BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the sixth time in seven years, Indiana will be playing in the NCAA Tournament, as it was selected to the Louisville Regional. The No. 2-seeded Hoosiers will face Illinois State on Friday at a time to be determined. Louisville (No. 1 seed) and UIC (No. 4 seed) are the other participating teams in the regional.
This will be Indiana's ninth NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). Head coach Jeff Mercer joins Ernie Andres (1949) and Chris Lemonis (2015) as the three, first-year head coaches in program history to make an NCAA Regional.