Near the end of the first half in Indiana’s win over Louisiana on Sunday night, there was a frantic sequence that Mike Woodson will likely mull over with his team in the coming days. It started with the good. Freshman ...
Xavier Johnson and Trayce Jackson-Davis addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon in advance of Indiana’s matchup against St. John’s in the Gavitt Tipoff Games. Watch both press conferences below:
There were lobs, dunks and blocks, highlights from every facet of the game. But perhaps the best representation of Indiana’s brilliant night wasn’t filled with flash and grandeur. It was simple, fundamental basketball, executed to perfection. With just under 10 ...
Mike Woodson opted to keep the starting lineup the same as it was in the Bahamas heading into his first game as head coach at Indiana. That meant starting Xavier Johnson as the point guard against Eastern Michigan on Tuesday. ...
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Xavier Johnson and Mike Woodson addressed the media following Indiana’s 68-62 win over Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Watch both postgame press conferences below:
With the start of college basketball season on the horizon, we’ve transitioned from our look at other Big Ten programs to our player-by-player previews of the 2021-22 Indiana roster. Today, our player profiles continue with a look at senior Xavier Johnson. Previously: Logan Duncomb, Tamar Bates, Khristian ...
In his first act at Hoosier Hysteria as Indiana’s head coach, Mike Woodson, wearing candy stripe pants and a crimson top, strutted out to “Big Poppa” by The Notorious B.I.G. In the middle of a spotlight, he made his way ...
This year’s Hoosier Hysteria didn’t feature a scrimmage, but it did feature a dunk contest and a 3-point shootout along with Assembly Hall debuts for several IU newcomers. Following the event, Tamar Bates and Xavier Johnson discussed their first Hoosier ...
Mike Woodson, Indiana’s newly appointed head basketball coach, has made his standards blatantly clear. He’s done so by starting a new tradition for the team every day before practice. The players huddle together and crane their necks to look at ...
All 13 of Indiana’s scholarship players addressed the media on Monday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the program’s 2021-22 season media day. Watch all of the player press conferences below:
The Athlon Sports 2021-2022 preview magazine – an annual publication previewing the upcoming college basketball season – hit newsstands this week after a one-year hiatus. Here are some notes on Indiana and the Big Ten at large from the annual ...
NASSAU PARADISE ISLAND, The Bahamas – In one of their first conversations after arriving on campus this summer, assistant coach Dane Fife told Xavier Johnson why he wasn’t unlocking his full potential on the court. Johnson’s skill has never been ...
Three of Indiana’s newcomers from last season – Xavier Johnson, Miller Kopp and Tamar Bates – are all expected to make significant impacts next season in Bloomington. Johnson and Bates are already on campus and Kopp is expected to arrive ...
Indiana’s backcourt for the 2021-22 season received a significant boost on April 7 when Pittsburgh transfer Xavier Johnson gave his pledge to Mike Woodson and the Hoosier coaching staff. The 6-foot-3 Johnson, rated as the 46th most impactful transfer this ...
In the weeks after Archie Miller was fired, it was rare for a day to pass by without a new piece of news swirling around the program. It began with six Hoosiers entering the transfer portal, four of which eventually ...
Xavier Johnson doesn’t have any big plans Wednesday night to celebrate his commitment to Indiana. “I’ll probably play a little Call of Duty Warzone,” Johnson said with a laugh. Johnson is back in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the city where he grew ...