Indiana keeps its exhibition slate rolling Sunday afternoon when the Hoosiers meet Western Kentucky at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 25, and the game will stream on the B1G+ app. For radio listeners, coverage is available on 105.1 FM in Bloomington, 93.5 and 107.5 FM in Indianapolis, and the Varsity Network.
The Hoosiers have already put together a strong start to the preseason under second-year coach Darian DeVries, opening with blowout exhibition wins over Butler and North Carolina. Western Kentucky is coming off a tight win of its own after edging Bowling Green in its first exhibition game.
Indiana’s 2026-27 roster includes 17 players, led by names such as Markus Burton, Bryce Lindsay, Darren Harris, Jaeden Mustaf, Sam Alexis, Aiden Sherrell and Samet Yigitoglu. The group also features newcomers Trevor Manhertz, Prince-Alexander Moody, Clemens Sokolova and Vaughn Karvala, along with returners like Drew Snively, Trent Sisley, Jordan Rayford, Ian Stephens and Ben Winkler.
The game is the Hoosiers’ third exhibition of the fall before the regular season begins. Indiana opens that stretch Nov. 2 at home against Eastern Illinois, followed by Bellarmine on Nov. 5 and Syracuse in Indianapolis on Nov. 9.
Here is the full Indiana schedule for 2026-27, including the exhibition results already in the books: Butler on Oct. 11, North Carolina on Oct. 17, Western Kentucky on Oct. 25, then Eastern Illinois, Bellarmine, Syracuse, Tennessee Tech, Arkansas, Kentucky, Jacksonville, Bowling Green, Rutgers, Western Illinois, Iowa, UCF, Missouri, Fairleigh Dickinson, USC, Oregon, Washington, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, UCLA, Penn State, Nebraska, Northwestern again, Maryland, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue again before the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis from March 9-14.
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