The Cards, who finished last season ranked No. 6 by the AP, were the highest-ranked team from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

One early, early, early 2020-21 preseason poll ranked IU as the No. 15 team in the country. 

Both players chose Indiana, the first five-star recruits to do so, speeding up the program resurgence under sixth-year head coach Teri Moren.