Indiana fifth-year guard Trey Galloway continues to progress towards being ready to play ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season.
“I think he might be ready to go, first day of practice,” Woodson told Jon Rothstein on the College Hoops Today Podcast released on Monday.
“We kind of slow-walked him and didn’t rush things, because we don’t have to. There’s enough talent around him that we don’t have to rush him back. He’s done his work this summer to continuing to grow to get back out on the floor, but it takes time from these knee surgeries. He’s heading in the right direction and I’m hoping that from day one he’ll be back on the floor ready to go.”
College basketball teams begin practicing around six weeks prior to the season, so if Galloway is fully cleared by then, he should have plenty of time to shake off the rust and be ready for his final year in Bloomington.
Galloway had offseason knee surgery related to an injury suffered around IU’s regular-season finale against Michigan State. He missed the most of that game as well as the Big Ten Tournament. The expectation since the injury has been that it wasn’t of a nature that would disrupt his availability for the season.
“I’ve dealt with a lot,” Galloway said on a recent podcast with Miller Kopp. “I’ve already missed a summer with my groin. I’ve definitely had some tough blows, with my wrist and stuff too, and now this. It’s really challenging, because you want to be out there with your teammates. I’m lucky that it’s now (the offseason) and I’m not missing games, but it still sucks to miss time, whenever it is.
“But just knowing that I have a chance to be fully back to myself, that’s very positive.”
“I’m just excited to get back to my normal self, because it makes you realize how blessed we really are to be healthy and to do the things we get to do.”
The 6-foot-4 guard from Culver, Ind. started all 31 games for Indiana in 2023-24. He was one of four IU players to appear in all 20 Big Ten games. Galloway averaged career bests in points (10.6), assists (4.6), steals (1.2), and minutes (33.4) per game in his fourth season with the program.
Galloway was the first Hoosier since Isiah Thomas (1980-81) to have multiple 12-plus assist games in a single season. He closed Big Ten play with 105 total assists, tied for the second most in program history.
For his final season at IU, Galloway says he is more focused on wins than his own personal accomplishments.
“The reason I came back is to win, and be remembered as a winner,” he said.
“Indiana wasn’t great when I committed. It’s home. There’s nothing better than seeing Indiana at the top where it belongs. Obviously we’ve had a lot of ups and downs, but success would be being remembered as a winner, and going out as a winner this final year.”
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