For Miller , his first season at IU would n’t be so much of a rebuilding job , as it would be a major remodeling job ; starting with laying the foundation of a pack-line defense and valuing possessions . Early in the season , Miller stated practices were 75 % defense , 25 % offense . That scheme showed early and often , as the Hoosiers struggled mightily throughout the season to find any flow or rhythm on offense , despite the defense making leaps and bounds in the overall rankings of Division 1 basketball ( final ranking of number one in the Big Ten Conference ) . As the season progressed toward its end , the Hoosiers bought into Miller ’s defense , which led to better offense . With a surprising early second round loss in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament to Rutgers , 67 – 76 , and losing enough games to keep them out of the NCAA tournament and NIT , including an early few they should have won against Indiana State and IPFW , IU ’s first season under their new coach came to a disappointing close . They finished with an overall record of 16 – 15 and 9 – 9 in the Big Ten . Despite the highs of the previous season and being ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation , the Hoosiers faced a troubling and disappointing year ; they finished the 2016 – 17 season 18 – 16 , 7 – 11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place . At the Big Ten Tournament they defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Wisconsin . The Hoosiers missed out on the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round of the NIT , their first appearance since 2005 , to Georgia Tech . The game was played at Georgia Tech 's McCamish Pavilion because Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass declined to host a home game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall citing concern it would " devalue " the Hoosiers ' home court . On March 16 , 2017 , Indiana fired Crean after nine years as head coach . On March 25 , 2017 , it was announced that Dayton 's Archie Miller was hired as Indiana 's 29th head basketball coach . Miller played at NC State and had assistant coaching experience at schools like NC State , Ohio State , and Arizona before coaching Dayton for six years
2018 Big Ten Tournament
2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team