Darian DeVries Revitalizes Indiana Basketball Team

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00:00And let's start off in the heartland, and that's Indiana, a team with a ton of basketball

00:08tradition that followed hard times after Bobby Knight had left.

00:14Obviously, they had a little bit of a run with Mike Davis, so you look at Tom Crean's

00:18era not being great, and even Mike Woodson's.

00:20So they went to the drawing board, and they hired Darren DeVees, and he has done a fantastic

00:28job with this team, currently ranked 22 in the AP Top 25.

00:36Why is this team playing so well?

00:38Well, number one, they can shoot the absolute snot out of it.

00:42And what better player that Coach DeVees has than his son, Tucker, who's scoring about 18

00:49points per game, five and a half rebounds, 3.4 assists, shooting at about 44% from three.

00:55If you've not seen Tucker DeVees play, he is one of the best pure shooters in the country.

01:01He did it at Drake in 23-24.

01:04Then he went to West Virginia with his dad in a one-year, shot the ball well, obviously

01:08he had some injuries, and now he's doing it in the Big Ten.

01:13What else has gone right?

01:15He hit the portal again.

01:16Not for his son.

01:18Bobby doesn't even look like his son.

01:20And that's Lamar Wilkinson.

01:21He hit you 16.7 points per game, 2.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, excuse me, 44.3% from the floor,

01:3041% from three.

01:32They shoot the ball as good as any team in the country.

01:38And what this shows you is it's not about getting the right transfer, although you better

01:45take your son with you, you better get the right transfer in regards to they fit your

01:51style.

01:53Hint, hint, Florida.

01:55Let's move on to Iowa State.

01:58T.J.

01:58Oshenberger, I really believe, is one of the best in the country.

02:01And his team is at it again.

02:03Ranked number 10 in the country right now.

02:06Led by Tamin Lipsy.

02:07Getting him about 18.5 points per game, 3.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 51% from the floor,

02:1633.3% from three.

02:19But it's a double-headed monster he has.

02:21With Joshua Jefferson, getting almost 18 points a game as well, 8 rebounds, 5 assists per game,

02:28with 54% from the floor.

02:31They have other players as well.

02:33And I think what's different about this Iowa State team, it's kind of like a little bit

02:38like Houston with Kelvin Sampson.

02:41I think they've realized that they've had to get a little bit better offensively, right?

02:48Be a little bit more offensively diverse, right?

02:52And don't lean on trying to win games in the 50s or 60s.

02:57The question is, is in a loaded Big 12, where's Houston?

03:05Where's Kansas?

03:07Where the—oh, no, Oklahoma's in the SEC.

03:13Where do they stack up in that league?

03:18That's a big three league.

03:20Now, those other teams are going to make the tournament as well.

03:22But those three are at the top of the league.

03:25And what T.J.

03:26Ostenberger has done at Iowa State, I don't think he really gets enough credit or respect

03:33as being one of the best coaches in the country.

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