Despite a disappointing 2023-24 season, Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson will return next season, an IU athletic department source told IndyStar.

The Hoosiers made the NCAA tournament in each of Woodson's first two seasons, but have struggled to a 16-13 record this season heading into tonight's game at Minnesota.

A former IU standout, Woodson has a 60-39 overall record in his three seasons, including a second place finish in the Big Ten last season and a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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Woodson, who will turn 66 March 24, has been in coaching for more than 30 years, including more than a decade now as a head coach across three stops.

“I came back to try and put this team in the best position possible,” Woodson said during his radio show in February, “and I’m going to continue to do that. I mean, I’m almost 66, but I feel good and still move around, and I think I still think well in terms of the game, and I still think I can teach the game.

“I don’t know. There are coaches that are coaching into their 70s I don’t know if that’s something I’ll do. I don’t know. But at this point I’ll take it a day at a time, a year at a time. I’m not going anywhere anytime soon, guys. I’m just not.

“I’m going to continue to build this team,” he added, “and put it in the best position possible, and see where it leads us.”

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