Indiana will look for more production from the 3-point line this upcoming season.
A lack of reliable 3-point shooting has been an issue for the Indiana men’s basketball program for multiple years now.
It was especially prevalent last year when the Hoosiers’ best shooter, then-freshman Mackenzie Mgbako, took time to adjust to the college game before hitting a respectable percentage in conference play.
Mike Woodson and the staff answered those concerns over the offseason by signing former Illinois sniper and Fort Wayne native Luke Goode out of the transfer portal. Goode has multiple family members who played for Indiana, including his father, Craig Goode and uncle, former Hoosiers quarterback Trent Green.
He grew up an Indiana fan, but didn’t receive an offer from the program out of high school. Now he brings a career 3-point shooting clip of 38.8% to Bloomington.
On top of that, Mike Woodson confirmed at Big Ten Media Days that the program will be running sets to get Goode open from long range.
Indiana didn’t run a lot of actions for its previous 3-point specialist, Miller Kopp, instead relying on catch and shoot opportunities off of drives into the paint or passing from the post courtesy of Trayce Jackson-Davis. Woodson said things will be different with Goode.
“We didn’t run a whole lot for Miller, Goode we will,” Woodson said. “Because the makeup of our team is totally different.”
Woodson went on to note that Indiana will be running more pick-and-rolls this year and you need to have shooting on the court to reliably do so. This Indiana team’s makeup differs from previous years thanks to its depth at guard, with multiple players capable of creating on perimeter as opposed to few.
“We’ll do combinations of sets and then we’ll open the court up a little bit,” Woodson said. “That’s kinda how I want to play.”