OPENING TIP
• The 118th season of Indiana basketball continues on Friday when the Hoosiers host the Eagles of Eastern Michigan in IU's final game of the Hoosier-Tip-Off Classic. The Hoosiers are coming off an 87-70 win at home against Arkansas State. IU also has beaten South Florida, 70-53 win and Howard, 86-77, in this event. Both games also were at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
•IU holds a 3-0 record in the series which began in 1970. The last meeting was in December of 2005, when IU won at home 79-63. IU has a 73-12 record against the Mid-American Conference.