In less than five days, the decade will come to an end - one that included the firing of Bob Knight, one shared Big Ten regular season title, a surprise trip to the NCAA Championship game under Mike Davis, a recruiting scandal under Kelvin Sampson, the return of Dan Dakich and a major rebuilding project by the newest coach, Tom Crean.
Let's take a look back:
Wins/Losses
Overall: 182-137 (.571)*
Pre-rebuilding win-loss: 171-106 (.671)
Record at Assembly Hall: 110-34 (.764)*
Pre-rebuilding home record: 101-21 (.828)
* = does not include Bryant (12/28/09) and Michigan (12/31/09) games
Note = Records do not include first half of 1999-2000 season
Follow the jump to see year-by-year results, individual honors, all-decade teams and more:
Year-by-Year results
1999-2000
- 20-9 overall record (10-6 in Big Ten play)
- #6 seed in NCAA Tournament, fell to #11 Pepperdine in first round (Bob Knight's last game)
2000-2001
- 21-13 (10-6)
- #4 seed in NCAA Tournament, fell to #13 Kent State in first round
2001-2002
- 25-12 (11-5)
- # 5 seed in NCAA Tournament, defeated #12 Utah, #13 UNC Wilmington, #1 Duke, #10 Kent State and #2 Oklahoma, but lost to #1 Maryland 64-52 in NCAA Championship Game
2002-2003
- 21-13 (8-8)
- #7 seed in NCAA Tournament, beat #10 Alabama but lost to #2 Pittsburgh
2003-2004
- 14-15 (7-9)
- No postseason
2004-2005
- 15-14 (10-6)
- Fell to Vanderbilt in the opening round of the NIT
2005-2006
- 19-12 (9-7)
- #6 seed in NCAA Tournament, beat #11 San Diego State but lost to #3 Gonzaga
2006-2007
- 21-11 (10-6)
- #7 seed in NCAA Tournament, beat #10 Gonzaga but lost to #2 UCLA
2007-2008
- 25-8 (14-4)
- #8 seed in NCAA Tournament, fell to #9 Arkansas in the first round
2008-2009
- 6-25 (1-17)
- No postseason
2009-2010
- 5-6
- Two more games in the calendar year, 19 overall before Big Ten tournament
Records versus Big Ten foes
- Illinois: 7-14
- Iowa: 9-9
- Michigan: 14-3* (one more game this decade)
- Michigan State: 8-11
- Minnesota: 8-10
- Northwestern: 11-5
- Ohio State: 9-9
- Penn State: 14-6
- Purdue: 12-5
- Wisconsin: 6-12
(Also 2-8 versus Kentucky in the last decade, as well as a 14-9 record in games played in Indianapolis)
Notable Victories (wins against Top 5 opponents)
- 2/26/2000: #16 IU defeats #5 Michigan State, 81-79
- 1/7/2001: IU defeats #1 Michigan State, 59-58
- 3/10/2001: IU defeats #4 Illinois, 58-56
- 3/21/2002: IU defeats #1 Duke, 74-73
- 3/30/2002: IU defeats #3 Oklahoma, 73-64
- 1/11/2007: #22 IU defeats #2 Wisconsin, 71-66
Year-by-Year scoring leaders:
1999-2000 - A.J. Guyton (19.7 points per game)
2000-2001 - Kirk Haston (19.0)
2001-2002 - Jared Jeffries (15.1)
2002-2003 - Bracey Wright (16.2)
2003-2004 - Bracey Wright (18.5)
2004-2005 - Bracey Wright (18.3)
2005-2006 - Marco Killingswroth (17.1)
2006-2007 - D.J. White (13.8)
2007-2008 - Eric Gordon (20.9)
2008-2009 - Devan Dumes (12.4)
Individual Honors:
- A.J. Guyton: 2000 All-American, 2000 First Team All-Big Ten and Player of the Year
- Kirk Haston: 2001 All-American, 2000 First Team All-Big Ten
- Jared Jeffries: 2001 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, 2002 All-American, 2002 First Team All-Big Ten and Player of the Year
- Bracey Wright: 2005 First Team All-Big Ten
- D.J. White: 2005 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, 2008 All-American, 2008 Big Ten First Team All-Big Ten and (Unanimous) Player of the Year
- Eric Gordon: 2008 All-American, 2008 First Team All-Big Ten and Freshman of the year
1st Team All-Decade
G - Tom Coverdale
G - Bracey Wright
F - Jared Jeffries
F - D.J. White
F - Kirk Haston
2nd Team All-Decade
G - Marshall Strickland
G - Eric Gordon (mainly because Wright played three years)
G - Dane Fife
F - Marco Killingsworth
F - Jeff Newton
3rd Team All-Decade
G - Kyle Hornsby
G - Roderick Wilmont
G - A.J. Moye (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)
F - Robert Vaden
C - George Leach
