IU’s nonconference schedule always bent hard toward this week, and the idea that the Hoosiers would leave the heavy lifting for this trip. A home win against South Carolina might have been a decent tune-up,

We'll learn a lot about Pat Kelsey's first Louisville basketball team at the Battle 4 Atlantis. Preview UofL vs IU and more in this week's mailbag.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball heads to the Bahamas as a top 15 team. The undefeated Hoosiers (4-0; 0-0) jumped three spots in the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll to No. 15 and two spots in the latest AP Poll to No. 14. They spent nine weeks ranked in the top 15 of the AP Poll during the 2022-23 season.

Indiana played Louisville last season, but the Cardinals’ roster was completely overhauled entering their first season under coach Pat Kelsey.