We’re more than five months from the start of the 2024-25 college basketball season, but several preseason rankings have been updated since the NBA draft withdrawal deadline passed earlier this week.
Here’s where Indiana stands in the updated rankings.
“Mike Woodson got his offseason work done early, as the Hoosiers were the big winners of the first wave of portal season.
The Hoosiers landed Arizona transfer Oumar Ballo, the top-ranked player in the portal, as well as top-15 guard transfers Myles Rice (Washington State) and Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford).
Three starters also return: Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Trey Galloway.
They added Illinois transfer Luke Goode to address their shooting woes, although another perimeter sniper with size could help.”
“This ranking is based on Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers returning three of the top four scorers — specifically Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Trey Galloway — from a team that finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten.
The additions of Myles Rice (Washington State), Oumar Ballo (Arizona), Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford) and Luke Goode (Illinois) from the transfer portal means Indiana is adding four experienced pieces, three of whom just spent a season starting in the Pac-12.”
“The Hoosiers could end up being the Big Ten champs with a roster that returns Mackenzie Mgbako, Malik Reneau, Trey Galloway and a portal haul of Oumar Ballo, Myles Rice, Kanaan Carlyle and Luke Goode.”