pro future. Derrick Walton and Arena, Evanston, Ill. 2012-13: 13-19 overall, 4-14 Big the Big Ten (10th) Hamilton Southeastern grad Coach: Tim Miles, 15-18 in 2nd Zak Irvin appear very capable Ten (11th) year at Nebraska, 298-238 in Coach: Chris Collins, 1st of stepping in for Burke and 19th year overall season Hardaway.

Key players: Dave Sobolewski Key players: Ray Gallegos (6-2, Sr., G), 12.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg; Minnesota (6-1, Jr., G), 9.8 ppg, 4.0 apg; Shavon Shields (6-6, So., Drew Crawford (6-5, Sr., F), Gophers G) 8.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg; Terran 13.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg; Alex Olah Petteway (6-6, Jr., F), 3.3 ppg, (7-0, So., C), 6.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg When/Where: 2.1 rpg Outlook: Last year’s injuryFeb. 8, 8:15 riddled campaign brought the Outlook: The Cornhuskers p.m. (BTN) Wilmove into $179-millon Pinend of the Bill Carmody era liams Arena, Minneapolis, MN in Evanston, and therefore an nacle Bank Arena with a little 2012-13: 21-13 overall, 8-10 in more depth than they had a end of the Princeton offense the Big Ten (t7th) season ago, but need to find at Northwestern. Collins, a Coach: Richard Pitino, 1st year

at Minnesota, 18-14 in 2nd year overall Key players: Andre Hollins (6-1, Jr., G) 14.6 ppg, 3.4 apg; Austin Hollins (6-4, Sr., F), 10.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg; Joey King (6-9, So., F), 6.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg Outlook: Minnesota beat UCLA in its first NCAA Tournament game last season, but that wasn’t enough for Tubby Smith to keep his job.

The 30-year-old Richard Pitino, son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino, takes over after a season at Florida International. He inherits a pair of talented guards in the unrelated Hollinses but has to make up for the losses of Trevor Mbakwe and Rodney Williams, the team’s two best frontcourt scorers and rebounders.

Iowa Hawkeyes When/Where: Feb. 18, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Assembly Hall 2012-13: 25-13 overall, 9-9 in the Big Ten (6th) Coach: Fran McCaffrey, 54-50 in 4th year at Iowa, 305-228 in 18th year overall Key players: Mike Gessell (6-1, So., G), 8.7 ppg, 2.6 apg; Roy Devyn Marble (6-6, Sr., G), 15.0 ppg, 3.0 apg; Aaron White (6-9, Jr., F), 12.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg Outlook: McCaffrey has been on a steady upward trajectory in his three years at the helm, and the fourth should be the one when the Hawkeyes reach the NCAA Tournament. Iowa returns just about everything from last year’s NIT runner-up squad.

Marble is established as a go-to scorer, and White may be the Purdue Big Ten’s most underrated player.

If Gessell and Adam Woodbury Boilermakers continue to develop, Iowa could When/Where: be ready for the next step.

Feb. 15, 4 p.m. (ESPN2), Mackey Arena, West Lafayette Ohio State 2012-13: 16-18 overall, 8-10 in Buckeys the Big Ten (Tie-7th) When/Where: Coach: Matt Painter, 176-85 in March 2, Noon 9th year at Purdue, 201-100 in or 4 p.m., 10th year overall (TBA) Assembly Hall Key players: Ronnie Johnson 2012-13: 29-8 overall, 13-5 in (6-0, So., G), 10.3 ppg, 4.1 apg; the Big Ten (t2nd) Terone Johnson (6-2, Sr., G), Coach: Thad Matta, 250-73 in 13.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg; A.J. Ham10th year at Ohio State, 352mons (7-0, So., C) 10.6 ppg, 104 in 14th year overall 6.0 rpg Key players: Aaron Craft (6-2, Sr., G), 10.0 ppg, 4.6 apg; LenOutlook: The Boilermakers zelle Smith Jr. (6-4, Sr., G), 9.2 had some good wins and ppg, 4.8 rpg; LaQuinton Ross some horrendous losses (6-8, Jr., F), 8.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg in 2012-13, getting humiliOutlook: The Buckeyes lose ated by Indiana twice by a combined 65 points. Painter DeShaun Thomas, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, from an Elite is hoping for improvement Eight team, but have reason to through the maturity of a be optimistic that LaQuinton talented sophomore class and the addition of an excel- Ross can replace much of his scoring punch at the position. lent freshman one. FreshEven if he doesn’t himself, the man guards Bryson Scott, Buckeyes have experience at Kendall Stephens and Basil Smotherman should all play every other position and one of the best defenders and leaders immediately, and Terone Johnson and Hammons could in all of college basketball in Craft. be all-league players.

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A guide to the 2013-14 season Associated Press

Talented freshmen are sprinkled all over the country. There’s a high concentration in Kentucky, pockets at Kansas and Arizona, singular stars-in-the-making at other hoops hotbeds.

Teams are spread all across new conferences, too. Realignment hit full gear this season, scattering teams like a game of Boggle. It’s going to take half a season just to figure out which 13 teams swapped in and out of the WAC. There also will be plenty of coaches in new places.

Needless to say, it’s going to be an interesting and, likely, unpredictable season in college basketball.

To get you ready, here’s a few things to keep an eye on:

Men’s basketball AP PRESEASON POLL

1. Kentucky (27) 1,546 | 14. VCU 680 2. Mich. St. (22) 1,543 | 15. Gonzaga 538 3. Louisville (14) 1,501 | 16. Wichita St. 512 4. Duke (2) 1,435 | 17. Marquette 510 5. Kansas 1,357 | 18. UConn 448 6. Arizona 1,311 | 19. Oregon 408 7. Michigan 1,120 | 20. Wisconsin 338 8. Oklahoma St. 1,093 | 21. Notre Dame 332 8. Syracuse 1,093 | 22. UCLA 244 10. Florida 1,048 | 23. New Mexico 213 11. Ohio State 1,036 | 24. Virginia 189 12. North Carolina 954 | 25. Baylor 180 13. Memphis 741 | Others receiving votes: Tennessee 176; Creighton 145; Indiana 111; Colorado 83; Iowa 83; Harvard 46; Boise St. 22; Villanova 14; Arizona State and Georgetown 11; UNLV and Washington 8; LSU, Pittsburgh and Stanford 6; Boston College 5; La Salle 4; Missouri, St. Louis and St. John’s 3; Cincinnati 1.

USA TODAY PRESEASON POLL

1. Kentucky (16) 767 | 14. Gonzaga 270 2. Michigan St. (3) 749 | 15. VCU 258 3. Louisville (10) 741 | 16. Wichita State 233 4. Duke (3) 710 | 17. Marquette 230 5. Arizona 637 | 18. Oregon 175 6. Kansas 623 | 19. Connecticut 167 7. Syracuse 551 | 20. New Mexico 153 8. Florida 550 | 21. Wisconsin 148 9. Michigan 548 | 22. Notre Dame 128 10. Ohio State 533 | 23. UCLA 121 11. North Carolina 494 | 24. Indiana 118 12. Oklahoma State 462 | 25. Virginia 103 13. Memphis 334 | Others receiving votes: Baylor 102; Colorado 93; Creighton 87; Iowa 86; Tennessee 73; Georgetown 38; Harvard 28; Pittsburgh 23; California 16; Boise State 11; St. Louis 8; La Salle 7; Missouri, Temple and Villanova 4; Kansas State 3; Arizona State, Illinois, Iowa State and Louisiana State 2; Georgia and UNLV 1.

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Top teams

Kentucky: Coach Cal may have outdone even himself with this class of freshmen. Could be another ringand-done for some of them.

Michigan State: Tom Izzo has been a consistent winner in East Lansing. This team could add another title to his resume.

Louisville: The defending national champs have a new conference, but the same objective as always.

Duke: The Blue Devils are consistent national-title contenders.

Fab freshman Jabari Parker could be the ticket to reaching that goal this season.

Kansas: Andrew Wiggins. Watch this guy. Kinda good. So are the Jayhawks.

Arizona: The Wildcats have their own fabulous freshman in Aaron Gordon, and he may not even be the best player on this loaded team.

Top players

Doug McDermott, F, Creighton: It sure seems like McDermott’s been one of the nation’s best players for a long time. Should be no different this season.

Aaron Craft, G, Ohio State: They might make defensive instructional videos based on this guy after he’s done in Columbus.

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UCLA’s head coach Steve Alford encourages his team against Cal State-San Bernardino during an exhibition game Wednesday in Los Angeles. The former Indiana All-American is in his first season with the Bruins.

Marcus Smart, G, Oklahoma State: Could have been a lottery pick in the NBA had he come out last season. Will be one of the best players in college basketball this season.

Russ Smith, G, Louisville: There’s a reason he’s been called “Russdiculous.”

Best non-conference games

Kentucky vs. Michigan State in Chicago, Nov. 12: If their rankings hold, it’ll be the earliest 1-vs.-2 meeting since 1975.

Duke vs. Kansas in Chicago, Nov. 12: Not a bad nightcap after Kentucky-Michigan State at the United Center.

Louisville at Kentucky, Dec. 28: Always a can’t-miss game.

Kentucky at North Carolina, Dec. 14: Basketball blue bloods meet in the Tar Heel State.

Michigan at Duke, Dec. 3: Jabari gets a chance to see how he

matches up against Michigan brute Mitch McGary — as long as the sophomore’s balky back holds up.

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New coaches

Steve Alford, UCLA: He wasn’t the most popular choice in Westwood for fans and boosters who wanted a bigger name. The former Indiana star would like nothing more than to prove them wrong.

Andy Enfield, Southern California: Dunk City will make its Hollywood debut after he led Florida Gulf Coast on a surprising NCAA tournament run last season.

Richard Pitino, Minnesota: Rick’s son tries to right the Gophers after one season at Florida International.

Tubby Smith, Texas Tech: The Red Raiders will play in some shootouts in West Texas under the former national champion coach.

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Opening this month, the Northwest YMCA will offer the community another location in Monroe County with a focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Unique to the new Northwest location, IU Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine will have physicians and therapists on-site to see patients and help them recover from injury.

Our IU Health providers have access to not only a dedicated therapy gym and physician office space, but can also work with patients looking for sport-specific rehabilitation in the Y’s gymnasium, walking track, outdoor walking and biking trails and warm-water pool.

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