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F2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | THE HERALD-TIMES | IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW
JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
Indiana sophomore center Cody Zeller has been named the preseason Player of the Year by most national publications.
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Cody Zeller is in no rush to see his future. That much is evident as Indiana’s 7-foot golden child sits in an armchair in the hallway outside a hotel conference room in suburban Chicago, explaining what he’s doing at Big Ten Basketball Media Day when he could just as easily be in an NBA Training Camp, collecting first-round pick money like his older brother Tyler. His answer is more cliche and bland than it was in April when he announced he was staying in Bloomington, but the sentiment is the same. He gets that this period in his life is precious, and that it’s fleeting. By his own admission, Cody Zeller isn’t quite ready to grow up yet. “Everyone tells you that college is the best four years of your life,” Zeller said. “I’m definitely trying to enjoy every moment that I have here in college, both on and off the court. So many NBA people say that once you get to the NBA, it’s more like a job, it’s not as enjoyable, so
just enjoy this as long as you can.” If you didn’t know what the NBA was and just heard those sentences out of context, you’d presume Zeller was talking about an accounting firm or an investment banking company and not an organization that pays tall men millions of dollars to put a ball in a hoop. The irony is that Zeller has every reason to believe he’d be successful in either circumstance. He’s not only an athletic big man with a refined offensive game and an otherworldly basketball IQ , but a former Washington High School salutatorian on pace to finish his degree at Indiana’s acclaimed Kelley School of Business just 2‰ years after he enrolled. Whether Zeller is a can’t-miss NBA prospect or not is debatable, but there’s a pretty convincing argument that he’s a can’t-miss human. The future is not something he has any reason to approach with even the slightest anxiety. But Zeller also has every reason to grip his present tightly. Even just a year into his college basketball career, he occupies a uniquely symbolic place in SEE ZELLER | PAGE F4
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F4 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | THE HERALD-TIMES | IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW
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the game, one that perhaps no other player has experienced. There have been plenty of players who arrived with more acclaim or left with more accomplishments than Zeller has compiled so far. But there have been few if any who have meant so much to a program and fanbase so proud at a time so critical as Zeller has already meant to Indiana during its resurrection following the Kelvin Sampson recruiting scandal. “The fact that basketball means so much to the people here, and the fact that we went through such sorry times, I think takes it to another level,” said Angelo Pizzo, an Indiana native and the screenwriter of “Hoosiers.” “What he represents in the context of the history of the program, I can’t think of another situation like it.” But on a level not quite as deep, Zeller simply fits college, where he can hang out in locker rooms and dorms with teammates of the same age who get his jokes and laugh at his slapstick pranks. His maturity is such that he knows he’s running out of time to revel in his immaturity, and once he decides to turn pro, there’s no amount of money or fame or success that can bring it back. “He does seem to get that,” Zeller’s mother, Lorri, said. “I think a lot of people realize that, after college is over and you enter the real world. He very much lives in the moment. This is a really fun time for him, and he’s enjoying every minute of it.”
The merry prankster
The origin of Cody Zeller as cutting dry wit and prankster goes back to his time as the youngest of three brothers, when he picked his spots to be heard and took advantage of an ability to move about unnoticed. He certainly hasn’t kept his pranks to his brothers or to his household. Lorri took the brunt of it when she was working as the secretary in the Washington athletics department, and Zeller took a free period each day to serve as her assistant. Whenever she’d leave the room, he’d hide her stapler or other office supplies or trinkets in the ceiling tiles. He also has something of a long game prank going on with an art
CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES
Indiana’s Cody Zeller goes up over Virginia Commonwealth’s D.J. Haley (33) during their NCAA Tournament game on March 17 in Portland, Ore. Zeller averaged 16.7 points and 8.7 rebounds in the Hoosiers’ three NCAA Tournament games. institute in Chicago. When Zeller was a sophomore in high school, he took a career orientation class. He’s always been able to draw and listed art as a career option. As part of the class, he had to fill out a questionnaire for an art institute. Knowing that he had no intention of enrolling at a school without a basketball team, he entered his name as John Wayne in honor of his father’s favorite actor. The institute in question didn’t bother with a background check and began sending literature to a John Wayne at Zeller’s Washington address. The school has no idea it’s been recruiting college basketball’s best big man and is still sending brochures to this day. College ball gives Zeller the prankster a large number of readily available targets in the guys he lives with, eats with and hangs out in the locker room with. He revels in the fact that
he has them all constantly on guard, particularly at training table. “It’s never safe to leave your food around me,” Zeller said. “Even if you’re just getting up to get a napkin. It’s never safe.” Said senior forward Derek Elston: “He’s kind of messing with people’s food all the time, come around and take someone’s drink and mix it with his, and it’s the little stuff you would never really see and you’d never really believe it was Cody, but it’s always Cody. It is always Cody.” Zeller’s pranks are never elaborately planned. All of the premeditation happens in the spur of the moment when he sees an opening. “He’s hid my keys a couple of times,” senior guard Jordan Hulls said. “Untied my shoes when I’m SEE ZELLER | PAGE F6
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F6 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | THE HERALD-TIMES | IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW was slipping toward the end of his tenure, and the oldest Zeller brother CONTINUED FROM PAGE F4 decided to head north to Notre Dame. Tyler graduated in 2008, the year Sampson’s combustible prositting there. Just stupid. No reason gram exploded, and he went well to do it. He just does it. I was walking out of state to east coast blue blood by, he was laying on the couch in our program North Carolina. locker room. I was walking by, he just grabbed my foot. Made me fall. Just Cody had the opportunity to do stupid stuff like that. You can’t help the same, and few would’ve blamed but laugh, because here’s this 7-foot him if he had. IU coach Tom Crean guy who’s giggling all over the couch. had begun to clean up the mess left It’s hilarious.” by Sampson, but finished 6-25 with Even though it can occasiona decimated roster in 2008-09, then ally be painful, it’s Zeller’s occasionwent 10-21 with a slightly better one ally childish silliness that his fellow in 2009-10. He had the choice to Hoosiers most get a kick out of, and either play with his brother for a protherefore what makes him fit with gram that appeared championship this group. As Crean says, there are ready or attempt to jump start an inno “airs” about Zeller, and despite all state rebuilding project. The simple the hype and all the shimmering prefact that he chose the latter earned dictions about his future, he carries him Indiana fans’ eternal gratitude, himself no differently than the rest which grew even more because his of them. He’s mischievous, but also commitment led to several others, comically self-effacing. Confident, including that of 2012 McDonald’s CHRIS HOWELL | HERALD-TIMES but entirely without arrogance. All-American point guard Yogi “He loves to have a good time, and Indiana’s Cody Zeller reacts to being Ferrell. that’s the best part about it,” Elston called for a foul during the Hoosiers’ Jan. Then the fact that he made such said. “He’s not like one of those guys 26 game at Wisconsin. an immediate impact on his arrival who’s ‘I’m Cody Zeller, No. 1 player.’ took him to an even more exalt… He’s one of us, he’s just another everyone just wants to come around. ed level. No one in the program guy who likes to come out and have Really anybody on the team, but if would dare use the word “savior” to fun. That’s the best part of this whole you’re gonna go out with somebody describe Zeller, if only because he’s and you have to get things done in deeply Christian. But take away the experience.” Indiana’s fans can sense that too, a hurry, Cody’s the last person you religious overtones, and there’s some and that’s part of the reason he’s so want to go out with just because level of accuracy to the description. everyone just wants to come meet There was a foundation of veterans adored. him, shake his hand take a picture around him, but a 27-9 season and a with him. (If you’re not in a hurry) Sweet 16 run probably don’t happen Cody to the rescue Zeller doesn’t seek out the atten- it’s fun to see. It really is.” if he wasn’t averaging 15.6 points per Zeller seems to take just the right game in the middle. tion — from the media or the fans — and he doesn’t make much of a amount of enjoyment in it. He has a “Without him, everybody knows,” point to talk about it either, but it’s level of shyness, but he’s also accom- junior guard Victor Oladipo said. constant. His parents had to pry modating. “Everybody is not afraid to say it. “He handles it like he should,” Without him, we wouldn’t have won out the information on the photo shoots for the covers of The Sport- Hulls said. “He does everything. He last year. It’s blatant. It’s right there. ing News and ESPN the Magazine, never complains about anything. He’s the best big man in the country and his teammates didn’t even know That’s just Cody for you. He’s one of and there’s no question about it. about those until the pictures hit the the nicest guys you’ll meet.” Everybody knows it.” The collective adoration of IU Internet. He doesn’t make a point to At least that’s what the pundits tell anyone about all of the people fans for Zeller goes back to his days say. Zeller is a preseason Associwho stop him and recognize him at Washington, where he was a part ated Press All-American and the of three Class 3A state championship preseason National Player of the anywhere he goes. Of course, he doesn’t have to tell teams and claimed Mr. Basketball Year, according to just about every those stories, because any of his honors just as his older brothers preseason publication. And what’s teammates who have made the mis- Luke and Tyler had. Zeller’s com- even more endearing to Indiana fans take of trying to run errands with him mitment to the Hoosiers in the fall is the fact that Zeller has become that of 2010 had a seismic impact, in part by playing the game the way they in tow know what happens. “I know I can’t go to the mall with because both of his brothers had want it played. him,” Hulls said. “Because he gets decided to go elsewhere during the Said Hulls: “He embodies what most tumultuous decade in Indiana stopped every 10 feet.” Indiana basketball is supposed to Said Elston: “Everybody on cam- basketball history. be like.” Luke graduated in 2005 while Bob pus, when they see Cody Zeller, they melt. … When you’re out with Cody, Knight’s replacement Mike Davis SEE ZELLER | PAGE F7
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The man in the middle
Hulls knows of what he speaks, because many would say the same about him. The senior from Bloomington, who looks kind of like Ollie from “Hoosiers” but shoots kind of like Jimmy Chitwood, is the archetype of the self-made Indiana player. As a 6-foot point guard with average athleticism who worked and willed his way to a Class 4A state championship, a Mr. Basketball award and a starting spot on a Sweet 16 team, he is a walking testament to what limitations can be overcome with work ethic and fundamentals. Zeller, who has remarkable bounce and speed, is a testament to what work ethic and fundamentals can do for a player who has few if any limitations. Zeller benefited from growing up in a state where the very basics — shooting, passing, ballhandling — are drilled early and
IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW | THE HERALD-TIMES | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | F7 often, not only in the winter time when he catches it in the anything.” makes him that much better. In but on summer travel teams. post, the using the glass … That The one concern Indiana had open gyms, you never know what And it also helped that he had a fundamental base is really, really about Zeller when he enrolled he’s gonna do. If he pulls up for somewhat late growth spurt. He strong.” was his skinny frame, and that the jumper, he has a possibility of was still 6-foot-5, 155 pounds as a And when Zeller arrived on was assuaged when he put on 15 hitting it. A big chance. Now his ninth-grader and was the point campus and the veterans were pounds of muscle between the shot fake, he has an unbelievable guard on Washington’s 2008 state trying to figure out if he was really time he arrived in June and the shot fake. You kind of want to title team. worth all of the hype, that’s the time the season started in Novem- jump just because you know he Once he got size, he just had to first thing they noticed. ber. That allowed the Hoosiers to can hit it, but if he shot fakes and learn to throw it around. Elston admits that in practice, put Zeller in the middle and play drives, you just can’t stop him. “I think if you got good perim- he tried to beat him by being more through him, allowing him to What he’s doing with his game eter skills, it will take over into the physical, and there were more either score in single coverage right now is unbelievable. It’s post,” Washington coach Gene than a few times that he looked or draw double teams to get open going to be very hard to stop him Miiller said. “He had good foot- foolish in the attempt. Zeller was looks for shooters. this year.” work, and then when we could more athletic but more imporThis year, Crean says the HooAnd if it is, it might be hard to use that work on the post moves, tantly, he was more savvy, better siers are looking to utilize all of stophimfromleaving.Bigmenwho it carried over. It’s a lot easier to schooled. More advanced. the skills Zeller hasn’t shown yet can shoot 3’s as well as rebound and transition a perimeter to post “He would do things in the this time around. All that time on score inside will always be in high player than the other way around. post where he would kind of get the perimeter in his youth earned demand in the NBA (See: Love, From the perimeter to the post, it and look over his shoulder one Zeller a better than average han- Kevin; Nowitzki, Dirk) and there you just have to get used to the way and spin baseline before dle, which he’s displayed on a are a number of websites, including physicality of the game. He took you even knew what was hap- number of full-court fastbreaks. CBSSports.com, that are already to the physicality.” pening, and he already dunked And even though he didn’t take projecting Zeller to be the No. 1 By the time Zeller got to Indi- the ball,” Elston said. “Stuff like a 3-pointer last year, he can very pick in the 2013 NBA draft. Zeller ana, he was, as Crean put it, that. Of course his post moves, much hit them and plans to this doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to the most fundamentally sound he’s already taller than me so his time around. leave, but the list of players who 18-year-old he’d ever seen. hook shot, you could never block. “I really, coming in, didn’t have passed up that opportunity “It’s his mental toughness, and But he always had that instinct of know he really had the outside is small. it’s the finishing,” Crean said. “It’s doing things the right way with- game like he has,” Elston said. But as long as he remains, he’ll the passing, the head up all the out people needing to tell him “But now that he has it, it just be living in his unique moment.
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COMMENTARY
Time to turn page on 2011-12 season
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The Indiana University men’s basketball team is ranked No. 1 to start the season for just the third time in school history and the first time in 33 years. Sophomore Cody Zeller is a nearunanimous preseason All-American and the school’s first preseason Big Ten Player of the Year since the inception of the award in 1993. Indiana is the preseason favorite in the Big Ten for the first time since 1994 but hasn’t won the conference crown since 2002 and has never won the league tournament. The last time IU went to the Final Four was 2002 in Atlanta, also this year’s site, and the last national title was in 1987. But to fully appreciate the 2012-13 season, both the Hoosiers and their fans must do one thing — turn the page. No matter how many times you see and/or hear “Watford for the win …” replayed, those points don’t count anymore. Beating three top five teams in one season — that was so last year. The 2011-12 campaign deserves to stand alone. It earned a place in Hoosier hearts and history, a welcome surprise of a season after what must have seemed like 40 years in the wilderness. But it’s time to move on. Easier said than done, I know. From the moment
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folks gathered outside Cook Hall last March to welcome Indiana back after the season-ending loss to Kentucky to the endless lines outside of Assembly Hall for Hoosier Hysteria just a few weeks ago, the past seven-plus months have been a giant celebration of the return of Indiana basketball. It’s been chronicled in books, rehashed on radio and served as fodder for the hype machine. Yet Verdell Jones III, Tom Pritchard, Matt Roth and Daniel Moore don’t live here anymore. Neither does the unbeaten 1976 squad — the standard by which all great teams are measured — nor do the 1981 champs, who triumphed on the same day an assassination tragedy was averted, nor the 1987 team made famous by “The Shot.” Ditto for every team before, in between or since. They’ve all come and gone, each creating its own niche, some for better and some for worse. Now the 2012-13 Hoosiers get the chance to do the same. There’s no doubt the SEE PRICE | PAGE F9
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Tournament and a Sweet 16 appearance wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying this time around. Simply put, this IndiCONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 ana team has to be better. That means the parts recent past shapes the must be better, too. The way people feel about 2012-13 Zeller should be this team. Five years ago — Tom able to kick the backside Crean‘s first season — it of last year’s co-Big Ten was about picking up the Freshman of the Year. Christian Watford has pieces of the program. to bring the guy who The year after that was played so well last year finding pieces to form against Kentucky (twice) the frame, then it was every night this season. time to begin putting Victor Oladipo has to the picture together, and be a confident perimeter last year the filling of a Zeller-sized hole provid- shooter, Jordan Hulls ed a glimpse of what the must be an even better leader, Will Sheehey a finished product might more complete player look like. But now there are new and Remy Abell more aggressive. expectations to live up The defense has to to. Almost nothing short of a masterpiece will do. apply more pressure, develop better rotations A No. 5 seed in the and finish possessions Big Ten Tournament, a No. 4 seed in the NCAA with rebounds.
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IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW | THE HERALD-TIMES | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | F9 More easy baskets for the Hoosiers, fewer easy baskets for opponents; get off to better starts, do a better job playing with a lead late. Find the right team dynamic to integrate freshmen Yogi Ferrell, Jeremy Hollowell, Peter Jurkin and Hanner Mosquera-Perea, a process that may take longer with Jurkin and Mosquera-Perea suspended to begin the season. These are the tasks of the 2012-13 Hoosiers, and theirs alone, though they’ll gladly bring those willing along for the ride. The time has come to start a brand new journey, and there’s no time like the present. H-T sports writer Jeremy Price can be reached at 812-331-4342 or by email at jprice@heraldt. com.
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2011-12 Indiana basketball statistics (all games) Cody Zeller Christian Watford Jordan Hulls Victor Oladipo Will Sheehey Verdell Jones III Matt Roth Derek Elston Remy Abell Tom Pritchard Austin Etherington Kory Barnett Raphael Smith Daniel Moore Taylor Wayer Jeff Howard team Totals Opponents
GP-GS 36-36 36-36 36-36 36-34 31-11 30-23 34- 0 34- 4 32- 0 36- 0 16- 0 16- 0 9- 0 21- 0 8- 0 10- 0
MIN AVG 3PM 3PA 1025 28.5 0 0 1023 28.4 52 119 1084 30.1 72 146 961 26.7 10 48 693 22.4 18 47 735 24.5 10 33 400 11.8 42 77 418 12.3 16 29 267 8.3 6 15 358 9.9 0 1 77 4.8 2 8 24 1.5 1 4 12 1.3 0 1 96 4.6 0 2 16 1.4 0 0 11 1.6 0 1 229 219
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FGM FGA 200 321 141 339 143 284 136 289 100 198 72 172 44 82 53 107 28 63 22 40 7 16 3 6 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 1
FTM 163 119 62 108 50 71 15 22 33 4 4 0 2 2 0 0
949 1928 847 1988
FTA 216 146 69 144 71 94 15 38 42 9 5 2 2 3 2 0
OR 87 42 10 63 35 19 5 18 12 26 4 0 0 2 2 0 58 383 391
655 858 479 682
DR REB AVG 149 236 6.6 166 208 5.8 79 89 2.5 128 191 5.3 62 97 3.1 68 87 2.9 17 22 0.6 62 80 2.4 18 30 0.9 32 58 1.6 10 14 0.9 3 3 0.2 2 2 0.2 8 10 0.5 0 2 0.1 1 1 0.2 52 110 3.1 857 1240 34.4 703 1094 30.4
AST 45 48 120 73 33 95 14 13 15 14 1 2 0 13 1 0 487 376
TO 60 62 76 76 41 73 5 22 16 10 2 1 2 9 1 0 7 463 482
STL 49 27 38 49 15 21 4 6 6 5 2 1 0 9 1 0
BLK 42 16 2 21 7 8 1 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
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2011-12 Indiana basketball statistics (conference only) PF 97 73 68 90 71 54 25 43 18 61 12 2 0 14 1 3
PTS 563 453 420 390 268 225 145 144 95 48 20 7 2 2 0 0
AVG 15.6 12.6 11.7 10.8 8.6 7.5 4.3 4.2 3.0 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
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Cody Zeller Christian Watford Jordan Hulls Victor Oladipo Will Sheehey Verdell Jones III Matt Roth Derek Elston Remy Abell Tom Pritchard Austin Etherington Kory Barnett Raphael Smith Daniel Moore Taylor Wayer Jeff Howard Totals Opponents
GP-GS MIN AVG 3PM 3PA 18-18 515 28.6 0 0 18-18 542 30.1 23 59 18-18 561 31.2 32 76 18-16 499 27.7 4 29 14- 5 288 20.6 9 20 16-11 403 25.2 3 14 18- 0 250 13.9 29 49 18- 4 221 12.3 7 12 16- 0 104 6.5 4 6 18- 0 165 10.3 0 1 5- 0 10 2.0 0 1 5- 0 5 1.0 0 1 1- 0 1 1.0 0 0 7- 0 12 1.7 0 0 1- 0 1 1.0 0 0 2- 0 2 1.0 0 0 111 268 119 335
FGM FGA 101 164 66 164 62 143 63 82 34 72 43 96 31 53 23 55 11 25 10 20 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 445 939 446 1003
FTM 77 63 38 56 18 26 9 13 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 310 242
FTA 101 79 44 72 25 35 9 20 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 401 339
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National media weigh in on IU By Dustin Dopirak 331-4227 | ddopirak@heraldt.com
From the day after the national championship game, when ESPN named Indiana No. 1 in its WayToo-Early Top 25 poll for 2012-13, the national media has been bullish on the Hoosiers as the nation’s top team. Not every publication has the Hoosiers as the preseason No. 1, but it’s close. Not only are the Hoosiers No. 1 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ Polls, but they’ve also graced the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine and the Sporting News as the No. 1 squad in those outlets. Of course, being the top team in the country at the beginning of the season and the top team at the end are two different things. The Herald-Times spoke to three of the nation’s most renowned national college basketball writers — the Sporting News’ Mike DeCourcy, Andy Katz of ESPN and Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com — to get their impressions of the Hoosiers and what it will take for Indiana to hang a sixth national championship banner. Question: Did you vote or back Indiana as the No. 1 team, and why or why not? DeCourcy: We did. We believe they have the best collection of talent, depth and coaching. They have the best player in the country in Cody Zeller. He impacts the game at both ends. We like their completeness as an offensive unit. The ability to score inside and outside with multiple wing options and the ability to stretch the
defense at the four spot, Christian Watford. They also have the ability to throw it in the post to Cody and get points in transition, and not all teams can do all of that as well as they can. All of their parts are terrific. They’re what you want in a championship team. Katz: I did not vote
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IU MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW | THE HERALD-TIMES | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | F13
IU PLAYER PROFILES Will Sheehey No.
Class: Junior Position: Small forward Height: 6-7 Weight: 200 High school/hometown: Sagemont Upper School/Stuart, Fla. Key stats: 8.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 1.1 apg, .505 field goal percentage, .383 3-point field goal percentage; 15 steals Outlook: Sheehey’s fire and orneriness give the Hoosiers a backbone, and his versatility gives them a man for all situations. He can shoot from mid-range and beyond the arc, defend any position, pass and rebound. His competitive nature makes him the guy you hate if he’s on the other side but adore when he’s on yours, and his dynamic helped change the direction of the program. Sheehey has room to grow in all parts of his game, though, and his development could be a significant indicator in the Hoosiers’ ability to reach their expectations. He spent most of the offseason working on his ball handling and his range, and as versatile as he is, he could become a more stern defender to reach Victor Oladipo’s level. If both are defending to their capacity, that could shore up the Hoosiers’ only evident weakness.
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but there’s little question he remains an indispensable cog. The self-made former Class: Senior Indiana Mr. Basketball established himself Position: Point guard as one of the nation’s best shooters last Height: 6-0 season, but just as importantly became Weight: 181 much better at creating his own shot, High school/hometown: Bloomington scoring off the dribble and getting into the South/Bloomington, Ind. lane. He remains an excellent distributor, Key stats: 11.7 ppg, 3.3 apg, .504 field goal and his off-the-chart basketball IQ makes percentage, .493 3-point percentage, 72 him the guy who directs traffic on the floor. 3-pointers, .899 free throw percentage Much of his effectiveness will be based Outlook: It’s difficult to tell how Hulls’ role on defense, and he’s at times struggled to will change with the addition of quickkeep ball-handlers in front of him. Still, he silver freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell, finished third on the team with 38 steals.
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Christian Watford Class: Senior Position: Power forward Height: 6-9
Weight: 230 High school/hometown: Shades Valley/ Birmingham, Ala. Key stats: 12.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg, .416 field goal percentage, .437 3-point percentage, 52 3-pointers, .815 free throw percentage Outlook: The man who hit “The Wat Shot,” to beat Kentucky strongly considered leaving for the NBA, but apparently was told by the draft advisory board he would not be a first-round pick. IU coach Tom Crean said what Watford needed to improve on to become a more attractive prospect were the same things he needs to be become the player Indiana needs him to be. Watford is already one of the most skilled power forwards in the country, with 3-point range and ball-handling skills far beyond most players his size. He can score inside and outside and defend any position. The Hoosiers could use a consistently physical version of Watford, one that is closer to what they saw from him down the stretch last season when he posted three double-doubles in four games and had 27 points and five rebounds in the Sweet 16 loss to Kentucky.
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Victor Oladipo No.
Class: Junior Position: Shooting guard/small forward Height: 6-4 Weight: 214 High school/hometown: DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)/Upper Marlboro, Md. Key stats: 10.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg, .471 field goal percentage, 49 steals, 21 blocks Outlook: Oladipo’s leap from a mostly highlightreel-or-nothing player as a freshman to a nearly complete guard as a sophomore was one of the biggest reasons for the Hoosiers’ stunning Sweet 16 run. On defense, he cut down on the gambling and became more stern on the ball but still used his length to cause turnovers, earning first-team Big Ten All-Defensive Team honors. Offensively, he took advantage of an increased ball-handling role in the absence of injured Verdell Jones and proved nearly unguardable coming off a pick-and-roll, averaging 15.5 points per game over a seven-game stretch in February. Even with Yogi Ferrell and Jordan Hulls on the floor, he will still get opportunities to attack from the top of the key. He is in desperate need of a reliable jump shot, having made just 10 of 48 3s last season. But it appears he’s made some progress in that regard.
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Maurice Creek Class: Junior Position: Shooting guard Height: 6-5 Weight: 199 High school/home-
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town: Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.)/Oxon Hill, Md. Key stats: Sat out season with ruptured Achilles tendon. Outlook: After suffering season-ending injuries in each of the past three seasons — fractured knees in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and the Achilles tendon tear last year — Creek is the Hoosiers’ great wild card. Creek showed at least flashes of his old self last week in Indiana’s exhibition game against Indiana Wesleyan. It’s hard to believe he can regain the explosion in his legs he had as a freshman, when he averaged 16.4 points per game and scored 31 points in a loss to Kentucky. But he showed he can still be active on defense, he can still score off the dribble from time to time, and perhaps most importantly, his range is still very much there. If he does nothing else but provide the Hoosiers a spot-up shooter off the bench who can spread the floor, he will be of value. Though his role is still hard to define, it appears he will be able to do more than that.
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Jonny Marlin
Class: Sophomore Position: Point guard Height: 5-10 Weight: 175 High school/hometown: Center Grove/Greenwood Key stats: 4.3 ppg, 3.5 apg, .356 3-point field goal percentage at Fort Wayne Outlook: Marlin must redshirt and sit out this season by NCAA transfer rules, but he should have significant value as a practice player now and possibly as a reserve in years to come. A near-miss for the Indiana All-Star team as a senior at Center Grove, he led that team to a Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference championship and a spot in the regional tournament. He started at point guard for IPFW as a freshman, tied for second on the team with 26 3-pointers and led the team in assists. He said he left IPFW mostly to find a school where he could become more involved with Christian organizations, but the move also allows him to play for one of the teams he grew up rooting for with players he revered as a high schooler.
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Hanner Mosquera-Perea
Class: Freshman Position: Point guard Height: 6-0 Weight: 178 High school/hometown: Park Tudor/ Indianapolis Key stats: 18.5 points, 6.6 assists at Park Tudor Outlook: Whether Ferrell starts alongside Jordan Hulls, supplants the senior or comes off the bench, it’s evident that the lightning-flash point guard will play a ton of minutes and that when he is in, the Hoosiers’ tempo will be breakneck. Even at the McDonald’s All-American game, Ferrell seemed to be playing in fast-forward, dishing out eight assists without a turnover. He has as good of ball-handling skills and court vision as any freshman point guard in the nation, and though he isn’t a lights-out shooter, he can hit 3-pointers and pull-ups, while also getting to the hole. There was some question about his ability to transition from the zone defense he played at Park Tudor to mostly man at Indiana, but with his quickness and IQ, that shouldn’t be much of a problem.
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Class: Freshman Position: Power forward Height: 6-8
Weight: 225 High school/hometown: La Lumiere School (La Porte, Ind.)/Istmina, Colombia Key stats: 14.2 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 2.7 blocks per game at La Lumiere Outlook: Mosquera-Perea’s wingspan, leaping ability and out-and-out athleticism make him quite frankly one of the most freakish players in college basketball and make his potential effectively limitless. Whether he comes anywhere near the heights he’s capable of depends on his ability to develop a refined offensive game. Mosquera-Perea has some post moves and decent range but has rarely shown the ability to take over a game in the half-court. Working with IU’s coaching staff as well as Cody Zeller should help that significantly. Even if he doesn’t make strides there, he can make an impact right away on defense because of his rebounding and ability to protect the rim. He may not score in double-digits, but the buckets he gets on transition tomahawks and tip-dunks will be the sort that tear the roof off Assembly Hall. Of course, all of this is predicated on him healing from a foot injury and the NCAA suspension.
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Class: Senior Position: Forward Height: 6-9 Weight: 225 High school/hometown: Tipton/Tipton Key stats: 4.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, .495 field goal percentage, .552 3-point field goal percentage, 10 blocks Outlook: Elston’s senior season hasn’t had the storybook beginning he was hoping for. He will likely miss at least a month and possibly two with a torn meniscus. He’s hopeful that the weight he lost over the offseason will make him more effective when he does return, however, and his role as an experienced post reserve could be critical. Even slimmed down, his jacked-up frame should allow him to bang in the post and take some of the beating off sophomore star Cody Zeller. He’s worked hard to become a disciplined defender — that’s something that didn’t so much seem possible in his freshman year — and his 3-point range allows him to create matchup problems on offense and spread the floor. Elston’s minutes declined from his sophomore season to his junior year, and that could happen again, but the minutes he does play will be important.
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Class: Freshman Position: Forward Height: 6-8, Weight: 217 High school/hometown: Lawrence Central/Indianapolis Key stats: 23.9 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.0 apg at Lawrence Central Outlook: Hollowell’s game will immediately remind fans of teammate Christian Watford, He has the same length, versatility and ability to score from anywhere on the floor. Hollowell can score off of post-ups, on the dribble-drive, with his pull-up jumper and from beyond the arc. His game is actually smoother than Watford’s and arguably more refined at this state in his career. At times, he has had the same problem as Watford with maintaining a constant state of intensity. However, he showed on the summer AAU circuit last year with Indiana Elite that he can step it up against top competition, and this year he will see a lot of that.
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Class: Sophomore Position: Center Height: 7-0 Weight: 240 High school/hometown: Washington/Washington, Ind. Key stats: 15.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.3 apg, .623 field goal percentage, .755 free throw percentage, 49 steals, 42 blocks Outlook: Zeller came to Bloomington with an outlandish amount of hype and was considered the player who could change everything. He was actually better than advertised, transforming the Hoosiers on both sides of the ball. As outstanding as his own statistics were, IU coach Tom Crean often said the most important facet of Zeller’s game was his ability to make other players better, drawing double teams and passing out of them to find open shooters. Zeller didn’t attempt a 3-point shot all season, but Crean credited him for making Indiana one of the best 3-point shooting teams in Division I. Zeller apparently will be shooting 3’s, however, as Crean has decided to unleash Zeller’s perimeter game this season to make him even more difficult to guard. Zeller has a point guard period in his past; he’s proven at Indiana he has a better than average ball-handling skills for a big man and proved at Washington he could hit 3-pointers. If he puts it all together, all of his preseason All-America and national player of the year mentions could prove modest.
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Class: Freshman Position: Center Height: 7-0 Weight: 230 High school/hometown: United Faith Christian Academy (Charlotte, N.C.)/ Juba, South Sudan Key stats: 14.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg at United Faith Christian Outlook: After battling injuries for much of his junior year and missing the summer travel season before his senior season with shin injuries, Jurkin came to Bloomington a much stronger and bulkier player than the one Indiana fans might remember from his days with the Indiana Elite program. Jurkin enters college basketball with a much more developed game than Tijan Jobe or Bawa Muniru, two former Indiana big-man projects from Africa, but he still has a lot of growing to do to be considered refined. Still, he has good touch around the basket, and his humongous wingspan will allow him to earn playing time right away as a shot-blocker. Jurkin will miss the first nine games due to NCAA infractions.
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2012-13 OPPONENTS Bryant Bulldogs When: Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Assembly Hall, BTN Coach: Tim O’Shea, 20-99 in four years at Bryant, 140-194 in 11 years overall 2011-12: 2-28 overall, 1-17 in Northeast Conference (12th) Key players: Alex Francis (6-6, Jr., F) 17.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg; Frankie Dobbs (6-3, Sr., PG), 13.3 ppg, 4.6 apg; Corey Maynard (6-3, Jr., G), 11.4 ppg. Outlook: Bulldogs are expected to finish near the bottom of the NEC, but Francis is a preseason All-NEC pick. LEGENDS CLASSIC
North Dakota State Bison When: Nov. 12, 7 p.m., Assembly
Hall, BTN.com Coach: Saul Phillips, 84-67 in five years at North Dakota State 2011-12: 17-14 overall, 9-9 in the Summit League (T-4th) Key players: Taylor Braun (6-7, Jr., F), 15.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg; Lawrence Alexander (6-3, So., G), 12.8 ppg, 4.6 apg; Marshall Bjorklund (6-8, Jr., C), 11.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg. Outlook: With four starters returning from last season and the top five scorers, North Dakota State appears primed for a run at the Summit League title.
Sam Houston State Bearkats When: Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Assembly Hall, BTN Coach: Jason Hooten 31-32
in two years at Sam Houston State 2011-12: 13-19 overall, 7-9 in the Southland (4th/West Division) Key players: DeMarcus Gatlin (6-4, Jr., G), 10.4 ppg; Terrance Motley (6-7, Jr., F), 10.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg; Darius Gaston (5-11, Sr., G), 6.7 ppg, 4.5 apg. Outlook: The Bearkats have six transfers on the roster, including Motley and Erik Williams (6-7), who give them desperately needed size.
Georgia Bulldogs When: Nov. 19, 5:30 p.m., Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., ESPNU Coach: Mark Fox, 50-46 in
three years at Georgia, 17389 in eight years overall 2011-12: 15-17 overall, 5-11 in the SEC (T-10th) Key players: Kenny Gaines (6-3, Fr., G), 25.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg (H.S.); Kentavious CaldwellPope (6-5, So., F), 13.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg; Donte’ Williams (6-9, Jr., F), 7.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg. Outlook: Caldwell-Pope was named to SEC’s AllFreshman team last season. The Bulldogs are somewhat inexperienced in the backcourt, but highly recruited freshmen Gaines and Charles Mann could make an immediate impact there.
UCLA Bruins When: Nov. 20, 7:30 or 10 p.m., Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., ESPNU or ESPN Coach: Ben Howland, 20897 in nine years at UCLA, 376-196 in 18 years overall OR
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When: Nov. 25, 6 p.m., Assembly Hall, BTN Coach: Billy Taylor, 69-84 in five years at Ball State, 150-53 in 10 years overall 2011-12: 15-15 overall, 6-10 in the MAC (tied for 3rd in the West Division) Key players: Majok Majok (6-8, Jr., C), 10.8 ppg 7.5 rpg
(J.C.); Jesse Berry (6-1, Jr., G), 9.7 ppg; Chris Bond (6-4, Jr., C), 7.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg. Outlook: Berry is moving over from shooting guard to run the point, while Juwan Scaife is hoping for a rebound from a disappointing junior year. The Cardinals are hoping the Australian Majok can give them something in the paint.
pick and Franklin should make an immediate impact as well.
Cen. Connecticut State Blue Devils When: Dec. 8, 6 p.m., Assembly
Hall, BTN Coach: Howie Dickenman, 249-224 in 16 years at Central Connecticut State 2011-12: 13-16 overall, 10-8 in North Carolina the NEC (T-5th) Tar Heels Key players: Kyle Vinales (6-1, So., G), 17.9 ppg 3.6 apg; When: Nov. 27, 9:30 p.m., Assem- Malcolm McMillan (6-0, So., G) 2.4 ppg, 4.0 apg; Joe Efese bly Hall, ESPN (6-6, Sr., F), 3.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg. Coach: Roy Williams, 257-68 in nine years at North Carolina, Outlook: Vinales was NEC Rookie of the Year last year 675-169 in 24 years overall and could be an all-league 2011-12: 32-6 overall, 14-2 in first-teamer this season. They the ACC (First) Key players: Marcus Paige (6-0, have just two players over 6-6. Fr., G), 28.1 ppg (H.S.); Dexter Butler Bulldogs Strickland (6-3, Sr., G), 7.5 ppg, 2.1 apg; James Michael McAdoo When: Dec. 15, 2 (6-9, So., F), 6.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg. p.m., Bankers Life Outlook: McAdoo came on Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, CBS strong in the NCAA TournaCoach: Brad Stevens, 139-40 ment and shot over 56 percent in five years at Butler to earn preseason All-ACC hon- 2011-12: 22-15 overall, 11-7 in ors. Strickland is back after his the Horizon League (T-3rd) ACL tear, and the speedy Paige Scoring offense: 63.6 points should be able to run the point. per game (7th in the Horizon, 262nd in Division 1) Coppin State Scoring defense: 60.7 ppg (2nd in the Horizon, 29th in Division I) Eagles Key players: Rotnei Clarke When: Dec. 1, 7:30 (6-0, Sr., G), 15.2 ppg (2010 p.m., Assembly at Arkansas); Roosevelt Jones Hall, BTN (6-4, So., F), 7.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg; Coach: Ron “Fang” Mitchell, Andrew Smith (6-11, Sr., C), 409-383 in 26 years at Coppin 10.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg. State, 636-418 in 34 years Outlook: The Bulldogs make overall the leap to the more competi2011-12: 14-16 overall, 9-7 in tive Atlantic-10. Smith gives the MEAC (6th) them a steady post presence, Key players: Troy Franklin and transfer Clarke could make (5-11, Sr., G) 12.6 ppg, 4.6 an immediate impact. apg (2010 at Towson); Taariq SEE OPPONENTS | PAGE F21 Cephas (5-9, So., G), 5.7 ppg; Michael Murray (6-5, Jr., F), 5.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg. Outlook: The Eagles were the On the Web MEAC’s leading scoring team Find complete last season but all five starters opponent outare gone. Cephas was named looks at HeraldTimesOnline. to the MEAC All-Rookie team com/hoosiershq.
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ESPN2 Coach: Mike Jarvis, 52-72 in CONTINUED FROM PAGE F20 four years at Florida Atlantic, 397-275 in 23 years overall 11-19 overall, 7-9 in Mount St. Mary’s 2011-12: the Sun Belt (T-3rd in the East) Mountaineers Key players: Greg Gantt (6-2, When: Dec. 19, 7 p.m. Sr., G), 14.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg; Pablo Assembly Hall, BTN Bertone (6-4, Jr., G), 7.3 ppg, Coach: Jamion Christian, first 3.7 rpg; Jordan McCoy (6-6, Sr., year F), 4.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg. 2011-12: 8-21 overall, 6-12 in Outlook: Jarvis, best known the NEC (9th) for taking St. John’s, George Key players: Julian Norfleet (6-2, Washington and Boston U. Jr., G), 13.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg; Sam to the NCAA tourney, led the Prescott (6-3, Jr., G), 11.4 ppg Owls to the NIT two years ago. (2010 at Marist). Outlook: Christian was an Jacksonville assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth, but it’s hard Dolphins to tell whether he’ll be able When: Dec. 28, 8 to implement VCU’s Havoc p.m. Assembly Hall, defensive pressure. BTN Coach: Cliff Warren, 100-114 years at Jacksonville in Florida Atlantic in23eight years overall Owls 2011-12: 8-22 overall, 6-12 in When: Dec. 21, 7 the Atlantic Sun (T-8th) p.m. Assembly Hall, Key players: Keith McDougald
(6-1, Jr., G), 11.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg; Glenn Powell (6-5, Sr., F), 10.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg; Russell Powell (5-9, Sr., G), 8.3 ppg, 4.0 apg. Outlook: The Dolphins dropped 13 in a row at one point last year and guard Aloys Cabell transferred, but McDougald gives them a backcourt scorer.
are considered a darkhorse NCAA Tournament pick with significant talent returning and the addition of freshmen standouts Gessell and 7-1 Adam Woodbury.
Penn State Nittany Lions
but he responded by finished second in the conference in scoring.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
When: Jan. 12, noon, Assembly Hall, BTN; Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Williams Arena, ESPN When: Jan. 7, 7 Iowa Hawkeyes p.m., Bryce Jordan Coach: Tubby Smith, 103-68 in Center, State College, Pa., BTN; five years at Minnesota, 490When: Dec. 31, Jan. 23, Assembly Hall, 7 p.m. 213 in 21 years overall Assembly Hall, 4 2011-12: 23-15 overall, 6-12 in BTN p.m., ESPN2; March 2, CarverHawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa, Coach: Patrick Chambers, 12-20 the Big Ten (9th) in one year at Penn State, 54-48 Key players: Trevor Mbakwe 7:30 p.m. BTN (6-8, Sr., F), 14.0 ppg, 9.1 rpg; Coach: Fran McCaffrey, 29-37 in three years overall in two years at Iowa, 280-214 2011-12: 12-20 overall, 4-14 in Rodney Williams (6-7, Sr., F), 12.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg; Austin Hollins (6-4, the Big Ten (T-11th) in 16 years overall 2011-12 Key players: Tim Frazier (6-1, Jr., G), 9.2 ppg, 2.1 apg. Record: 18-17 overall, 8-10 in Outlook: Despite being racked Sr., G), 18.8 ppg, 6.2 apg; the Big Ten (T-7th) Jermaine Marshall (6-4, Jr., G), by injuries last season, MinKey players: Roy Devyn nesota reached the champion10.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg; D.J. Newbill Marble (6-6, Jr., G), 11.5 ppg, ship game of the NIT before (6-4, So., F), 9.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg 3.6 apg; Aaron White (6-8, losing to Stanford. Mbakwe, a (2010 at Southern Miss). So., F), 11.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg; Mike Outlook: The Lions relied more second-team All-Big Ten pick Gessell (6-1, Fr., G), 24.8 ppg, on Frazier than any other Big Ten in 2010-11, is a double-double 7.4 apg (H.S.). machine. team relied on any one player, Outlook: The Hawkeyes
Wisconsin Badgers When: Jan. 15, 9 p.m., Assembly Hall, ESPN Coach: Bo Ryan, 268-101 in 11 years at Wisconsin; 651-204 in 28 years overall 2011-12: 26-10 overall; 12-6 in the Big Ten (4th) Key players: Jared Berggren (6-10, Jr., C), 10.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg; George Marshall (5-11, Fr., G), 17.3 ppg, 5.4 apg (H.S.); Sam Dekker (6-8, Fr., F), 32.5 ppg, 13.2 rpg (H.S.). Outlook: Power forward Mike Brusewitz will miss at least the first month of the season, and and point guard Josh Gasser will miss the season with a torn ACL, but the speedy athletic Marshall and the uber athletic Dekker — whose debut is among the most anticipated in the Big Ten — should be able replacements. SEE OPPONENTS | PAGE F22
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When: Jan. 20, 1 p.m., Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill., BTN Coach: Bill Carmody, 179-191 in 12 years at Northwestern, 271-216 in 16 years overall 2011-12: 19-14 overall, 8-10 in the Big Ten (T-7th) Key player: Drew Crawford (6-5, Sr., F), 16.1 ppg 4.7 rpg; Dave Sobolewski (6-1, So., G), 8.3 ppg, 3.7 apg; Reggie Hearn (6-4, Sr., F), 7.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg. Outlook: Despite losing John Shurna to graduation, the Wildcats have talent with the explosive Crawford returning, and Jared Swopshire and Nikola Cerina transferring in.
ESPN2 Coach: Matt Painter, 160-77 in seven years at Purdue; 185-82 in eight years overall 2011-12: 22-13 overall,10-8 in the Big Ten (6th) Key players: Terone Johnson (6-2, Jr., G), 9.2 ppg, 2.0 apg; D.J. Byrd (6-5, Sr., F), 8.9 ppg 2.3 rpg; Ronnie Johnson (6-0, Fr., G), 20.1 ppg (H.S.) Outlook: Former North Central star Terone Johnson appears to be on the brink of a breakout season and Byrd gives the squad a senior sharpshooter who knocked down 43.0 percent of his threes last season.
over after leading Ohio U. to its first Sweet 16 appearance since 1964. The team he inherits is weaker than it was a year ago thanks to center Meyers Leonard’s departure to the NBA, but Paul and Richardson make sure he still has some talented pieces.
Ohio State Buckeyes
When: Feb. 10, 1 p.m., Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio, 1 p.m. (CBS), March 5, Assembly Hall, 9 p.m. ESPN Coach: Thad Matta, 221-65 in eight years at Ohio State, 323Michigan 96 in 12 years overall 2011-12: 31-8 overall, 13-5 in Wolverines the Big Ten (T-1st) When: Feb. 2, Key players: DeShaun Thomas Assembly Hall, 9 (6-7, Sr., F), 15.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg; p.m., ESPN; March 10, Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Mich., TBA, Aaron Craft (6-2, Jr., G), 8.8 ppg, 4.6 apg; Lenzelle Smith Jr. TBA (6-4, Jr., G), 6.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg. Coach: John Beilein, 91-77 in Michigan State Outlook: Despite losing five years at Michigan; 642Jared Sullinger and William 395 in 34 years overall Spartans 2011-12: 24-10 overall, 13-5 in Buford, the Buckeyes are still When: Jan. 27, 1 considered a top five team. the Big Ten (T-1st). p.m., Assembly Craft is arguably the nation’s Key players: Trey Burke (6-0, Hall, CBS; Feb. 19, 7 p.m., best pure point guard, and So., G), 14.8 ppg, 4.6 apg; Tim Breslin Center, East Lansing, Hardaway (6-6, Jr., G) 14.6 ppg, Thomas earned preseason AllMich., ESPN American honors this year. Coach: Tom Izzo, 412-169 in 17 3.8 rpg; Glenn Robinson (6-6, Fr., F), 21.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg (H.S.). years at Michigan State Nebraska Outlook: Trey Burke’s decision 2011-12: 29-8 overall, 13-5 in to stick around makes the Wol- Cornhuskers the Big Ten (T-1st) When: Feb. 13, Key players: Keith Appling (6-1, verines a team that everyone is putting in their top five. The Assembly Hall, 7 Jr., G), 11.4 ppg, 3.9 apg; Gary returning co-Big Ten Freshman p.m. BTN Harris (6-4, Fr., G), 25.4 ppg, 7.4 Coach: Tim Miles, first year at rpg (H.S.); Branden Dawson (6-6, of The Year is a preseason All-American and one of the Nebraska, 283-220 in 18 years So., F), 8.4 ppg 4.5 rpg. nation’s best point guards. overall Outlook: The Spartans will 2011-12: 12-18 overall, 4-14 in miss Draymond Green but Illinois Illini the Big Ten (T-11th) appear plenty capable of being When: Feb. 7, Key players: Dylan Talley Jr. a conference contender again. Assembly Hall, (6-5, Sr., G), 8.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg; Appling is experienced at the Champaign, Ill, 7 p.m. ESPN2 Benny Parker (5-10, Fr., G), 24.8 point, the athletic Dawson Coach: John Groce, first year ppg, 6.2 apg (H.S.); Shavon is mostly healthy, and Mr. at Illinois, 85-56 in four years Shields (6-6, Fr., F), 21.2 ppg, Basketball Gary Harris should overall. 8.5 rpg (H.S.). provide perimeter scoring. 2011-12: 17-15 overall, 6-12 in Outlook: Wise-cracking new the Big Ten (T-9th) coach Tim Miles is used to Purdue Key players: Brandon Paul reclamation projects, having Boilermakers (6-4, Sr., G), 14.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg; taken Colorado State from D.J. Richardson (6-3, Sr., F), 11.6 a 7-25 team to an NCAA When: Jan. 30, 8:30 p.m., Mackey ppg, 3.0 rpg; Tyler Griffey (6-8, Tournament berth. Still, he Sr., F), 4.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg. Arena, West Lafayette, BTN; inherits essentially an empty Feb. 16, Assembly Hall, 2 p.m. Outlook: John Groce takes cupboard.
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THE HERALD-TIMES | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 | F23 shown the ability to be great defenders. They just have to sustain that for longer CONTINUED FROM PAGE F11 than just spots. Q: Other than defense, what else voted for them No 2 behind Louisville. I could trip Indiana up? DeCourcy: They’ve now gone instantfelt like the rosters were similar. Ultimiately, what it came down to for me was a ly from being a darling to being a target. senior point guard for me compared to a That’s not insignificant. That psychology freshman point guard. Louisville’s Peyton is not just something we talk about. (KenSilva is one of the better leaders in the tucky coach) John Calipari talks about getcountry. Yogi Ferrell is probably more tal- ting another team’s best shot every night ented; in fact, he’s definitely more talented, and what that means and how you have to but he’s a freshman. They’re fairly similar cope with that. Indiana, a year ago when teams, and Indiana’s got Zeller, who’s the they began the season, the question was, best player in the country, but Louisville’s ‘Are they ever going to make it back?’ Now got the slight nod from me. Those are the they’re preseason No. 1. That changes the chemistry of a season significantly. How clear 1 and 2. Q: The consensus is that defense is they cope with that is the most significant going to be the biggest hurdle Indiana challenge. Katz: Last year, they were sort of the has to clear. What does Indiana have to do to have a championship caliber new team, the underdog, they had that sort of unexpected run. Now the pressure’s on. defense? DeCourcy: I think it’s obvious they How do they handle that? Goodman: (The Mosquera-Pereaneed to control the basketball better at the point of attack than they did last year. Jurkin eligibility situation) takes care of I think either Yogi Ferrell being superior it a little bit, but I think you could’ve said as a defender or having more options at chemistry with some of these kids comthe point to be superior is going to make a ing in. Is Yogi going to be OK with having difference. I don’t know yet whether Yogi five shots a game some nights? Is Jeremy becomes a 28-30 minute point guard, and Hollowell going to be OK with playing 10 then you get 20 minutes for Jordan Hulls minutes a game some nights. It’s the same or if there’s a combination of the two posi- thing with North Carolina State with their tions or straight split, but I think either of heralded freshman class. How do those them would have to improve their defense kids accept their roles? Plus, I worry about a lot at the point. I think their wings will Watford. I always worry about Watford. He be presumed healthy and more mature has all of the ability, but he’s frustrating at and deeper. If they have fewer injuries, times. He leaves you wanting more. Q: What one player other than unlike last year with Will (Sheehey) losing as many games as he did, that’s a factor. I Zeller will be the biggest factor in think Christian Watford will be a better determining how far Indiana goes? DeCourcy: I think it’s Will (Sheehey). I rebounder for this team and his future, because his NBA chances will depend on really do. I think he’s really talented. I think him doing a better job. And I think Cody, he needs to become a more disciplined from a standpoint of understanding the defender, a sterner defender, a guy who game as a sophomore, being stronger and can really turn his matchup inside out. I more experienced and having the year think on offense I think his shot selection in the bank to understand how to defend needs to be more precise. That’s the next makes a difference. If Derek comes back step for him in becoming a really great from his injury, and Hanner (Mosquera- player. He’s has great athleticism and Perea) comes back, I think they’re deeper excellent touch. At his best, he’s very hard inside than they were a year ago when to guard. Sometimes he just forces action when doesn’t need to. This team doesn’t they’re healthy. Katz: Probably their transition defense need anybody to force action. Katz: It would have to be Yogi. If he’s a is the most important thing. That was exposed against Kentucky in the tourna- high-level point guard, than that’s something that could separate them. ment. Goodman: It’s either Yogi or Watford, Goodman: I think Victor (Oladipo) can set the tone there, but he has to set take your pick. For different reasons. it all the time. He has the ability to be as Watford if he lives up to expectations good of a perimeter defender as any in and potential. He can be an All-American the country. He just has to do it on every type player. Ferrell is just that guy. He’s play. That intensity he has rubs off on all of the freshman point guard that’s gotta the other guys. Zeller can hold his own in keep everybody happy and make the right the paint now. Oladipo and Watford have decisions.
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