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2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Drew Adams (1st season)
  • Kenny Johnson (1st season)
  • Nick Norton (1st season)
  • Rod Clark (1st season)
Home arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Seasons
2026–27 →
2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois 0 0   0 0  
Indiana 0 0   0 0  
Iowa 0 0   0 0  
Maryland 0 0   0 0  
Michigan 0 0   0 0  
Michigan State 0 0   0 0  
Minnesota 0 0   0 0  
Nebraska 0 0   0 0  
Northwestern 0 0   0 0  
Ohio State 0 0   0 0  
Oregon 0 0   0 0  
Penn State 0 0   0 0  
Purdue 0 0   0 0  
Rutgers 0 0   0 0  
UCLA 0 0   0 0  
USC 0 0   0 0  
Washington 0 0   0 0  
Wisconsin 0 0   0 0  
2026 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 28, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team will represent Indiana University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be led by first-year head coach, Darian DeVries.[1] The team will play its home games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

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By missing out on the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the Woodson era came to a close. Turning down other post-season tournament invites, the Hoosiers finished with an overall record of 19–13, and 10–10 in Big Ten Conference play.[2]

Offseason

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Coaching changes

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On March 18, 2025, Indiana University announced Darian DeVries as its 31st head coach of the men's basketball program. Devries is originally from Aplington, Iowa. He played collegiately at Northern Iowa before becoming an assistant coach for 17 years at Creighton; he then became the head coach at Drake and most recently West Virginia. As a head coach, his incoming record was 169–68 (.713).[1]

The first addition to Devries' staff came on March 31, 2025. It was announced that Assistant Coach Drew Adams, a former assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the Cincinnati Bearcats (a stint he held for two years) would be coming back to Indiana. He is a Bloomington, IN native and graduated from Bloomington South in 2004. He was then recruited to Iowa to play under Steve Alford, a former Hoosier legend. Adams spent two years on Tom Crean's staff at Indiana, first as Coordinator of Basketball Systems in 2009-10 before being promoted to Director of Operations for the 2010-11 season. He has also coached on the AAU level for the Indiana Elite program.[3][4]

The second addition to the coaching staff was officially announced on April 3, 2025. Assistant Coach Nick Norton followed Coach Devries from West Virginia, where he served as an assistant coach & director of player development. Per Coach Devries, "We are excited to have Nick join our staff. He brings tremendous knowledge and feel for what we want our program to be about. He is terrific with the players on the floor and brings incredible energy every day to the practice floor." Norton began his collegiate career at UAB, but finished at Drake playing for DeVries. In 2019, he signed with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League but had a very short season/career due to injuries. Norton returned to Drake during the 2021-22 season, but this time as an assistant director of operations. He then was promoted to director of operations prior to the 2022-23 season. He was promoted again to assistant coach/director of player development for the 2023-24 campaign.[5]

On April 11, 2025, two more coaches' names were revealed: former IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson and Mike Bargen. Johnson was an assistant under Coach Tom Crean for two seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14. Since then, Johnson has been an assistant coach at multiple stops including Louisville, La Salle, Rhode Island, and most recently Georgetown. Per Alex Bozich from Inside the Hall, "Johnson has coached numerous NBA players including but not limited to Terry Rozier, Montrezl Harrell, Damion Lee, Jordan Nwora, Donovan Mitchell, Victor Oladipo, Cody Zeller, Noah Vonleh, Josh Hart and Jerami Grant. Johnson is known as a top recruiter on a national level and an elite talent developer. After surveying more than 60 collegiate coaches, ESPN Insider named Johnson as the nation’s 10th-best recruiting assistant coach in a 2016 listing."[6]

Bargen comes to IU by way of Bradley University where he has been the associate head coach/assistant coach for the past 10 yrs, seven of which he worked alongside IU's assistant coach, Drew Adams. At this time, Bargen's official title has yet to be determined; however, he will not be an assistant coach.[7]

A fourth assistant coach was officially announced on April 30, 2025: Rod Clark. Clark spent the last four seasons on the bench next to Rick Barnes as an assistant for the Tennessee Volunteers. Three of those years, he helped lead Tennessee to two Sweet Sixteen appearances and an Elite Eight. Also, every year at Tennessee Clark has been instrumental in getting at least one Volunteer drafted in the NBA. As a collegiate player, Clark started out at a junior college Neosho County Community College, next Redlands Community College, and then finished at Lindsey Wilson College, an NAIA school.[8]

Departures

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Indiana departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jakai Newton 0 G 6'3" 210 RS FR Covington, GA Transferred to Georgia State[9]
Myles Rice 0 G 6'3" 210 RS SO Columbia, SC Transferred to Maryland[10]
Gabe Cupps 2 G 6'2" 180 RS SO Dayton, OH Transferred to Ohio State[11]
Anthony Leal 3 G 6'5" 200 SR Bloomington, IN Graduated
Malik Reneau 5 F 6'9" 232 JR Miami, FL Transferred to Miami[12]
Bryson Tucker 8 F 6'7" 207 FR Arlington, VA Transferred to Washington[13]
Kanaan Carlyle 9 G 6'3" 182 SO Atlanta, GA Transferred to Florida Atlantic[14]
Oumar Ballo 11 C 7'0" 265 SR Koulikoro, Mali Graduated
Langdon Hatton 12 F 6'10" 247 SR Georgetown, IN Graduated
Shaan Burke 13 G 6'4" 190 SR San Diego, CA Graduated
Mackenzie Mgbako 21 F 6'9" 222 SO Gladstone, NJ Transferred to Texas A&M[15]
Jaden Bobbett 20 G 6'2" 190 SR Rye, NH Graduated
Jackson Creel 22 G 6'3" 190 SR Mount Vernon, IL Graduated
Trey Galloway 32 G 6'5" 205 SR Culver, IN Graduated
Dallas James 42 F 7'0" 245 RS JR Artesia, CA Transfer Portal[16]

Incoming transfers

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Once again, IU found itself with a depleted roster after every scholarship player with remaining eligibility hit the transfer portal. Coaches Devries and Adams began working and recruiting the portal right away. IU landed its first transfer in Conor Enright, a redshirt Senior from DePaul. Prior to his time at DePaul, Enright played for two seasons at Drake under Head Coach DeVries. During his lone year at DePaul, Enright averaged 7.5 points, 6.2 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 30 minutes per game. He shot 32.5 percent on 3s and 63.3 percent from the free-throw line. His season ended early after a shoulder injury in January required surgery in February.[17] Not long after Enright committed to Indiana on April 2, 2025, another addition was made official when Coach DeVries son, Tucker DeVries, announced his commitment the same day. While expected, there was a delay in obtaining his medical waiver, allowing him a fifth season. Following his father from West Virginia, DeVries is seen as a "dangerous and versatile guard." Only playing 8 games last season, DeVries averaged 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. During his three seasons at Drake, fans saw him score 1,300 points, averaging 36.8% from behind the 3-point line. DeVries was named Missouri Valley Conference player of the year in his final two seasons at Drake. DeVries is also a former Iowa Mr. Basketball (2021).[18]

Four days after the first transfer portal commitments, the coaching staff nabbed Reed Bailey from Davidson. Bailey, as a Junior at Davidson, was named a first-team All-Atlantic 10 selection. He averaged averaged 18.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in the 2024-25 season (good for second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring and 13th in rebounding). In addition to being named first-team All-Atlantic 10, Bailey earned the Chris Daniels Most Improved Player award.[19] The transfer commitments kept coming as 4-star guard, Lamar Wilkerson, announced his commitment to Indiana on April 15, 2025. Wilkerson transferred from Sam Houston, where he averaged 20.5 points, 4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals. He shot 44.5 percent on 3s and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line. Wilkerson ranked seventh nationally in 3-point field goal percentage and 13th in made 3-point field goals (109). Last season, he was a first-team All-Conference USA selection.[20]

Devries and his staff had a big day on April 16, 2025 as two more portal transfers committed to the Hoosiers: Jasai Miles and Tayton Conerway. Miles joins IU after transferring from North Florida and has two years of eligibility remaining. Last season, Miles was named a third-team All-ASUN selection. He made 78 out of an attempted 233 3-pointers, which was good for 33.5 percent. He also averaged 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists.[21] Conerway made his announcement a mere two hours after Miles. As a Trojan of Troy University, Conerway was named the Sun Belt Conference player of the year last season. He averaged 14.2 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 2.9 steals, and led his team to a share of the Sun Belt regular season championship and the conference tournament title. Before making the move to Troy, Conerway played JUCO basketball at Grayson College and Ranger College. He has one year of eligibility remaining.[22]

The team grew by one more player when former Drexel guard, Jason "Deuce" Drake committed to play for Coach Devries and staff on April 22, 2025. As a junior at Drexel, Drake averaged 11.1 points, 3.1 assists and three rebounds. He shot 39.6 percent on 3s on 101 attempts and 86.5 percent from the free-throw line on 74 attempts. Prior to his time at Drexel, Drake played at Cleveland State for a year; before that, he spent a year at JUCO Butler Community College. Drake has two years of eligibility remaining. Alex Bozich of Inside the Hall states that with this seventh commitment, IU coaches will turn their attention to finding frontcourt pieces. [23] An eighth transfer portal addition was confirmed on April 24, 2025. Nick Dorn, a former guard at Elon, chose Indiana over North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Maryland. Standing at 6'7" and weighing 200 pounds, he averaged 15.2 points and 3.8 rebounds. Dorn has two years of eligibility remaining.[24] The coaching staff landed a national champion with their next commitment from Sam Alexis, a 6'8" and 240-pound forward from Florida. Alexis committed to IU late in the evening on April 24, 2025. For his lone season at Florida, Alexis averaged 7.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.2 blocked shots, and 1.1 assists per game. At Chattanooga, Alexis was named third-team All-Southern Conference in the 2023-24 season and to the league’s all-defensive team. As a freshman in the 2022-23 season, he was named to the league’s All-freshman team.[25]

The roster continued to fill out when the Hoosiers got their 10th transfer portal commitment from Josh Harris. Last year, Harris played for the North Florida Ospreys with fellow IU tranfer portal commit, Jasai Miles. As a freshman, Harris started all 30 games he appeared in and averaged 13.4 points and 7.1 rebounds. He shot 55.7 percent from the field, 33.3 percent on 3s and 69.5 percent from the free-throw line. Harris was named to the ASUN All-freshman team and has three seasons of eligibility remaining.[26]

Indiana incoming transfers
Name Number Pos Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Years remaining Date eligible
Conor Enright 5 G 6'2" 180 RS Senior Mundelein, IL DePaul 1 October 1, 2025
Tucker DeVries 12 G/F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Waukee, IA West Virginia 1 October 1, 2025
Reed Bailey 1 F 6'10" 230 Senior Harvard, MA Davidson 1 October 1, 2025
Lamar Wilkerson 3 G 6'5" 205 Senior Ashdown, Arkansas Sam Houston 1 October 1, 2025
Jasai Miles 0 G 6'6" 210 Junior Miami, FL North Florida 2 October 1, 2025
Tayton Conerway 6 G 6'3" 186 Senior Burleson, TX Troy 1 October 1, 2025
Jason Drake 2 G 6'2" 195 Junior Oak Park, MI Drexel 2 October 1, 2025
Nick Dorn 7 G 6'7" 200 Junior Charlotte, NC Elon 2 October 1, 2025
Sam Alexis 4 F 6'8" 240 Senior Apopka, FL Florida 1 October 1, 2025
Josh Harris 10 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Pembroke Pines, FL North Florida 3 October 1, 2025

Recruiting classes

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2025 recruiting class

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Trent Sisley
PF
Lincoln City, IN Montverde Academy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 23, 2024 
Recruit ratings: Rivals: 4/5 stars   247Sports: 4/5 stars   ESPN: 4/5 stars   (82)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

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2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jasai Miles 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Miami Country Day/North Florida Miami, FL
F 1 Reed Bailey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Brewster Academy/Davidson Harvard, MA
G 2 Jason Drake 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Ferndale/Drexel Oak Park, MI
F 3 Lamar Wilkerson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Ashdown/Sam Houston Ashdown, AR
F 4 Sam Alexis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Apopka/Florida Apopka, FL
G 5 Conor Enright 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Mundelein/DePaul Mundelein, IL
G 6 Tayton Conerway 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Sr Centennial/Troy Burleson, TX
G 7 Nick Dorn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Julius L. Chambers/Elon Charlotte, NC
F 10 Josh Harris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Pembroke Pines Charter/North Florida Pembroke Pines, FL
PF 11 Trent Sisley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Montverde Academy Lincoln City, IN
G/F 12 Tucker DeVries 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Elkhorn South/West Virginia Waukee, IA
G 14 Jordan Rayford (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Phillips Academy/Air Force Washington, D.C.
F 30 Ian Stephens (W) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Jr New Palestine New Palestine, IN
F Luke Goode 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Sr Homestead/Illinois Fort Wayne, IN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: June 2, 2025

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
TBD*
      Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
Regular Season
November 9, 2025*
vs. Marquette[27]       United Center 
Chicago, IL
December 6, 2025*
vs. Louisville[28]       Gainbridge Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
December 13, 2025*
at Kentucky[29]
Rivalry
      Rupp Arena 
Lexington, KY
TBD
at Illinois
Rivalry
      State Farm Center 
Champaign, IL
TBD
Iowa       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
at Maryland       Xfinity Center 
College Park, MD
TBD
at Michigan       Crisler Center 
Ann Arbor, MI
TBD
Michigan State       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
at Michigan State       Breslin Student Events Center 
East Lansing, MI
TBD
Minnesota       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
at Minnesota       Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
TBD
Nebraska       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
Northwestern       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
at Ohio State       Value City Arena 
Columbus, OH
TBD
Oregon       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
Penn State       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
Purdue
Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup
      Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
at Purdue
Rivalry/Indiana National Guard Governor's Cup
      Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
TBD
at Rutgers       Jersey Mike's Arena 
Piscataway, NJ
TBD
at UCLA       Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
TBD
at USC       Galen Center 
Los Angeles, CA
TBD
Washington       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
TBD
Wisconsin       Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Player statistics

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Individual player statistics (final)
Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A Stl Blk TO
Alexis, Sam
Bailey, Reed
Conerway, Tayton
DeVries, Tucker
Dorn, Nick
Drake, Jason
Enright, Conor
Goode, Luke
Goodis, James
Miles, Jasai
Rayford, Jordan
Sisley, Trent
Stephens, Ian
Wilkerson, Lamar
Total
Opponents
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

References

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  7. ^ "Bradley associate head coach Mike Bargen to join IU basketball staff". Inside the Hall. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  8. ^ "Report: Tennessee's Rod Clark to join IU basketball staff as assistant coach". Inside the Hall. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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  10. ^ "Indiana's Myles Rice to enter the transfer portal". Inside the Hall. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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  12. ^ "Report: Indiana's Malik Reneau to enter the transfer portal". Inside the Hall. March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
  13. ^ "Indiana's Bryson Tucker to enter the transfer portal". Inside the Hall. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  14. ^ "Indiana's Kanaan Carlyle to enter the transfer portal". Inside the Hall. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  15. ^ "Indiana's Mackenzie Mgbako to enter the transfer portal". Inside the Hall. March 24, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
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  20. ^ "Sam Houston transfer Lamar Wilkerson commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  21. ^ "North Florida transfer guard Jasai Miles commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 16, 2025. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  22. ^ "Troy transfer guard Tayton Conerway commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 16, 2025. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  23. ^ "Drexel transfer guard Jason Drake commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  24. ^ "Elon transfer guard Nick Dorn commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  25. ^ "Florida transfer forward Sam Alexis commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 24, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  26. ^ "North Florida transfer forward Josh Harris commits to Indiana". Inside the Hall. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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  28. ^ "Report: Indiana to play Louisville on December 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse". Inside the Hall. April 10, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  29. ^ "Kentucky-Indiana Men's Basketball Series Set to Return". UK Athletics. October 3, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2025.