Watch: Indiana basketball hype video from the first practice of the season

Originally posted on Hoosier Illustrated
By Kyler Staley | Last updated 9/27/23

The 2023-24 Indiana basketball season has officially started with the Hoosiers kicking off their first practice of the year yesterday.

Indiana is coming off of back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. That was also the last time Indiana made the NCAA Tournament before Woodson returned to Bloomington.

The men’s Indiana basketball team comes into this season a young, overall inexperienced team that is full of untapped potential. However, Indiana head coach Mike Woodson has made it clear that his mission is to ‘win now’ so the younger, newer guys on the team will have to step up and play a major role this upcoming season.

“I took this job to win Big Ten titles and national titles and I’ve fallen short the first two years,” Woodson said. “I’m always optimistic as a coach when I go into a season. This season is no different. We’ve got to go and win a Big Ten title, and then once we’re fortunate to get into tournament play, then we figure it out there.”

“I thought we put ourselves in pretty good position the last two years. In the tournament we were right there. I just didn’t get them over the hump, man, and that’s something that I live with every day of my life. Somehow I’ve got to get them over the hump. I’m the coach, and I’ve got to get them over the hump where we can hang another banner in here,” Woodson said. “I mean, that’s all I think about, man. I don’t think about any — it’s not about me. It’s about these student-athletes that I’ve fielded this year for our ballclub, and I’ve got to try to put them in the best position possible to be successful.”

Hoosier Hysteria is scheduled for October 20th, with the Indiana basketball men’s team playing their first game on November 7th against Florida Gulf Coast.

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