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Big Ten Basketball: Breakout candidate from each team for 2020-21 season

By Trevor Sinodhinos

MADISON, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 01: D'Mitrik Trice #0 of the Wisconsin Badgers reacts in the second half against the Maryland Terrapins at the Kohl Center on February 01, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MADISON, WISCONSIN - FEBRUARY 01: D'Mitrik Trice #0 of the Wisconsin Badgers reacts in the second half against the Maryland Terrapins at the Kohl Center on February 01, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – DECEMBER 13: Aljami Durham #1 of the Indiana Hoosiers (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – DECEMBER 13: Aljami Durham #1 of the Indiana Hoosiers (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Indiana: Aljami Durham

Indiana Basketball will have the five players who started more than ten games during the 2019-20 season return to Bloomington to play in front of the Crimson Guard for another season together as coach Archie Miller looks to improve upon the Hoosiers 10th place Big Ten finish.

After starting all 32 games, the 6’4 senior ‘to be’ Aljami Durham will not have to look over his shoulder for somebody who might take his starting spot, in 26 minutes a game Durham averaged 10 points. An important note is that although he averaged approximately three to seven minutes more than fellow starters guard Rob Phinisee and forward Joey Brunk, he averaged close to three points more with a slightly lower usage rate.

The Hoosiers should have a better season in 2020-21, with not only Durham being a candidate to breakout, but Trayce Jackson-Davis looks primed to drastically improve upon his 13 points and eight rebounds. The degree to which these two players breakthrough depends a lot on how coach Miller implements the flex offense that he is prone to use. Jackson-Davis may benefit from playing power forward in the way Juwan Morgan did in 2018-19 when he was All-Big Ten.

Jackson-Davis’ stats were a little higher, making it a little easier and less surprising that he would ‘break-out’. The improvement from last season to the upcoming one will be greater for Durham and warranting the label of a breakout.

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