A new era of Indiana men’s basketball was dawning when Trayce Jackson-Davis first arrived in Bloomington four years ago.
Archie Miller, in his second season as the Hoosiers’ head coach, had previously landed the most talented in-state player to choose Indiana in over a decade: Romeo Langford. Miller had vowed to recruit the state heavily and keep the best Indiana prospects from leaving its borders.
He continued that mission with Jackson-Davis, a Mr. Basketball winner out of Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana.
Jackson-Davis was exactly the kind of player that was emphasized in Miller’s offense.