To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the initial gold jersey for the 2018-19 Indiana basketball season went to Juwan Morgan.
IU meticulously quantifies virtually all aspects of every practice and, at the conclusion of each practice week, awards a gold jersey to the player with the best composite number.
And Morgan is accustomed to garnering good numbers.
He isn't simply the returning Hoosier with the best stats from last season – 16.5 points, 7.4 boards and 1.5 assists per game, up from the previous campaign's corresponding 7.7, 5.6 and 1.1.
Morgan is also the guy that a youngish team will look to for primary leadership.