​ROSEMONT, Ill. — Indiana women’s basketball coach Teri Moren learned a hard lesson over the past two seasons. The growing impact of NIL and revshare on the sport along with a greater reliance on the transfer portal impacted the culture in IU’s locker room. For years, Moren had a homegrown nucleus of talent who spent their entire careers in Bloomington. They knew what it took to win in the Big Ten and passed down that knowledge to the players coming up behind them. The Hoosiers roster turnover over the last two seasons broke that cycle. “I have to take responsibility for doing a poor job,” Moren said at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday. “I think I did a poor job of managing that and making sure that we were thinking ahead. And instead of being proactive, I think we were reactive to the moment. And that falls on me.”More: Highly-rated freshmen class ready to help Indiana women’s basketball get back on trackLast season, Indiana lacked the maturity and experience it needed to navigate an up-and-down season, especially with multiple freshmen filling key roles in the rotation.  The Hoosiers fell short of the NCAA Tournament at 18-14 and struggled during Big Ten play with a 6-12 record in the conference. They lost nine straight during one stretch with just two of those games decided by single digits. It was IU’s longest losing streak during Moren’s tenure. “We just were not a mature group,” Moren said. “And that was between the lines. That was outside the lines in our behaviors and how we approached practice and how we approached games sometimes. We just didn’t have enough maturity in the locker room that could put us in a position that would have bled into some of those young kids.”Moren took steps to address those issues starting with a targeted approach in the portal to add older players with winning resumes. In 2025-26, Shay Ciezki had to carry much of that burden by herself as the only returning player on the roster with any significant experience.  “We had a very young group last year, and as much as I could sit there and try to be a leader, I really didn’t have experience to back it up, truthfully, other than Shay,” IU guard Lenee Beaumont said. “That put her in a hard position, and she had a lot of the load to carry on the court as well, so it made it very difficult.”Moren added four veteran transfers, all from Power Four schools, who combined for 13 career NCAA Tournament appearances. Indiana signed a pair of guards, Malia Samuels (USC) and Kenzie Hare (Iowa St.), along with two forwards Jess Petrie (Nebraska) and Alisa Williams (Iowa St.). Samuels, Hare and Petrie all started for their respective teams last season. In 2024-25, Samuels averaged double-digit minutes for a USC team that reached the Elite Eight. She represented the Hoosiers at Big Ten Media Days along with Beaumont. “We wanted experience,” Moren said. “We wanted them to have played and been at a high level and won, right? And