Whether you want to label it irony, coincidence or something else, Indiana’s 59-51 road loss to Northwestern in February, the second defeat in a row in what would become a string of five consecutive losses, was a fitting encapsulation of Northwestern transfer Miller Kopp’s season at Indiana. With five players suspended for the game, including starting guards Xavier Johnson and Parker Stewart — losses in personnel that only compounded upon Rob Phinisee’s injury — the Hoosiers started sophomores Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal, and walk-on Nathan Childress was forced into action in the second half.
In Kopp’s return game against the school from where he transferred, he mustered just three points on 1-of-7 shooting for an offensive rating of 57, which was roughly half of the national average last season, per kenpom.