Skip to main content
Indiana

Indiana basketball wing Luke Goode details waiver process, next step in playing career

headshotby: Alec Lasley07/17/25allasley
NCAA Basketball: Purdue at Indiana
Feb 23, 2025; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Indiana Hoosiers forward Luke Goode (10) celebrates after making a three-point basket in front of Purdue Boilermakers guard Fletcher Loyer (2) during the second half at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images

Former Indiana basketball wing Luke Goode received news on Tuesday afternoon that his wavier was denied by the NCAA, ending his college career.

Goode was vying for a 5th year of eligibility following his lone season at Indiana. The season in question was the 2022-23 year when Goode played just 10 games.

According to the NCAA, the requirements for a medical-hardship waiver says that a player can’t participate in more than 30 percent of the number of games and can’t appear after the midpoint of their season. His 10 game were in the back half of the year and he appeared in 30.3 percent of games during that season.

“Throughout the whole process I maintained the mindset that it would get denied and if it got accepted I would be happy. I wanted to prepare myself for it to be denied because odds were not in my favor,” Goode told WANE 15 News on Thursday. “We predicted it (decision) would take 3-4 weeks to hear back and it took 7, so that threw the timeline in a bit of a tizzy.”

In his lone season with Indiana he put up career numbers. He averaged 9.1 points a game and shot 39.2 percent from three. He started 16 of his 32 games played. 

In Big Ten play alone, he averaged 11 points and shot 44.3 percent from three on 2.4 made 3s a game.

“I have great support behind me that’s helped me throughout the whole process and I’m very content now where I’m at in my basketball career,” Goode added.

While waiting for the decision of his waiver, Goode was working out with the Indiana roster for parts of this summer. He also got the chance to be around new Indiana basketball head coach Darian DeVries and the new staff.

“He’s awesome,” Goode said of DeVries. “I was able to go to Bloomington and practice with them for three or four weeks … He’s great. He’s a really good basketball coach Xs and Os wise. He has a great culture and his standard he holds his players to is very high. Indiana is going to be in good hands.”

Before transferring to Indiana, Goode spent his first three seasons playing for Illinois. During his three years with the Illini, Goode played in 76 games and averaged 4.1 points and shot 38.8 percent from three.

The Fort Wayne, Indiana native is now set to play with the Fort Wayne Champs in the upcoming TBT.

Not yet a member of TheHoosier? Take advantage of our launch with On3 and join our community! Just $1 for your first week and then 50% off the rest of your FIRST YEAR! Join here.

You may also like