Indiana’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule was finalized on July 9 and Inside the Hall will have a team-by-team look at each opponent. First up: SIU Edwardsville.
Indiana will open its fourth season under Mike Woodson with an opponent that should provide an opportunity for a comfortable victory.
SIU Edwardsville, which finished the 2023-24 season 17-16 and No. 286 in KenPom, is currently projected as the 316th-best team nationally for next season, per Bart Torvik.
According to Pomeroy, the Cougars finished last season with the nation’s 264th-ranked offense and 273rd-ranked defense. The current Torvik projections for next season have SIU Edwardsville with the nation’s 338th-best offense and 251st-best defense.