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

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