BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — It's been 235 days — make that 235 VERY LONG days — since Indiana's basketball team has played a game that counts in the stands. That drough
days — since Indiana's basketball team has played a game that counts in the stands. That drought ends Wednesday night when the Hoosiers host SIU-Edwardsville at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to start the much-anticipated 2024-25 season.
Indiana has a fairly light nonconference schedule, starting with SIU-Edwardsville and then Eastern Illinois on Sunday. According to the KenPom.com power rankings on Wednesday morning, SIU-E is ranked No. 321 out of 364 teams. Eastern is No. 341. Indiana, by the way, is No. 42, which is amazingly, 10th among the 18 Big Ten teams.
SIU-Edwardsville, which plays in the Ohio Valley Conference, was 17-16 a year ago and were 12-16-2 against the spread in games that had a posted line. In their two most high-profile early nonconference games at Dayton and Missouri, they lost but covered the spreads — 16.5 at Dayton and 18.5 at Missouri — by a bucket.Indiana begins the 2024-25 regular season on Wednesday against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.
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