2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Archie Miller, his first year as Indiana head coach. The team played its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The season officially kicked off with its annual event, Hoosier Hysteria, on October 21, 2017.

2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–15 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Ostrom (1st season)
  • Ed Schilling (1st season)
  • Bruiser Flint (1st season)
Home arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
2017–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Michigan State162 .889305  .857
No. 11 Purdue153 .833307  .811
No. 17 Ohio State153 .833259  .735
No. 7 Michigan135 .722338  .805
Nebraska135 .7222211  .667
Penn State99 .5002613  .667
Indiana99 .5001615  .516
Maryland810 .4441913  .594
Wisconsin711 .3891518  .455
Northwestern612 .3331517  .469
Minnesota414 .2221517  .469
Illinois414 .2221418  .438
Iowa414 .2221419  .424
Rutgers315 .1671519  .441
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

For Miller, his first season at IU wouldn'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.

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