Former Indiana players are getting their next crack at the NBA through Summer League, while a pair of familiar names already in the league are set to stay put for another season.
Sam Alexis, Reed Bailey, Tucker DeVries, Luke Goode, and Lamar Wilkerson all agreed to Summer League deals with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Thunder, respectively. None of last year’s Hoosiers were drafted, but these recent IU players now have a path to prove themselves in front of NBA teams.
Among former Hoosiers with more established pro footing, Thomas Bryant will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Trayce Jackson-Davis had his team option picked up by the Toronto Raptors.
Back in Bloomington, Indiana is still working through its summer schedule as the program heads toward its trip to Peru for the FISU America Games. Before that, the Hoosiers will host Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf of Canada in an exhibition at Assembly Hall on July 15 at 7 p.m. ET, and tickets are still available.
Practice is ongoing for those summer events, and rising sophomore Trent Sisley spoke with the media after one of the recent sessions. Sisley is expected to be an important piece next season as the only returning player from last year’s rotation.
The preseason buzz around IU basketball is starting to build, too. Bart Torvik has the Hoosiers at No. 27 nationally, which slots them seventh in the Big Ten, and ESPN has Indiana in a similar range.
Joe Lunardi’s mid-June bracketology has IU as a seven seed. If those projections hold, the Hoosiers would be back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2023.
Athletic director Scott Dolson also made the rounds recently, sitting down with Rick Pizzo of the Big Ten Network. The discussion centered, as expected, on the football and men’s basketball programs.
On the podcast front, Inside the Hall’s Podcast on the Brink returned this week with Zach Osterman joining Alex Bozich to talk about a recent book he wrote on the football program’s rise, along with IU’s recent open practices. The Back Home Network also stayed busy with multiple shows airing during the week.
Elsewhere in the Hoosier sports world, baseball announced that staff member Denton Sagerman is leaving for the pros. Volleyball named its captains for the fall, and softball had a player selected to the TC Colorado College All-Star Team.
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