Ten seasons ago, Tom Crean led the Indiana Hoosiers to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. Since that time, the five-time national champs have won exactly one NCAA Tournament game.That’s why Indiana is on its third coach since Crean was fired in 2017 – as Darian DeVries makes his sideline debut Nov. 5 when Indiana hosts Alabama A&M.DeVries kept two walk-ons from Mike Woodson’s final Hoosiers squad, but otherwise reeled in a new team built to shoot and spread the ball around.In the Hoosiers’ first exhibition game – a 107-46 wipeout of NAIA Marian on Oct. 17 – Indiana drilled 15 of 30 3-point attempts and handed out 27 assists on 39 baskets. Tucker DeVries, Darian’s fifth-year senior son, led the way with 23 points, six assists and 5-for-7 marksmanship from long range.”I was really happy,” Darian DeVries said after the game. “It’s the way we’ve been practicing. You just never know when you get on game night whether that will continue – that unselfishness, the ball movement.”And we have a lot of guys that can shoot it.”The Hoosiers, who received one 25th-place vote in the preseason AP poll, will rely heavily on their six seniors. Five started the Marian game as Tucker DeVries was joined by point guard Tayton Conerway (14.2 points, 4.8 assists, 2.9 steals per game at Troy), shooting guard Lamar Wilkerson (20.5 ppg, 44.5% 3-point shooting at Sam Houston State), guard Conor Enright (6.2 apg at DePaul) and stretch five Reed Bailey (18.8 ppg, 41.5% 3-point shooting at Davidson).
