BY THE NUMBERS 30 • The Hoosiers are one of seven high-major programs to return zero points from the 2024-25 season. IU is the only program nationally to have 10 players on the 2025-26 roster with at least 30 collegiate starts. 47 • Indiana defeated Alabama A&M (Nov. 5) by a final tally of 98-51 to open the 2025-26 season. The 47-point win marked the first in the tenure of head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries. The margin of victory is the largest in program history for a coach in their debut game. 50 • The 2025-26 season marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 championship team, the last undefeated national champion in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. 2,004 • Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries eclipsed the 2,000-point threshold in Indiana’s season-opening triumph over Alabama A&M (Nov. 5). He is the active NCAA leader in career points scored and the only current player over 2,000 career points.
OPENING TIP • Indiana University continues its 126th season of competition in men’s basketball with a non-conference showdown against Marquette at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the United Center in Chicago. The game will be broadcast on ESPN with Dave O’Brien and Cory Alexander on the call. • Marquette (2-0) is led by fifth-year head coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in all four seasons under Smart and made the Sweet 16 in 2023- 24. • Smart’s team is led by senior guard Chase Ross. He has poured in 19.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 2.5 steals per contest in the early stages of the season. Junior guard Zaide Lowery adds 12.5 points per night, while senior forward Ben Gold pulls down a team-best 8.5 rebounds per game. • Redshirt junior guard Sean Jones, who has returned from a season-ending knee injury a year ago, has posted 9.0 points and 4.5 assists a night. He missed nearly 22 months of game action. SERIES HISTORY • Indiana holds an 8-2 advantage in the brief 10-game series against Marquette. The sides have met three previous times on a neutral floor, but will square off in Chicago for the first time. • IU toppled MU by a score of 65-56 in the Elite 8 during the historic run through the 1975-76 season that culminated in the nation’s last undefeated national champion. This season marks the 50th anniversary of the achievement. • The Hoosiers captured a 96-73 victory over the Golden Eagles in the last matchup between the two programs in the Gavitt Games. Future NBA Draft lottery selection Romeo Langford tallied 22 points, five rebounds, three steals, and two blocks in the game, his third collegiate start. LAST TIME OUT • Indiana (1-0) opened the season with a resounding 98-51 win over Alabama A&M, the largest margin of victory in a season opener since 2018. The 47-point margin of victory also marked the largest in a first win of an IU coach’s tenure in program history.
• Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries collected 18 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and four made 3-pointers. He is the first Hoosier since Devonte Green (March 23, 2019) to record at least 15 points, 10 rebounds, and four made 3-pointers in a game. He also eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for his career, the only active NCAA Division I men’s basketball player to join the 2k club. • Senior forward Reed Bailey led the IU offense with 21 points (7-of-7 from the free throw line) to pair with five rebounds and two assists. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson added 19 points and three steals. • Senior forward Sam Alexis provided 17 points, eight rebounds, and two blocks off the bench, while sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway added 14 points and a team-best five assists. A NEW ERA OF INDIANA BASKETBALL • Indiana opened the 2025-26 season with a new-look offense that produced 32 shots in the paint and 24 3-point attempts out of 58 field goal attempts. • The Hoosiers produced 13 dunks, 10 made triples, and boasted an effective field goal mark of 70.7%. IU handed out 23 assists on 36 made field goals. • For just the seventh time in the last 30 seasons, Indiana stepped to the free throw line at least 10 times without a miss against Alabama A&M. The Hoosiers, led by a perfect 7-for-7 effort from Reed Bailey, made all 16 attempts from the charity stripe.
INDIANA 98, ALABAMA A&M 51 (GAME 1) • Indiana opened the season with a resounding result, the largest margin of victory in a season opener since 2018. The 47-point margin of victory also marked the largest in a first win of an IU coach’s tenure in program history. • Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries collected 18 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and four made 3-pointers. Senior forward Reed Bailey led the IU offense with 21 points (7-of7 from the free throw line) to pair with five rebounds and two assists. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson added 19 points and three steals. • Senior forward Sam Alexis provided 17 points, eight rebounds, and two blocks off the bench, while sixth-year senior guard Tayton Conerway added 14 points and a team-best five assists.
