OPENING TIP
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Saturday when the Hoosiers open the Big Ten season at Michigan. The Hoosiers are coming off a 91-81 loss to #1 Duke in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Michigan fell at North Carolina, 86-71 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
• IU holds a 107-59 edge in the series which began in 1918. The Wolverines have a three-game winning streak in the series.
THE COACHES
• Archie Miller is the 29th head coach in Indiana men's basketball history. The 39-year old native of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, comes to IU after serving the previous six seasons as head coach at the University of Dayton, where he won Atlantic 10 Conference regular season championships in 2016 and 2017.