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The floor of Gainbridge Fieldhouse was buzzing on Friday morning and well into the afternoon. With Tom Izzo and Matt Painter set to speak, there was tons of intrigue.

However, first-year Indiana Head coach Mike Woodson might have had the most palpable energy about him as he walked the halls and spoke to the media.

“It’s good to be back here in Indianapolis where I was born and raised, and where I played all my high school basketball in the city,” said Woodson. “That was the whole reason for me coming back to get this job… This is the only college job I would pursue.”

This was Woodson’s first Big Ten Media day, and in general, one of his first appearances in front of the national media, period.