Tucker DeVries Named to Julius Erving Award Watchlist The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the preseason watchlist for the 2026 Julius Erving Award, including Indiana redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries, on Wednesday. Named after the Class of 1993 Hall of Famer and 17-year professional basketball player, the Julius Erving Award celebrates its 12th year by recognizing the top small forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watchlist of 20 athletes.
DeVries, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, has tallied 1,986 points, 626 rebounds, 283 assists, and 139 steals in 112 games during his four-year career. He holds career averages of 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. The two-time transfer has 101 career double-figure scoring games and has posted at least 20 points in 41 contests. He has won 75.0% (84-28) of games in which he has played. In his each of his three healthy seasons of college ball, DeVries scored at least 500 points and made at least 75 3-point field goals. The Indiana Hoosiers will open the season at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 5, against Alabama A&M at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
JULIUS ERVING SMALL FORWARD OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESEASON CANDIDATES*- Karter Knox, Arkansas, Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor, AJ Dybantsa, BYU, Dame Sarr, Duke, Derrion Reid, Oklahoma, Isiah Harwell, Houston, Andrej Stojaković, Illinois, Tucker DeVries, Indiana, Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State, Coen Carr, Michigan State, Darrion Williams, NC State, Devin Royal, Ohio State, Fletcher Loyer, Purdue, Miles Byrd, SDSU, Nate Ament, Tennessee, Dailyn Swain, Texas, LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech, Eric Dailey Jr., UCLA, Braylon Mullins, UConn and Chad Baker-Mazara, USC. *Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2025-26 season
Fans can support their favorite player by participating in Fan Voting starting Friday, October 31. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2026 Julius Erving Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February, to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Erving and the Hall of Fame’s selection committees, where winners will be selected. The Selection Committee for the Julius Erving Award is composed of top men’s basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers. The winner of the 2026 Erving Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard), Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard), Karl Malone Award (Power Forward), and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center).
Previous winners of the Julius Erving Award are Cooper Flagg, Duke (2025), Dalton Knecht, Tennessee (2024), Jalen Wilson, Kansas (2023), Wendell Moore Jr., Duke (2022), Corey Kispert, Gonzaga (2021), Saddiq Bey, Villanova (2020), Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga (2019), Mikal Bridges, Villanova (2018), Josh Hart, Villanova (2017), Denzel Valentine, Michigan State (2016), and Stanley Johnson, Arizona (2015). For more information on the 2026 Julius Erving Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophallu and #ErvingAward on X and Instagram.
About the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame-Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches, and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame Museum is home to more than 475 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame Museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo “Court of Dreams.” Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game’s elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 150 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad.
Inside Indiana Basketball Set to Begin on Nov. 3 at Hoosier Hank’s East Inside Indiana Basketball Radio Shows with Indiana head women’s basketball coach Teri Moren and Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries presented JC Bank is set to begin on Monday, Nov. 3, at the Hoosier Hank’s East located at 1285 S. College Mall Road. Each of the 15 scheduled shows will begin at 7 p.m. ET. The show will air live on WHCC 105.1 FM in Bloomington along with its radio affiliates around the state. Fans can also watch a live stream of the radio show on IUHooisers.com.
INSIDE INDIANA BASKETBALL WITH TERI MOREN-November 17, December 8, January 12, February 2 and February 23. INSIDE INDIANA BASKETBALL WITH DARIAN DEVRIES-November 3, November 10, November 24, December 1, December 15, January 5, January 26, February 16, March 2 and March 9.
Indiana University Swimming and Diving Collects Four Big Ten Weekly Awards Indiana swimming and diving captured four of the six available conference weekly awards, sweeping the Big Ten Diver of the Week honors. The conference office announced its weekly awards on Wednesday. The honors come after IU swept Kentucky last Wednesday with a men’s score of 199-101 and women’s score of 187.5-112.5. Liberty Clark earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time in four weeks, winning it each week she has been eligible. Typically a freestyle specialist, Clark showed her versatility winning the 100-yard butterfly (54.48) and 200-yard IM (1:59.94), individually, as well as on the 200 medley relay (1:41.20) as the breaststroke leg. Three more Hoosiers won their first weekly awards of the year. Sophomore Ella Roselli won Indiana’s second women’s Big Ten Diver of the Week honor after she swept the springboard events, and Josh Hedberg finished first on 1-meter and second on 3-meter to capture the men’s award. Sophomore Raekwon Noel won all three of his individual events, including a sweep of the backstroke races, and contributed to the 200-medley relay (1:27.66) victory to become the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week. Noel touched first in the 100 back (46.96), 200 back (1:45.22) and 100 fly (47.47).
Indy Car’s Marco Andretti Retires from Racing Marco Andretti announced he is retiring from racing on Wednesday in a post to X (formerly Twitter). “I have had some really fun times behind the wheel in a lot of different types of racing cars — a lot of great memories as well, mostly at the Indy 500,” Andretti wrote in the post. Andretti started in the Indy 500 20 times and was the 2006 IndyCar Rookie of the Year. Andretti finished 29th in his final start at the Indianapolis 500 in 2025. The 38-year-old grandson of Mario Andretti will turn his attention to his daughter, business ventures outside of racing and a memoir in process called “Defending the Dynasty.” Next year’s Indianapolis 500 will not have an Andretti in the field for the first time since 2005. He added: “I am very much at peace with the next chapter in my life after dedicating three decades to the sport.” Marco Andretti reflected on the Indy 500, his performances there and when he and his father battled for the lead in the closing laps of the 2006 race.
Marco Andretti was an IndyCar rookie, his father, Michael, came out of retirement to race against him, and Marco’s late pass of Michael should have been enough for the victory. Sam Hornish Jr. ended up chasing down Marco Andretti, and the curse that dates to 1970 — the year after Mario Andretti gave the family their only Indy 500 win — continued. “I am proud of my overall stats at the Indy 500. I had six very legitimate shots at victory with Andretti Autosport and ended up with 20% top-3 finishes at the Speedway,” Marco Andretti wrote. “It feels accomplishing to me to be able to retire having more podium finishes than my father Michael and the same as my grandfather Mario at the biggest race in the world.”
He added to his Indy 500 memories by nearly being bumped from the field in 2011 and winning the pole in 2020. “That is what the Indianapolis 500 produces: extremes on both ends. That is why I love and appreciate it so much,” he wrote. Marco Andretti won two times over 253 IndyCar starts spanning 20 years. He debuted at the age of 19 driving for his father’s team, now known as Andretti Global, though Michael Andretti was bought out of the ownership group at the end of last season. In 2021, Marco Andretti scaled back to run only the Indianapolis 500 as he dabbled in NASCAR and other racing series. With Michael Andretti no longer an official part of the team, new owner Dan Towriss is under no obligation to enter Marco Andretti at Indy.
Despite the heartbreak at Indianapolis, the Andretti name is one of the most globally respected in racing. Mario Andretti won the 1978 Formula 1 championship, IndyCar titles in 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1984, and the 1967 Daytona 500. He is the only driver to win Indy, Daytona and an F1 championship, he is the only driver to win IndyCar races in four different decades, and his 52 career victories rank third on IndyCar’s all-time list. Michael Andretti ranks fourth with 42 IndyCar wins, just never at Indianapolis. He won the 500 as a team owner five times. He won one title, was runner-up in the standings five times and ran 13 of the 16 races in the 1993 F1 season. Marco Andretti only began trying other racing series after he stepped away from full-time IndyCar competition. The pressure on him to live up to his last name was enormous, especially at Indianapolis.
Taylor University Women’s Volleyball Receives Votes in Fifth In-Season NAIA Top-25 Poll The fifth in-season NAIA Top-25 Poll, released Wednesday morning, saw Taylor receive 91 votes and fall just short of the 25th spot in the rankings. The Trojans were 10 points behind No. 25 MidAmerica Nazarene after splitting their last four matches in Crossroads League play. Taylor dropped a pair of matches two weeks ago before storming back and defeating Spring Arbor and RV Marian last week to remain in fourth place in the Crossroads League. Ruth Anderson has stepped up after being inserted into the starting lineup, while Ellie Frey continues her incredible season ranked second in the NAIA with 438 kills and fifth in kills per set at 4.47. RV Taylor (16-7, 7-4 CL) took on Saint Francis (4-23, 0-15 CL) inside Odle Arena on Wednesday night as TU celebrated Professor appreciation night.
Taylor University Women’s Soccer Ranked 17th in Latest Coaches’ Poll Taylor Women’s Soccer checked in as the 17th ranked team in the fifth edition of the NAIA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released on Wednesday. TU (13-2-1, 5-2-1 CL) dropped one spot in the latest rankings with eight fewer points (221) than the previous polling (229). The Trojans sit 25 points behind Grace, who jumped Taylor for 16th, as the two teams battled Wednesday night in Winona Lake. The Trojans have appeared in four consecutive Top 25 polls for the third time since 2016 (2025, 2017, 2016). The latest poll appearance also marks the third time that TU appeared in the final rankings of the regular season (2025, 2023, 2016). Two weeks ago, the Trojans matched their highest ranking in team history at No. 16.
Entering the final week of the regular season, the Trojans rank second in the Crossroads League and 19th nationally in shots per game (21.3), while sitting 33rd nationally in goals per game (3.13). Defensively, the Trojans have posted 10 shutouts in 16 matches – good for the most shutouts in the NAIA, while conceding the fourth-fewest goals (6) by any team this season. The Crossroads League continues to show itself as one of the toughest conferences across the NAIA, with five squads sitting among the Top 25 teams including No. 2 Marian, No. 6 Indiana Wesleyan, No. 16 Grace, No. 17 Taylor and No. 21 Spring Arbor. William Carey (Miss.) rises to No. 1 this week, marking the fourth different team this season to hold the top spot. Following Wednesday night’s Crossroads League showdown at Grace, the Trojans will gear up for the league championship tournament with quarterfinals set for Wednesday, Nov. 5.