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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, starting with players.
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Reed Bailey
Final statline: 8.3 PTS, 3.4 REB, 1.1 AST
Role: Starting C – bench C
Stats provided by KenPom or CBB Analytics.
Bailey transferred to Indiana last offseason after spending three seasons at Davidson, being the Wildcats’ featured player as a junior in 2024-25, averaging 18.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. He had a heavy usage rate and led the Wildcats in assist rate with 25.3
There was speculation at the time as to where Indiana would play Bailey, at power forward or center. He didn’t have the usual physicality present among Big Ten centers and had spent time at power forward with Davidson. Ultimately, Bailey ended up starting at center until early December when he was replaced there by Sam Alexis.
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He wasn’t starting anymore, but Bailey’s minutes remained the same as Indiana played either he or Alexis at center based on matchups and who was having the better night.
Bailey ended up struggling quite a bit, especially on offense.
Reed Bailey FG
3PT
Midrange
Paint
Rim
% of shots
2.9%
2.2%
23%
71.9%
FG%
25%
66.7%
35.5%
64.9%
Bailey was elite in one category that carried over from Davidson: drawing fouls. He drew 6.7 fouls per 40 minutes and had a free throw rate of 109.6, putting him in the 99th percentile nationally. He converted on 75.7% of his attempts from the line.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of other things about Bailey failed to translate. He was a capable 3-point shooter on low volume with the Wildcats but took just four attempts from deep total with the Hoosiers this past season. As seen above, he struggled mightily on…
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Publish date : 2026-03-24 13:30:00
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