Illinois transfer Luke Goode announced his commitment to Indiana today. Goode entered the transfer portal on Monday, April 22, and quickly moved through the recruiting process.
A 6-foot-7 forward from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Goode played three seasons for the Fighting Illini and averaged 4.1 points in 15.2 minutes per game.
The 2023-24 season was his most productive in Champaign. Goode averaged 5.7 points in 20.1 minutes and shot 38.9 percent on 3s on a team that won the Big Ten tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. He was one of six players on the Illinois roster to play in all 38 games.
A career 38.8 percent 3-point shooter, Goode made a career-best 61 triples last season.
Goode scored in double figures six times last season at Illinois with a career-best 16 points in an 83-78 loss at Purdue on Jan. 5.
A business finance major at Illinois, Goode was named winter academic All-Big Ten last month.
The No. 103 recruit nationally in the 2021 class, according to the 247Composite, Goode played at Homestead in Fort Wayne as a high school player and for Spiece Indy Heat on the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) circuit.
He has one season of eligibility remaining and Indiana has two open scholarships remaining for the 2024-25 roster.
Here is Goode’s bio from his time at Illinois:
2023-24 JUNIOR
– CSC Academic All-District honoree
– One of six Illini to play all 38 games
– Ranked seventh on the team in both scoring (5.7 ppg) and rebounds (3.6 rpg)
– Ranked first on the team in 3-point percentage (.389) and second in 3-pointers made (61)
– Team-leading 6 rebounds with 2 assists in Elite 8 vs. #1 Connecticut (3/30)
– 8 points, with 2 made 3-pointers, and had 2 offensive rebounds in Sweet 16 win vs. #4 Iowa State (3/28)
– 9 points (3-4 3FG) with 4 rebounds and 1 assist in NCAA Tournament Round 1 vs. Morehead State (3/21)
– 12 points, his sixth double-digit scoring game of the year, with a career-high-tying 4 3-pointers and 6 rebounds (4 offensive.) in Big Ten Tournament semifinal vs. Nebraska (3/16)
– 9 points (3-5 3FGs) and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes at Penn State (2/21)
– 6 points (2-4 3FGs), 7 rebounds 1 block at Michigan (2/10)
– Career-high 8 rebounds in home win vs. Nebraska (2/4)
– 11 points with 3 3-pointers vs. Indiana (1/27)
– 8 points and 4 rebounds with 2 3-pointers at Northwestern (1/24)
– 8 points and 4 boards with 2 3-pointers in win at Michigan (1/18)
– 13 points (3-7 3FGs) 6…