Indiana Basketball Ranks 13th in Preseason AP Poll

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — For the primary time for the reason that 2016-17 season, the Indiana males’s basketball workforce will enter the 2022-23 season ranked No. 13 within the Related Press Ballot, the league introduced Monday.

In 2016-17, Indiana ranked No. 11 upon getting into the season.

Indiana coach Mike Woodson will enter his second season as head coach and welcomes again All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis, All-Large Ten gamers Race Thompson and Xavier Johnson and in addition Miller Kopp. The Hoosiers additionally add in a top-10 freshmen recruiting class.

Final season Woodson led his Hoosiers to the First Spherical of the NCAA Event, the Hoosiers’ first look since 2016. Indiana knocked off Wyoming within the First 4 earlier than falling to Saint Mary’s within the First Spherical of the event.

This preseason, the Large Ten holds three ranked groups together with the Pac-12 and ACC whereas the SEC and Large 12 lead with 5 groups a bit.

The West Coast, Atlantic 10, Mountain West and American Athletic conferences every have one workforce that made the rankings.

Beneath is the total AP Preseason Ballot. The starred groups, North Carolina, Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, and Illinois are all Indiana opponents this upcoming season.

PRESEASON ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL

1. North Carolina*

2. Gonzaga

3. Houston

4. Kentucky

t-5. Baylor

t-5. Kansas*

7. Duke

8. UCLA

9. Creighton

10. Arkansas

11. Tennessee

12. Texas

13. INDIANA

14. TCU

15. Auburn

16. Villanova

17. Arizona*

18. Virginia

19. San Diego State

20. Alabama

21. Oregon

22. Michigan*

23. Illinois*

24. Dayton

25. Texas Tech

Associated tales on Indiana basketball:

• INDIANA RANKS NO. 12 IN KENPOM RANKINGS Indiana appears to be the consensus choose as the perfect basketball workforce within the Large Ten this season, and that is been validated once more with the primary launch of the 2022-23 Kenpom rankings. The Hoosiers are ranked No. 12, finest within the convention, with Iowa subsequent approach down at No. 23. Listed below are the whole rankings for all Large Ten groups, plus Indiana’s 11 nonconference foes as nicely. CLICK HERE
• INDIANA-KENTUCKY SERIES GAINS MOMENTUM Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson has pushed for annual sequence with Kentucky and John Calipari, and up to date stories present that might be coming quickly. CLICK HERE
• HANDLING EXPECTATIONS NEXT CHALLENGE FOR IU: For the primary time in a very long time, Indiana is projected to win the Large Ten title and make a protracted NCAA event run. That is overseas territory for this present group of Hoosiers, and dealing with all of those lofty expectations will likely be a problem to embrace. CLICK HERE