Indiana first got involved with Xavier Johnson before the Hoosiers even made a coaching change. He left Pittsburgh on Feb. 24 before the season was over and entered the transfer portal immediately. Indiana assistant Kenya Hunter, who like Johnson is a native of the northern Virginia suburbs around Washington D.C., made the contact because the two go way back. “Kenya is like family to me,” Johnson told The Daily Hoosier. “That’s my guy. He recruited me out of high school.” In between that initial contact and Wednesday, when Johnson announced his commitment to the Hoosiers on his Instagram page, a lot changed for both him and Indiana. Johnson was being recruited by practically everyone, and his final four schools included national champion Baylor and the Houston team that lost to Baylor in the Final Four. The Hoosiers fired Hunter’s boss Archie Miller and hired a new one in Mike Woodson.