Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Basketball Game Notes – Exhibition 1 vs. Marian
10/16/2025 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Opening Tip
• Indiana University opens its 126th season of competition in men's basketball with an exhibition matchup against Marian at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 17, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
•The contest will be streamed on B1G+ with Nick Rodecap (PxP), Graham Nash (analyst), and Ava Wegenke (sideline) on the call.
• Second-year Marian head coach Pat Knight, the son of IU Athletics Hall of Famer Bob Knight, appeared in 112 games for the Hoosiers from 1991-95. He was a student-athlete on two Big Ten championship teams in Bloomington.
Game Information
Oct. 17, 2025 • 7:30 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+ (Nick Rodecap, Graham Nash, Ava Wegenke)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 4-0 (all exhibition games)
Last Meeting: IU 106, MU 64 on Nov. 1, 2024, in Bloomington
Series History
• For the fourth-straight preseason, the Hoosiers and Knights will compete in the exhibition schedule. Indiana holds a 4-0 advantage in the series against Marian.
• Three Hoosiers scored in double figures a season ago, led by 19 points from Bryson Tucker. Malik Reneau (18 points) and Oumar Ballo (16) enjoyed a size advantage inside to pace the IU paint presence. The trio combined to shoot 24-of-28 from the floor.
• In addition to Indiana's connection with Marian head coach Pat Knight, the Knights are led by Director of Athletics Steve Downing. The 1973 IU graduate was Coach Knight's first All-American and was named Big Ten MVP. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
Portal Combat
• The Hoosiers underwent a complete overhaul of the roster during the offseason with 10 transfer additions. The class ranked third in the Big Ten Conference and 10th nationally according to 247Sports.
• The class is headlined by top-125 national portal acquisitions in redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries (West Virginia), fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson (Sam Houston), senior forward Reed Bailey (Davidson), junior guard Nick Dorn (Elon), sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway (Troy), and junior guard Jasai Miles (North Florida).
• The 10-man portal class made 554 starts in NCAA Division I basketball prior to joining the Hoosiers. IU is the only program to bring in at least 10 transfers with 30-plus collegiate starts.
• Four players enter the season having made at least 80 career 3-pointers while shooting better than 35.0% from behind the arc. Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries has drilled 276 triples at a 36.7% clip, while fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson has buried 202 collegiate 3s at a 40.0% rate. Junior forward Nick Dorn is a 35.6% career shooter with 134 makes, and redshirt senior guard Conor Enright has canned 88 3-pointers at 37.1%.
• Indiana joins Baylor, Memphis, Miami (Fla.), UCF, West Virginia, and Xavier as the only high-major programs to return zero points from the 2024-25 roster.
Darian DeVries Deep Dive
• Indiana head men's basketball coach Darian DeVries was announced as the 31st head coach in program history on March 18, 2025.
• Prior to Indiana, DeVries spent one season in Morgantown as the head coach of West Virginia. He inherited a roster that returned only two players and 2.8 percent of its scoring from a 2023-24 roster that finished 9-23. The Mountaineers more than doubled its previous season's win total, going 19-13 overall and 10-10 in the Big 12. WVU earned a series of signature victories this season, including three wins over top-10 teams (No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Gonzaga, and No. 7 Kansas).
• His first head coaching stint began in 2018-19 at Drake, a program that had been to one NCAA Tournament in the previous 47 years, had five 20-win seasons in its 112-year history, and was a combined 40-87 (31.5%) in the six years prior to his arrival. His Drake teams won at least 20 games each year, including 25 or more in each of his final four seasons. During those final four seasons at Drake the Bulldogs were one of only three Division I programs (Gonzaga and Houston) to win at least 25 games each season. His teams won MVC postseason tournament championships in his final two seasons, led the league in scoring offense twice, and he finished his Drake career with a 150-55 record.
• DeVries began his coaching career at Creighton, where he spent 20 years (17 as an assistant coach) as a member of the Bluejays' staff under Dana Altman and Greg McDermott. The program went a combined 460-211 during his 20 seasons and earned 19 postseason berths, including 12 NCAA trips.
Active Division I Head Coaches by Winning%
Mark Few (Gonzaga) - .830 (741-152)
Bill Self (Kansas) - .758 (816-261)
John Calipari (Arkansas) - .752 (835-275)
Brian Dutcher (San Diego State) - .744 (198-68)
Randy Bennett (St. Mary's) - .717 (562-222)
Darian DeVries (Indiana) - .713 (169-68)
Rick Pitino (St. John's) - .712 (762-308)
Chris Jans (Mississippi State) - .710 (206-84)
Tom Izzo (Michigan State) - .709 (737-302)
*minimum 100 wins, Division I games only
@IndianaMBB
For all the latest on Indiana University men's basketball, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMBB on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
• Indiana University opens its 126th season of competition in men's basketball with an exhibition matchup against Marian at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 17, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
•The contest will be streamed on B1G+ with Nick Rodecap (PxP), Graham Nash (analyst), and Ava Wegenke (sideline) on the call.
• Second-year Marian head coach Pat Knight, the son of IU Athletics Hall of Famer Bob Knight, appeared in 112 games for the Hoosiers from 1991-95. He was a student-athlete on two Big Ten championship teams in Bloomington.
Game Information
Oct. 17, 2025 • 7:30 PM ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) • Bloomington, Ind.
TV: B1G+ (Nick Rodecap, Graham Nash, Ava Wegenke)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 4-0 (all exhibition games)
Last Meeting: IU 106, MU 64 on Nov. 1, 2024, in Bloomington
Series History
• For the fourth-straight preseason, the Hoosiers and Knights will compete in the exhibition schedule. Indiana holds a 4-0 advantage in the series against Marian.
• Three Hoosiers scored in double figures a season ago, led by 19 points from Bryson Tucker. Malik Reneau (18 points) and Oumar Ballo (16) enjoyed a size advantage inside to pace the IU paint presence. The trio combined to shoot 24-of-28 from the floor.
• In addition to Indiana's connection with Marian head coach Pat Knight, the Knights are led by Director of Athletics Steve Downing. The 1973 IU graduate was Coach Knight's first All-American and was named Big Ten MVP. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
Portal Combat
• The Hoosiers underwent a complete overhaul of the roster during the offseason with 10 transfer additions. The class ranked third in the Big Ten Conference and 10th nationally according to 247Sports.
• The class is headlined by top-125 national portal acquisitions in redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries (West Virginia), fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson (Sam Houston), senior forward Reed Bailey (Davidson), junior guard Nick Dorn (Elon), sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway (Troy), and junior guard Jasai Miles (North Florida).
• The 10-man portal class made 554 starts in NCAA Division I basketball prior to joining the Hoosiers. IU is the only program to bring in at least 10 transfers with 30-plus collegiate starts.
• Four players enter the season having made at least 80 career 3-pointers while shooting better than 35.0% from behind the arc. Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries has drilled 276 triples at a 36.7% clip, while fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson has buried 202 collegiate 3s at a 40.0% rate. Junior forward Nick Dorn is a 35.6% career shooter with 134 makes, and redshirt senior guard Conor Enright has canned 88 3-pointers at 37.1%.
• Indiana joins Baylor, Memphis, Miami (Fla.), UCF, West Virginia, and Xavier as the only high-major programs to return zero points from the 2024-25 roster.
Darian DeVries Deep Dive
• Indiana head men's basketball coach Darian DeVries was announced as the 31st head coach in program history on March 18, 2025.
• Prior to Indiana, DeVries spent one season in Morgantown as the head coach of West Virginia. He inherited a roster that returned only two players and 2.8 percent of its scoring from a 2023-24 roster that finished 9-23. The Mountaineers more than doubled its previous season's win total, going 19-13 overall and 10-10 in the Big 12. WVU earned a series of signature victories this season, including three wins over top-10 teams (No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Gonzaga, and No. 7 Kansas).
• His first head coaching stint began in 2018-19 at Drake, a program that had been to one NCAA Tournament in the previous 47 years, had five 20-win seasons in its 112-year history, and was a combined 40-87 (31.5%) in the six years prior to his arrival. His Drake teams won at least 20 games each year, including 25 or more in each of his final four seasons. During those final four seasons at Drake the Bulldogs were one of only three Division I programs (Gonzaga and Houston) to win at least 25 games each season. His teams won MVC postseason tournament championships in his final two seasons, led the league in scoring offense twice, and he finished his Drake career with a 150-55 record.
• DeVries began his coaching career at Creighton, where he spent 20 years (17 as an assistant coach) as a member of the Bluejays' staff under Dana Altman and Greg McDermott. The program went a combined 460-211 during his 20 seasons and earned 19 postseason berths, including 12 NCAA trips.
Active Division I Head Coaches by Winning%
Mark Few (Gonzaga) - .830 (741-152)
Bill Self (Kansas) - .758 (816-261)
John Calipari (Arkansas) - .752 (835-275)
Brian Dutcher (San Diego State) - .744 (198-68)
Randy Bennett (St. Mary's) - .717 (562-222)
Darian DeVries (Indiana) - .713 (169-68)
Rick Pitino (St. John's) - .712 (762-308)
Chris Jans (Mississippi State) - .710 (206-84)
Tom Izzo (Michigan State) - .709 (737-302)
*minimum 100 wins, Division I games only
@IndianaMBB
For all the latest on Indiana University men's basketball, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaMBB on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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