What they’re saying: A look at where Indiana sits in updated preseason top 25 rankings
We’re six months from the start of the 2024-25 college basketball season, but several preseason rankings have been updated in the last few weeks.
Here’s a look at where Indiana stands in several notable preseason rankings after its success in the transfer portal this spring:
ESPN.com, Jeff Borzello: No. 16
“The winners of the first wave of portal season. The Hoosiers landed Arizona transfer Oumar Ballo, the top-ranked player in the portal, as well as top-15 guard transfers Myles Rice (Washington State) and Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford). Three starters also return: Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Trey Galloway. They added Illinois transfer Luke Goode to address their shooting woes, although another perimeter sniper with size could help.”
Other Big Ten teams: Purdue (No. 13), UCLA (No. 19), Ohio State (No. 21), Maryland No. 23)
CBSSports.com, Gary Parrish: No. 17
“This ranking is based on Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers returning three of the top four scorers — specifically Malik Reneau, Mackenzie Mgbako and Trey Galloway — from a team that finished tied for sixth in the Big Ten. The additions of Myles Rice (Washington State), Oumar Ballo (Arizona), Kanaan Carlyle (Stanford) and Luke Goode (Illinois) from the transfer portal means Indiana is adding four experienced pieces, three of whom just spent a season starting in the Pac-12.”
Other Big Ten teams: Purdue (No. 12), Ohio State (No. 14), UCLA (No. 20), Rutgers (No. 22), Michigan State (No. 25)
FanDuel, Jon Rothstein, No. 15
Other Big Ten teams: Purdue (No. 9), Ohio State (No. 16), UCLA (No. 21), Oregon (No. 23), Michigan State (No. 24), Rutgers (No. 26), Michigan (No. 29), Wisconsin (No. 34), Maryland (No. 36), Illinois (No. 40)
Other Big Ten teams: UCLA (No. 10), Purdue (No. 11), Michigan State (No. 17), USC (No. 21), Michigan (No. 26), Rutgers (No. 30), Northwestern (No. 31), Ohio State (No. 32), Wisconsin (No. 35), Nebraska (No. 38), Oregon (No. 42), Maryland (No. 43), Iowa (No. 50)
On3.com, James Fletcher III: No. 21
Other Big Ten teams: UCLA (No. 16), Purdue (No. 18), USC (No. 23)
FoxSports.com, John Fanta: No. 25
Other Big Ten teams: Purdue (No. 11), UCLA (No. 17), Ohio State (No. 18), Maryland (No. 20), Rutgers (No. 23)
Filed to: 2024-25 season preview