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Indiana Basketball: Six goals for Archie Miller moving forward

By Trevor Gersmehl

ST LOUIS, MO - MARCH 18: Head coach Archie Miller of the Dayton Flyers gestures from the sideline in the second half against the Syracuse Orange during the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Scottrade Center on March 18, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
ST LOUIS, MO - MARCH 18: Head coach Archie Miller of the Dayton Flyers gestures from the sideline in the second half against the Syracuse Orange during the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Scottrade Center on March 18, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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BLOOMINGTON, IN – NOVEMBER 09: Head coach Archie Miller of the Indiana Hoosiers reacts in the first half of the game against the Montana State Bobcats at Assembly Hall on November 9, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers won 80-35. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN – NOVEMBER 09: Head coach Archie Miller of the Indiana Hoosiers reacts in the first half of the game against the Montana State Bobcats at Assembly Hall on November 9, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers won 80-35. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Hit the recruiting trail hard

Optimists and pessimists can both agree: a 54th recruiting class ranking for Indiana Basketball is simply unacceptable. More talent must be imported.

The class of 2020 has been a clear goal of the coaching staff recently, as they went ballistic visiting games, taking in home visits, and offering scholarships to players all over the country in the past month. The three main targets appear to be Missouri native Caleb Love (PG, No. 31), Bloomington South guard Anthony Leal (No. 82), and The Culver Academies guard Trey Galloway (No. 208). Leal and Galloway visited campus last week, and Love said that Indiana is one of the five schools pursuing him the hardest.

Miller knows that his recent whiffs on the recruiting trail are unacceptable for the standards placed on the Indiana Basketball program, and he is working his hardest to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Time will tell if the fruits of these labors will be realized, but it should remain a focal point this offseason.

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