Indiana men’s basketball’s first season under Darian DeVries came to an end when the Hoosiers didn’t receive a bid for the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers finished 18-14 overall and 9-11 in Big Ten play, with a late collapse ending their March Madness hopes.
We’ll be recapping and analyzing DeVries’ first season in a few different ways from individual players to other lineups and trends.
Tucker DeVries
- Final statline: 13.7 PTS, 5.3 REB, 3.3 AST
- Role: Starting F
Tucker DeVries entered the 2025-26 season as one of just two members of Indiana’s roster with prior experience
under Darian DeVries with he and Conor Enright having both been on the 2023-24 Drake roster. He was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year during his time at Drake and spent a season at West Virginia before his time in Bloomington.
He averaged 13.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while shooting 39.7% from the field and 33.3% from 3-point range on the season, with his 3-point shooting percentage being his lowest since his freshman season at Drake in 2021-22.
DeVries was clearly Indiana’s on-court leader given the time he spent in his father’s systems, being communicative and vocal throughout the season. He wasn’t just a 3-point shooter, showing an aptitude for passing that he brought from previous stops.
The downside to DeVries’ 2025-26 season is the downside that comes with several 3-point shooters: he had his share of slumps, enough to drag his overall shooting percentage down. He’d keep shooting to demand defensive attention along the 3-point line, but this occasionally hurt Indiana as those shots turned into empty possessions.
Hindsight is 20/20, but I think DeVries fits in the Big Ten as a wing moreso than a power forward. He has the passing and ball skills to make things happen from the backcourt and the shooting numbers to space the floor. What really dragged him down was his offensive rebounding percentage, something a more Big Ten capable power forward could’ve handled better while his overall statistical profile is much more comparable to backcourt players than frontcourt players.
