IU guard Xavier Johnson discusses his workout with the Pacers
Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson, who averaged 10.4 points and 4.3 assists over three seasons at IU, had a pre-draft workout with the Pacers
Indiana basketball‘s version of The Basketball Tournament team, Assembly Ball, has completed its roster for play later this summer.
Hoosiers alumni will include Race Thompson, Miller Kopp, Devonte Green, Juwan Morgan, Troy Williams, Yogi Ferrell and Jordan Hulls. Non-IU alums Julian Gamble, Keith Hornsby, Kristian Doolittle, Rion Brown will also be part of the team.
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IU is the top seed in the Butler Regional, which will take place at Hinkle Fieldhouse from July 19-23. The rest of the region includes No. 2 seed All Good Dawgs (Butler), No. 3 seed Team Arkansas (Arkansas), No. 4 seed Men of Mackey (Purdue), No. 5 seed Fort Wayne Champs, No. 6 seed Eberlein Drive, No. 7 seed Fail Harder and No. 8 seed The Cru (Valparaiso).
The Hoosiers will face off with Valparaiso on Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m., on the Big Ten Network. If they advance, Assembly Ball will play the winner of Men of Mackey and Fort Wayne Champs on Sunday, July 21 at 8 p.m. on FS1.
The Basketball Tournament is a $1 million winner-take-all event involving 64 teams, many of them college basketball alumni.