Malik Reneau is questionable for Saturday's game with a knee injury; Reneau started the first 14 games of the season for IU, but has missed the last two games. Prior to his injury, he was second on the team in scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding (5.9 rpg).
Despite Indiana's strong start, they're not a team that the advanced metrics believe in yet -- the Hoosiers rank 55th in BPI (behind Iowa at 48) and 49 in KenPom (almost even with Iowa at 51). Even with a 4-1 start to Big Ten play banked, KenPom still projects IU to go just 10-10 in league play; every other team currently at 4-1 or better in the league is projected to finish 13-7 or better.
Why the skepticism for the Hoosiers? Probably because IU isn't excellent at anything on the court this season. The Hoosiers rank 54th in offensive efficiency and 49th in defensive efficiency. They rank 95th nationally in effective FG% and just 12th in the Big Ten. In league games, the Hoosiers are 12th in 2-point FG% (50%) and 11th in 3-point FG% (32.5%). They've even been bad at making free throws -- 68.9%, 15th in the league.