RV/RV Indiana Hoosiers (13-3, 3-2) at RV/RV Rutgers Scarlet Knights (12-4, 3-2)
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | 7 p.m. (ET)
The RAC (8,000) | Piscataway, N.J. 

TV: BTN (Kevin Kugler, play-by-play; Brian Butch, analyst)
Radio: Rutgers Sports Properties Radio Network (WCTC 1450 AM/WOR 710 AM/XM 372; Jerry Recco & Joe Boylan); WRSU 88.7 FM (Corey Jason and Raj Shah)

Series Record: Indiana leads 7-2
Last Meeting: Indiana 89, Rutgers 73 (March 10, 2019 at Assembly Hall)

OPENING TIP: Rutgers hosts Indiana Wednesday evening at a sold-out RAC, the second-straight sell-out at the venue and the third in five games. The Scarlet Knights are 11-0 at home this season and will play their first Big Ten Conference game while receiving votes. RU, which garnered one vote in the AP Poll for two weeks in November 2016, received votes in both the AP (8) and Coaches (18) Polls on Monday. The last time the program was ranked was in the final poll of the 1978-79 season (18).

According to ESPN's BPI, the Scarlet Knights are projected to have the nation's 11th-toughest schedule for the remainder of the season.

Rutgers is coming off a 54-51 loss at now nationally ranked Illinois on Saturday. RU limited UI to 28.6 percent (18-of-63) shooting, the lowest mark for a winning team in Big Ten Conference play in more than 10 years. Jacob Young was 4-of-7 from behind the arc off the bench to pace the Scarlet Knights with 16 points in the hard-fought defeat.

Seven different players have led the Scarlet Knights in scoring over the last nine games.

THE OPPONENT: Under third-year head coach Archie Miller, Indiana has received votes in the polls for seven weeks this season. After earning wins over UConn, Notre Dame and No. 17 Florida State in non-conference play, IU has downed Nebraska, Northwestern and most recently No. 11 Ohio State in Big Ten action. Freshman Trayce Jackson-Davis leads the team in scoring (14.6), while Devonte Green is second (12.5) following a 19-point showing against OSU. The Hoosiers are ninth nationally in both rebounding margin (9.1) and free throws made (298).

THE SERIES: Wednesday marks the 10th meeting between the schools, with Indiana holding a 7-2 advantage. Rutgers has won two of the last three matchups, defeating Indiana 76-69 in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament at MSG and claiming a 66-58 win in the last meeting at the RAC. In that contest, RU utilized a 22-0 run to overcome a 10-point deficit, one of 11 times RU has overcome a double-digit deficit to earn a victory under head coach Steve Pikiell. Geo Baker, who has missed the last three games with a left thumb injury, has averaged 11.5 points and shot 57.1% behind the arc in four games against IU.

HEAD COACH STEVE PIKIELL
Overall Record (years):  248-214 (15th)
Rutgers Record (years): 56-58 (4th)
Record vs. Indiana (RU):  2-3
Record vs. Indiana: (overall):  2-5

RATED RUTGERS
RPI:  22
Andy Katz Power 36:  25
Seth Davis Top 25:  25
CBS Sports Top 25 And 1:  26
Rothstein 45:  27
NCAA NET:  30
Ken Pomeroy:  32
Jeff Sagarin:  38
ESPN BPI:  39
Through 1/12/20 games
 
SCARLET KNIGHT NOTABLES

• Rutgers is undefeated at home (11-0), when scoring 37 or more points in the paint (9-0) and when scoring 15 or more fast break points (7-0).
• Rutgers has out-rebounded its opponent in 14 of 16 games this season.
• Rutgers is ninth nationally in rebound margin (+9.1), FG% defense (36.7) and rebounding (41.63), 13th in scoring defense (59.4), 28th in scoring margin (+12.8) and 29th in blocks (5.1).
• Myles Johnson is 3rd nationally in FG% (.716) and 13th nationally in offensive rebound percentage (16.7). In Big Ten play, he is 4th in offensive rebounds (3.5), 8th in rebounding (8.4) and 9th in blocks (1.6). 
• Akwasi Yeboah ranks 47th among active NCAA players in career points (1,463) and 53rd in rebounds (637).
• Rutgers is a young squad, ranking 241st in experience per Pomeroy. The starting lineup for the last three games featured four sophomores.
• Rutgers' 12-3 start was its best through 15 games since the 1975-76 undefeated regular season.
• The Scarlet Knights were two games over .500 in conference play (3-1) for the first time since February 2002 (7-5) and last began league play with a 3-1 record as a member of the Atlantic 10 in 1994-95 (4-1).
• RU's 20-point win over No. 22 Seton Hall on Dec. 14 was its largest margin of victory over a ranked foe in program history.
• After five sell-outs in 2018-19, its most since 2004-05 (7), Rutgers welcomed 8,329 fans vs. Seton Hall, its largest crowd in 18 seasons, and also welcomed a capacity crowd for Penn State.
• Rutgers posted a 4-0 record against professional club teams during a tour of Spain in August. RU outscored its opponents 387-284 and had five players with double figure scoring averages.

THE STORY BY NUMBERS
2             
Players with double-doubles at Nebraska. Myles Johnson and Ron Harper Jr. both achieved the feat, the first time multiple players had double-doubles for RU in a Big Ten game.
   
Number of double-digit victories RU has earned over Top 25-ranked teams, the only unranked program to achieve the feat this season.
 
3            
Scholarship players making their Rutgers debut this season: Akwasi Yeboah, Paul Mulcahy and Jacob Young.
 
3.06      
Cumulative team grade point average of Rutgers entering the fall 2019 semester.
 
5            
Times Rutgers has limited an opponent to less than 40 points under head coach Steve Pikiell.
 
Sold out crowds at the RAC last season, RU's most since experiencing seven in 2004-05. RU has sold out games versus No. 22 Seton Hall and No. 20 Penn State this season.
 
7            
Collegiate team captains on the Rutgers' staff, including six that played point guard.
 
Conference wins last season, RU's most league wins in a year since winning seven in Big East competition in 2005-06.
 
9            
Children in the family that Steve Pikiell grew up in, comprised of five girls and four boys, with Steve as the seventh child and third boy.
              
10          
Number of scholarship Rutgers players 6'4 or above, including seven 6'6 or taller.
 
11          
Double-digit deficits overcome to earn victories under Steve Pikiell, including seven times against Big Ten foes. The largest deficit RU has overcome under Pikiell is 16 points in a 76-69 win over Indiana in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament at MSG.
 
18          
Years since Rutgers was two games over .500 in conference play, which last occurred as a member of the Big East in 2002 (7-5).
 
25          
Years since Rutgers began conference play 3-1, last achieving the mark during the 1994-95 Atlantic 10 season (4-1).
 
26          
Years between New Jersey HS boys basketball players averaging a triple double, prior to it being done last season by Paul Mulcahy, who posted 18.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 10.1 assists-per-game for Gill St. Bernard's in Gladstone. LaMarr Greer averaged 24.1 ppg, 12.4 rpg & 10.3 apg in 1992-93.
 
32          
NBA players the RU staff has combined to recruit and/or coach, including those making 19 All-Star appearances collectively.
 
44          
Years since Rutgers began its season with a better record than its 12-3 start, when the 1975-76 Final Four team was unbeaten (26-0) during the regular season.
 
71          
Positions improved in the KenPom ratings last season, the best among Power 5 conference programs.
 
100       
Percent of men's basketball student-athletes participating in Rutgers Leadership Development community service initiatives during the tenure of Steve Pikiell.
 
408       
National prospect rating of Myles Johnson coming out of Long Beach Poly High School.
 
414       
National prospect rating of Geo Baker coming out of Proctor Academy.
 
604       
Days between collegiate basketball games for Jacob Young, who redshirted last season after transferring from Texas. Young had last played against Nevada in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
 
8,329    
Fans in attendance when Rutgers defeated No. 22 Seton Hall 68-48 in the Garden State Hardwood Classic, the largest crowd at the RAC since Feb. 23, 2002, also against SHU.
 
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