Curtain gets peeled back on Indiana basketball for the first time on Tuesday

Players meeting the media on campus for the first time, and Big Ten Media Day is set for next Wednesday in Chicago.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Seniors DeRon Davis and Devonte Green will represent Indiana next week at Big Ten Basketball Media Days at the Rosemont Hilton in suburban Chicago.

It's the first formal league-wide gathering of the basketball season, with 35 players and all 14 head coaches expected to be in attendance at the Wednesday, Oct. 2 event.

Before that, though, the Hoosiers will be unveiled to the media this Tuesday and Wednesday on campus at Assembly Hall. Players are meeting with the media on Tuesday afternoon, and Indiana coach Archie Miller will speak on Wednesday.

Green and Davis are the only two seniors on Indiana's roster, and they will be looked upon to be leaders of this young Hoosiers team this season. Indiana, in its third year under Miller, is eager to get back into NCAA Tournament postseason play. 

The Hoosiers were 19-16 a year ago, but finished just 8-12 in the Big Ten and lost their first conference tournament game to Ohio State. They were invited to the NIT, where they won twice before losing to Wichita State in the quarterfinals.

All 11 scholarship players — seniors Green and Davis; juniors Justin Smith and Al Durham; sophomores Rob Phinisee, Damezi Anderson and (redshirt)Race Thompson; and freshmen Trayce-Jackson-Davis, Armaan Franklin and (redshirt) Jerome Hunter; plus Butler transfer Joey Brunk — will speak with the media on Tuesday in small groups.

Some key dates coming up for the Hoosiers:

Saturday, Oct. 5:  Hoosier Hysteria at Assembly Hall (4 p.m. ET) .

Tuesday, Oct. 29: First exhibition game vs. Gannon at Assembly Hall (7 p.m. ET)

Tuesday, Nov. 5: First regular season game vs. Western Illinois at Assembly Hall, (7 p.m. ET) 

Here is a complete list of the players and coaches who will be speaking at Big Ten Media Day:

• ILLINOIS: Coach Brad Underwood; Giorgi Bezhanishvili, sophomore forward; Ayo Dosunmu, sophomore guard; Trent Frazier, junior guard.

• INDIANA: Coach Archie Miller; Da’Ron Davis, senior forward; Devonte Green, senior guard.

• IOWA: Coach Fran McCaffery; Luka Garza, junior center; Ryan Kriener, senior forward; Joe Wieskamp, sophomore guard.

• MARYLAND: Coach Mark Turgeon; Anthony Cowan Jr., senior guard; Darryl Morsell, junior guard.

• MICHIGAN: Coach Juwan Howard; Isaiah Livers, junior forward; Zavier Simpson, senior guard; Jon Teske, senior center.

• MICHIGAN STATE: Coach Tom Izzo; Joshua Langford, senior guard; Xavier Tillman, junior forward; Cassius Winston, senior guard.

• MINNESOTA: Coach Richard Pitino; Marcus Carr, sophomore guard; Michael Hurt, senior forward.

• NEBRASKA: Coach Fred Hoiberg; Haanif Cheatham, senior guard; Jervay Green, junior guard; Cam Mack, sophomore guard

• NORTHWESTERN: Coach Chris Collins; Anthony Gaines, junior guard; A.J. Turner, senior forward.

• OHIO STATE: Coach Chris Holtmann; CJ Walker, junior guard; Andre Wesson, senior forward; Kaleb Wesson, junior forward.

• PENN STATE: Coach Patrick Chambers; John Harrar, junior forward; Lamar Stevens, senior forward.

• PURDUE: Coach Matt Painter; Nojel Eastern, junior guard; Matt Haarms, junior center.

• RUTGERS: Coach Steve Pikiell; Geo Baker, junior guard; Shaq Carter, senior forward; Ron Harper Jr., sophomore guard/forward.

• WISCONSIN: Coach Greg Gard; Brevin Pritzl, graduate guard; D’Mitrik Trice, redshirt junior guard.