Indiana University Men’s Basketball names Nick Norton Assistant Coach Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries announced the addition of assistant coach Nick Norton to his inaugural staff in Bloomington. “We are excited to have Nick join our staff,” DeVries said. “He brings tremendous knowledge and feel for what we want our program to be about. He is terrific with the players on the floor and brings incredible energy every day to the practice floor.” A native of Bloomington, Ill., Norton relocated to Bloomington, Ind., after one season as an assistant coach & director of player development at West Virginia under DeVries. The Mountaineers improved its previous season’s win total by 10 games to an overall record of 19-13 and a 10-10 mark in Big XII games. WVU earned six Quad 1 victories, 13 wins over NET Top 100 programs, and four triumphs over ranked opponents. West Virginia played the final 24 games of the season without two-time Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, Tucker DeVries, who was lost for the season with an injury. The Mountaineers held a record of 6-2 with wins over No. 3 Gonzaga and No. 24 Arizona in the Battle 4 Atlantis at the time of the injury.
WVU climbed as high as No. 21 in the Associated Press Top 25 (Week 10). Under the guidance of the staff, senior guard Javon Small became the fourth Mountaineer in program history to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team. The Fort Wayne, Ind., native tied for the league lead with 18.5 points per game, was third in free throw percentage (88.1%), third in assists per game (5.6), fourth in 3-point percentage (35.3%), fourth in 3-point field goals per game (2.5), ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio (+2.1), and 12th in steals per game (1.6). Norton joined the Mountaineer basketball staff after three seasons (2021-24) on DeVries’ staff at Drake, helping the Bulldogs to an 80-26 (.755) record with two NCAA Tournament appearances and two Missouri Valley Conference titles. Norton joined the Drake staff during the 2021-22 season as assistant director of operations and was elevated to director of operations prior to the 2022-23 season. He was promoted to assistant coach/director of player development for the 2023-24 campaign.
Norton began his collegiate career at UAB (2014-18), making 97 starts for the Blazers. He was named All-Conference USA Third Team as a sophomore, averaging 8.9 points per game and leading the league in assist-to-turnover ratio. Norton was named the 2016 Conference USA Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. As a freshman, he was one of 21 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year Award finalists and named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. He transferred to Drake in 2018 and averaged 14.0 points, 5.9 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game before an injury ended his collegiate career. Norton set Drake’s single-game assists record (17) against North Dakota State, a record that stood until the 2022-23 season. He scored a career-high 31 points against San Diego and recorded the second triple-double in team history with 18 points, 17 assists, and 13 rebounds against North Dakota State. Norton was named MVC Newcomer of the Week three times and Player of the Week once. In 2019, Norton signed with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League, appearing in two games before stepping away due to injuries. His father, Randy, is the head women’s basketball coach at UAB. Nick and his wife, Caraline, have one son, Campton.
Indiana University Swimming and Diving Dominate Big Ten Postseason Awards Members of the Indiana swimming and diving program received eight of the 10 Big Ten postseason awards – voted on by the league’s coaches – presented by the conference office on Thursday. Indiana won all four coach of the year awards, both swimmer of the year awards and both diver of the year awards, only missing out on the freshman of the year honors. IU is the first program to sweep the coach of the year awards. 2025 marks the first season that the Big Ten postseason awards have included the freshman of the year award. As such, Indiana is also the first program to sweep the eight original awards.
Indiana was the Big Ten’s best representative nationally, finishing third and fourth at the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships, respectively. IU and Texas are the only two programs to finish top four at both championships this season. The Indiana women’s fourth-place finish marked a program-record national performance, having previously never placing higher than seventh. Both programs tallied record points, the men scoring 459, and the women recording 312. Indiana also won its fourth consecutive Big Ten men’s championship. The women finished second but led the conference with eight Big Ten titles and 18 medals across the meet.
Big Ten Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Ray Looze
Big Ten Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year: Ray Looze Indiana head swimming coach Ray Looze is the only Big Ten head coach to win both the men’s and women’s coach of the year award in the same season, completing the feat for the fourth time this season. He previously won both in 2016, 2017 and 2024. Looze is now a 16-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning his ninth men’s award and seventh women’s award. He has won the men’s award each of the last four seasons and eight times in the last 10 years. In 2025, Looze’s men and women combined for 20 program records, nine Big Ten records and the American record in the men’s 200 medley relay. Indiana had historic success on relays – The men reached the podium in all five relay events, and the women placed top 10 in each event. Indiana swimmers earned eight medals at the NCAA Championships and three national titles, winning the women’s 200 freestyle (Anna Peplowski), men’s 1,650 freestyle (Zalán Sárkány) and men’s 200 breaststroke (Jassen Yep).
Big Ten Men’s Diving Coach of the Year: Drew Johansen
Big Ten Women’s Diving Coach of the Year: Drew Johansen Also named the CSCAA Men’s Diving Coach of the Year, Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen is the winner of both of the conference’s coach of the year awards. Johansen has won one of the awards each of the last four seasons, winning the men’s award the last two years after last capturing the women’s honors in 2022. Under his leadership, Indiana divers won four of six national titles between the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships and totaled six medals. The men won all three national championships, the second three-event diving sweep in NCAA history and first since Miami in 1997. Over the last three seasons, Indiana men’s divers have won seven of the nine available national championships, capturing the 3-meter and platform titles all three years. In that span, Hoosier divers combined for 13 medals and 342 points.
Big Ten Men’s Swimmer of the Year: Owen McDonald Indiana has won the last four Big Ten Swimmer of the Year awards, as junior Owen McDonald adds to the three-year streak Brendan Burns had built. McDonald was the Big Ten’s top-scoring swimmer at the NCAA Championships, earning 42 points. The first-year Hoosier reached the championship final in all three of his individual events, earning bronze in the 200 IM with a Big Ten record 1:39.42 before placing sixth in both the 100-yard backstroke (44.16) and 200-yard backstroke (1:37.59). He was also a force on relays, helping Indiana place fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay as well as sixth in the 200-yard freestyle relay. McDonald was also the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships, sweeping his individual events and claiming two meet records. In his first season in the conference, McDonald set Big Ten records in the 200 back, 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay.
Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year: Anna Peplowski Senior Anna Peplowski capped her storied career with two personal firsts: a national championship and the Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year award. Peplowski is the first Hoosier to receive the award since Lilly King won it three consecutive years from 2016-18. Peplowski made history as Indiana’s first-ever freestyle champion, winning the 200-yard freestyle over two Big Ten opponents in second and third to improve from her second-place performance a year ago. In her victory, Peplowski set the Big Ten record in the 200 free with a 1:40.50. The four-time NCAA medalist also earned bronze in the 500-yard freestyle, her second consecutive medal in the event. Peplowski also finished ninth in 100 free and helped Indiana reach the podium in the 200-freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay. Peplowski finished as the Big Ten’s joint top point scorer at the NCAA Championships with Olympic teammate and Wisconsin fifth-year Phoebe Bacon, both recording 45 points.
Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Year: Carson Tyler Indiana has won the last five – and six of the last seven – Big Ten Men’s Diver of the Year awards, with senior Carson Tyler earning the last two. Tyler and senior teammate Quinn Henninger both scored 49 points to finish fifth in scoring at the NCAA Championships, leading the Big Ten, as the duo teamed up to complete the three-event diving sweep. Tyler took care of the final two events of the sweep, defending his titles in the 3-meter springboard and platform events. The five-time NCAA Champion became the first athlete to win three consecutive championships on platform and the third to win the event three times. While the 1-meter springboard was the one event he did not win, it was the also the one event Tyler earned a career-best score on. His 432.75 earned maximum points for Indiana out of the consolation final, winning it by 64.15 points.
Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Year: Skyler Liu The top-scoring diver at the NCAA Championships with 36 points, senior Skyler Liu finishes her collegiate career as the Big Ten Women’s Diver of the Year. Liu captured her first-career national championship on platform, Indiana’s third title in five years in the event. Her personal best score of 382.15 ranks No. 5 in program history among an elite list of previous platform-winning Hoosiers. Liu medaled in both of her events, earning bronze on the 3-meter springboard. The senior also successfully defended her Big Ten crowns in both events and was named the Big Ten Diver of the Championships.
Reports Indicate that West Virginia Transfer Tucker DeVries has Signed with Indiana University Men’s Basketball Multiple Wednesday reports indicated West Virginia wing Tucker DeVries signed with Indiana. Indiana was unable to confirm Wednesday DeVries has actually signed. He is seeking a hardship waiver from the NCAA. IU was also unable to confirm the status of that request. The 6-foot-7 Tucker is the son of new IU head coach Darian DeVries. In any case, Indiana is expected to add Tucker DeVries from the transfer portal. Perhaps it’s best to call him a commit at this point. He wore an IU sweatshirt to his father’s introductory press conference and has a photo of him wearing an IU jersey on his Instagram page. Tucker will play at IU with his former Drake teammate Conor Enright, who announced his commitment to the Hoosiers on Wednesday. Indiana typically issues a statement when a player has formally signed. We’ll have more coverage of Tucker DeVries at that time.
For West Virginia in 2024-25, Tucker averaged 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists before a season-ending shoulder injury eight games in. He shot 47.3% from three on 6.9 attempts per game. He is expected to be granted a medical hardship waiver to secure a fifth season of eligibility. Tucker played his three prior seasons for his father at Drake. He was the Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and the MVC Tournament Most Outstanding Player for each of his last two seasons at Drake. As a junior he was the only NCAA Division I men’s basketball player to average at least 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game. For his career, Tucker has scored 1,986 points (17.7 ppg), grabbed 626 rebounds (5.6 rpg), handed out 283 assists (2.5 apg) and has 139 steals (1.2 spg). He is a career 43.5% shooter overall, including 36.7% from three on 6.7 attempts per game from long range. During his three seasons at Drake plus eight games at West Virginia, he helped the teams to an 86-28 (.754) record with two NCAA Tournament appearances and two Missouri Valley Conference titles.
Former Indiana Men’s Basketball Player Jakai Newton Transfers to Georgia State Former IU guard Jakai Newton is headed back to his home state. He announced on his Instagram that his is transferring to Georgia State. Newton struggled to stay healthy in his two seasons in Bloomington. He was injured during his first year, missing the entire season and redshirting. In his second year, he played just four games. He needed surgery on a lower body injury in December of 2024. Newton returned to play in just one game, after his injury, playing four minutes in IU’s home loss to Illinois. Newton scored six points in his Hoosier career. Newton is a former four-star recruit. He is from Covington, Georgia.
Bedford Native Karsyn Norman Transfers to Ball State from Butler for Women’s Basketball Ball State 13th-year head women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee has announced the addition of Karsyn Norman (Bedford, Ind./Bedford North Lawrence) from Butler to its 2025-26 roster. “Karsyn was the guard we targeted from the second she went in the portal,” Sallee said. “She has the experience we coveted and plays with an elite combination of speed and motor that makes her the perfect fit for our program. Karsyn is and always has been a winner and we look forward to seeing her game explode in our up-tempo, fast paced system.”
Norman, comes to Ball State after playing two seasons with the Bulldogs. In two years, Norman has seen action in 65 games with 39 starts while scoring 251 points, pulling down 110 rebounds, dishing out 141 assists and totaling 37 steals. Norman has scored a season high 11 points on two separate occasions against St. Johns (1/17/24) and Providence (1/8/25). Norman made her first collegiate start at Creighton (1/10/24). She logged a season-high 32 minutes of playing time at home versus Creighton, finishing the game with 10 points. Norman scored in double figures for the first time in her career at UConn (12/18/24), also tallying 10 points. As a sophomore, she scored three or more points in 19 contests while dishing out two or more assists in every game but three. Norman is known for her consistency at the free throw line shooting over 76 percent from the charity stripe her last two seasons at Butler.
Prior to Butler, Norman played four years at Bedford North Lawerence High School where she was a 2023 Indiana All-Star. Also in 2023, Norman earned the Mental Attitude award following the Class 4A state championship game helping Bedford North Lawrence earn the state title. Norman set the Stars school record for career assists (352). The four year-starter and two-time team captain was rated as the #6 player in Indiana by Prep Girls Hoops. She was recognized as Supreme 15 Underclass All-State while earning Indiana Junior All-Star accolades. At Bedford North Lawrence, Norman averaged 15.0 points, 2.8 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game in 2021. She helped the Stars win a conference, sectional and regional championship. Norman is not only talented on the court but off the court as she is a three-time scholar athlete (2020-22). The Cardinals’ 2025-26 class continues to expand as Norman joins previous signees Anisss Tagayi (Montpellier, Hérault, France) and Brooke Winchester (Warsaw, Ind./Warsaw Community High School).
IU Men’s Basketball Target Josh Dix transfers from Iowa to Creighton Darian DeVries’ lost out on a primary transfer portal target to his former mentor. Iowa transfer guard Josh Dix is headed to Creighton where he’ll play for Greg McDermott. DeVries was an assistant coach at Creighton under McDermott for several years. Dix visited IU earlier in the week. DeVries had a prior connection with Dix after recruiting him as a high school prospect. The Hoosiers were competing against Creighton, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas for Dix. The Hoosiers also missed earlier this week on Ryan Conwell, who is headed to Louisville. DeVries has several roster openings to fill in his first year as the IU head coach. The only IU player possibly returning from the 2024-25 team is Luke Goode, but he needs a hardship waiver approved by the NCAA before he can come back for a fifth season. DeVries’ son Tucker will be on the 2025-26 IU team, along with DePaul transfer guard Conor Enright and incoming freshman Trent Sisley.