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Indianapolis Star
01-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Kentucky revival, major neutral-site clashes highlight Indiana basketball nonconference schedule
BLOOMINGTON — The first nonconference schedule of Darian DeVries' tenure as Indiana basketball coach will be highlighted by renewed series with Midwest powers across three different leagues, including one of Indiana's oldest and fiercest rivals. The Hoosiers will open the season with a Nov. 5 visit from Alabama A&M, as a warmup for their neutral-site meeting four days later with Marquette at the United Center in Chicago. A run of five straight home games will follow — highlighted by a visit from Big 12 foe Kansas State — before IU travels to Indianapolis and Gainbridge Fieldhouse for a Dec. 6 meeting with Louisville, which finished second last year in the ACC. This will mark the third straight year the Hoosiers and Cardinals meet in the regular season. One week later marks the resumption of the IU-Kentucky rivalry as an annual nonconference game for the first time in 14 years. The Hoosiers and Wildcats have met just twice in the intervening period, both times in the NCAA tournament (2012, 2016). IU's Dec. 13 game in Lexington will be the Hoosiers' first visit to Rupp Arena since 2010. Those games against Kentucky and Louisville are likely to coincide with at least some portion of the pre-new year two-game start to Big Ten play. DeVries' team will wrap up its nonconference schedule with a pair of home games before Christmas, Chicago State on Dec. 20 and Siena on Dec. 22, before a brief holiday break precedes the resumption of conference play. The full nonconference schedule, with last year's final records and KenPom rankings in parentheses, is as follows: Nov. 5, Alabama A&M (10-22, KenPom No. 360) Nov. 9, Marquette* (23-11, KenPom No. 29) Nov. 12, Milwaukee (21-11, KenPom No. 141) Nov. 16, Incarnate Word (19-17, KenPom No. 224) Nov. 20, Lindenwood (16-17, KenPom No. 327) Nov. 25, Kansas State (16-17, KenPom No. 65) Nov. 29, Bethune-Cookman (17-16, KenPom No. 286) Dec. 6, Louisville^ (27-8, KenPom No. 28) Dec. 13, at Kentucky (24-12, KenPom No. 16) Dec. 20, Chicago State (4-28, KenPom No. 362) Dec. 22, Siena (14-18, KenPom No. 253) *game held at United Center in Chicago ^game held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Big 12 foe Darian DeVries is familiar with becomes another Indiana basketball opponent
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana baksetball will add a home game against Kansas State to its nonconference schedule ahead of the 2025-26 season, IndyStar understands. The Wildcats will visit Bloomington at a date to be announced in a one-off arrangement similar to the Hoosiers' visit from South Carolina last season. A return game is not expected as part of the arrangement. Kansas State joins Marquette (Chicago), Louisville (Indianapolis) and Kentucky (in Lexington) among high-major opponents expected to highlight IU's schedule in Darian DeVries' first season as coach. The Wildcats finished under .500 last season, Jerome Tang's third as coach in Manhattan. They started 6-2 before losing nine of 10. After a six-game win streak, they slumped to a 3-6 finish to a season that concluded in the Big 12 tournament. That season included beating DeVries' West Virginia team, 73-60, in Manhattan. At this point, Indiana is not expected to add more heft to its nonconference schedule, with the remainder of its non-league games likely to be buy games at home. The Hoosiers are also likely to explore a high-profile exhibition similar to last year's visit to Tennessee. There is nothing firm yet on potential opponents, though it stands to reason IU might prefer to play that game at (or at least closer to) home, after traveling to Knoxville last season.
Indianapolis Star
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Indiana basketball strengthens schedule with neutral-site game against Louisville
BLOOMINGTON – IU officially announced Thursday a nonconference date with Louisville, strengthening its schedule ahead of Darian DeVries' first season. The Hoosiers will tip off against U of L at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6, with the game to be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis. IndyStar understands the meeting will be a one-off, rather than part of a multi-year series. One of the most active and successful teams in the spring portal window, Louisville looks to build off a 27-win season in Pat Kelsey's first year in charge. The Cardinals finished tied for second in an admittedly weak ACC, before losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Creighton. This will be Indiana's 22nd game all time against Louisville, and its third in the last three years. Kelsey's team routed IU, 89-61, in an opening-round of last season's Battle 4 Atlantis. Louisville now occupies one of the coveted December Saturday slots typically reserved for high-level nonconference matchups in college basketball. IU will travel to Kentucky the following Saturday for the first game in a four-year series renewing that interstate rivalry, with tipoff time to be determined. The Hoosiers' game with Louisville adds flavor to what will already be a busy Saturday in Indianapolis — the Big Ten football championship game is scheduled for the same day at Lucas Oil Stadium. Our book on Bob Knight makes a great Father's Day gift! Thursday's announcement formally adds to what is now a sturdy nonconference schedule. The Hoosiers will play Marquette on Nov. 9 in Chicago, in addition to games against the Cardinals (Indianapolis) and Wildcats (Lexington). IU is also expected to pursue a nonconference home game against a high-major opponent, likely in another one-off setup similar to last year's visit from South Carolina. Kansas State is understood to be among the possibilities.
Indianapolis Star
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Indiana basketball to visit Hollywood for first time in Big Ten Conference play
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana will visit Los Angeles for the first time as part of the remade, bicoastal Big Ten next season as part of its road slate in conference play. UCLA and USC landed among IU's road-only opponents, as expected, when the conference announced next year's home-and-away schedule pairings Tuesday. The expectation — at least under the initial scheduling formula absorbing four West Coast teams into the league — is that teams traveling west will stack their two games in the Pacific Time Zone, to save on travel and time away from class. Last year, Indiana drew the Pacific Northwest, splitting games at Washington and Oregon across a five-day stretch at the end of February and beginning of March. This time, the schedule flips, and the Hoosiers will get a long weekend in southern California. Dates will be confirmed closer to the start of the men's basketball season. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In particular, this season will mark Indiana's first meeting with fellow historic blue-blood UCLA in Los Angeles since 1960. And per IU's series-history archives, this will be the Hoosiers' first true road game at UCLA since before America entered World War II. All time, Indiana is 6-7 against the Bruins, having lost its last two games in the series — in the second round of the 2007 NCAA tournament, and at home last February. Full home and away pairings for Darian DeVries' first season at IU are below: Home: Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington, Wisconsin. Two-play: Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue*. *annually protected two-play series
