The 2021–22 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-year head coach, and former Indiana standout, Mike Woodson. The team played its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The season officially kicked off with the annual event, Hoosier Hysteria, on October 2, 2021.

This season saw a list of streaks come to an end for the Hoosiers. They finished the season 21–14 overall, and 9–11 in conference play. Along the way, IU ended losing streaks to Purdue, Michigan, and Illinois. As the #9 seed, they also advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament, something they had not done since 2013. They lost to Iowa, 80–77, the eventual tournament champions. The Hoosiers also heard their name called on Selection Sunday for the first time since 2016. After a six-year absence from the NCAA tournament, IU was selected as a #12 seed to play in the NCAA tournament First Four round in Dayton, Ohio. They knocked off Wyoming to make it to the first round (round of 64), where they lost to #5 seed St. Mary's.

Previous season The Hoosiers finished the 2020–21 season 12–15, 7–12 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to Rutgers.

On March 15, 2021, the school fired head coach Archie Miller after four years and began its search for the next men's head basketball coach. Just shy of two weeks of Miller being fired, on March 28, 2021, Indiana University announced that former Indiana standout, Mike Woodson, would become the 30th head coach of the IU basketball program. In addition, former Ohio State head coach, Thad Matta, was hired as an associate athletic director in men's basketball administration.

Offseason

Coaching changes On March 31, it was announced that Woodson would retain assistant coach Kenya Hunter. On April 5, it was announced that Dane Fife, former Hoosiers guard who had spent the past ten seasons as an assistant coach at Michigan State, had accepted an assistant coach position under Woodson at Indiana. Finalizing the new staff, Yasir Rosemond was announced on April 14, as the third assistant coach. With over 15 years of college basketball experience, he had helped lead multiple players to the NBA, including a few first-round draft picks. It was also revealed that Benny Sander had been promoted to director of basketball operations, and Brian Walsh assumed the role of team and recruitment coordinator. Director of Athletic Performance Clif Marshall was retained for his fifth year.

Departures Following Miller's firing, six Indiana players from the 2020–21 season entered the transfer portal. Parker Stewart, Khristian Lander, Jordan Geronimo, and Race Thompson all withdrew from the portal following talks with Woodson and chose to remain at Indiana. On April 8, Armaan Franklin announced he would leave IU and transfer to Virginia. On April 2, Trayce Jackson-Davis also chose to return to Indiana for his junior season as opposed to entering the 2021 NBA draft, stating "I believe in Coach Woodson and I believe in the tradition of Indiana basketball" and "I don't want to be someone who ran away when it was tough."

Indiana departures Cooper Bybee 0 G 6'1" 188 Ellettsville, Indiana Graduated Al Durham 1 G 6'4" 185 Lilburn, Georgia Graduated/transferred to Providence Armaan Franklin 2 G 6'4" 195 Indianapolis, Indiana Transferred to Virginia Jacquez Henderson 12 F 6'2" 185 Winter Park, Florida Transferred Jerome Hunter 21 F 6'7" 215 Pickerington, Ohio Transferred to Xavier Joey Brunk 50 C 6'11" 255 Indianapolis, Indiana Transferred to Ohio State

Incoming transfers On April 7, 2021, Indiana landed its first transfer from the transfer portal when former Pittsburgh point guard Xavier Johnson committed to the Hoosiers. He arrived at IU with two years of eligibility remaining, should he choose to use his extra year granted by the NCAA due to COVID-19. Johnson made 81 career starts for the Panthers, and averaged 13.7 points on 40.2 percent shooting. He was a career 33.6 percent 3-point shooter. In his last year at Pitt, he had the highest assist rate in the ACC, 41.5 percent.

IU landed its second transfer on April 20 when Northwestern junior Miller Kopp announced his commitment. He was a career 35.7% 3-point shooter, averaging 9.6 points per game over his first three seasons with the Wildcats. He was the first player to transfer to IU from within the Big Ten since Max Bielfeldt in 2016.

A third transfer was announced on May 17, 2021, when Michael Durr of South Florida committed to play for IU. He averaged 6.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game at USF. He was a career 47.2 percent shooter from the field and 62.9 percent from the free throw line.

Indiana incoming transfers Xavier Johnson 0 G 200 Woodbridge, VA Pittsburgh 2 October 1, 2021 Michael Durr 2 C 250 Atlanta, GA South Florida 2 October 1, 2021 Miller Kopp 12 F 220 Houston, TX Northwestern 2 October 1, 2021

Recruiting classes

2021 recruiting class

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Roster Note: Players' year is based on remaining eligibility. Because the NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season towards eligibility, last year's freshmen were still considered freshmen this season.

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| Big Ten Tournament

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Player statistics +Individual player statistics (final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-throwsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FGAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAStlBlkTOBates, Tamar32045914.31253.944130.3381757.2982024.833733401.3208422Childress, Nathan30103.331.012.500111.00000.0000551.70001Duncomb, Logan90192.160.724.50000.000221.0003360.71113Durr, Michael3002167.2451.51334.38203.0001926.7311021311.0143715Galloway, Trey20341720.91095.54597.464628.2141320.650528331.73618527Geronimo, Jordan34042912.61484.457110.518929.3102544.56842791213.6992431Jackson-Davis, Trayce3535112832.263918.3246418.58903.000147218.674782062848.166228159Johnson, Xavier343494127.741312.1131323.4063694.383115147.782181101283.817240591Kopp, Miller353588125.22096.069194.35639108.3613237.8651277892.53715932Lander, Khristian1301189.1382.91431.452412.33368.750010100.8124118Leal, Anthony17217510.3331.91127.407722.31846.667214160.918617Phinisee, Robert25046718.71124.543138.3121972.264717.4121141522.14320523Stewart, Parker343181524.02116.270187.37453135.3931828.643567722.13314233Thompson, Race3535100028.638711.1157293.5361555.2735889.652701932637.550372448Total357075247870.809031988.454206619.333466666.700319948126736.2511197169415Opponents357075231666.177932004.396265803.330465615.756320858117833.737823194425 Legend  GP  Games played  GS  Games started Avg  Average per game  FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts Off  Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds  A Assists  TO Turnovers Blk  Blocks Stl  Steals High  Team high Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 1 poll.

Awards and honors

In-season awards Trayce Jackson-DavisBig Ten Player of the WeekNovember 15, 2021ESPN National Player of the WeekNovember 29, 2021

Post-season awards

Trayce Jackson-Davis All-Big Ten Second Team All-Big Ten Defensive Team Big Ten All Tournament Team

Xavier Johnson All-Big Ten Honorable Mention

Race Thompson All-Big Ten Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree

See also 2021–22 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team

References