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

In addition, former Ohio State head coach, Thad Matta, was hired on to be an associate athletic director in men's basketball administration.

With over 15 years of college basketball experience, he has helped lead multiple players to the NBA including a few first round draft picks.

In addition to this news, it was also revealed that Benny Sander was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations, and Brian Walsh assumed the role of Team and Recruitment Coordinator.

Parker Stewart, Khristian Lander, Jordan Geronimo, and Race Thompson all withdrew from the portal following talks with Woodson and chose to remain at Indiana.

Johnson made 81 career starts for the Panthers and averaged 13.7 points on 40.2 percent shooting.

[12] IU landed its second transfer on April 20 when Northwestern Junior, Miller Kopp, announced his commitment.

[13] A third transfer was announced on May 17, 2021, when Michael Durr of South Florida committed to play for IU.