Their head coach was Kelvin Sampson, in his first season with the Hoosiers.

Sampson, formerly at Oklahoma, was hired on March 29, 2006, to replace the recently resigned Mike Davis.

The team played its home games at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Indiana lost the only Big Ten tournament game in which they played, an overtime loss to Illinois.

As a 7-seed in the NCAA tournament, Indiana beat 10-seed Gonzaga to advance to the second round.