Darian DeVries is the sixth Indiana basketball coach since Bob Knight, but he made some history on Monday when the Hoosiers were ranked No. 25 in the Week 4 Associated Press top-25 poll. No coach since Knight in 1971 has had a Hoosiers team ranked so early. Indiana is 5-0 so far in the DeVries era.
Indiana has opened the season 5-0 under new coach Darian DeVries, and the start has been impressive enough that the Hoosiers are ranked in the Week 4 Associated Press top-25 college basketball poll.
The Hoosiers checked in at No. 25, their first ranking of the year in the AP poll. DeVries made a bit of history in getting ranked so early in his career. The last time an Indiana coach had a team ranked sooner was a young man named Bob Knight, who had his 1971-72 team ranked No. 12 in the Week 3 AP poll.
That was 54 years ago.
Here's where each coach since Knight was ranked in their first year as head coach of the Hoosiers:
* Mike Woodson (2021-22 season) — unranked all year.
* Archie Miller (2017-18 season) — unranked all year.
* Tom Crean (2008-09 season) — unranked all year.
* Kelvin Sampson (2006-07 season) — ranked No. 23 in Week 12.
* Mike Davis (2000-01 season) — No. 20 in Week 19
* Bob Knight (1971-72 season) — No. 12 in Week 3
Indiana has one impressive win this far, beating Marquette 100-73 in Chicago on Nov. 9. The others have come against low mid-major foes, Alabama A&M, Milwaukee, Incarnate Word and Lindenwood.
It gets tougher going forward now. The Hoosiers host 5-1 Kansas State from the Big 12 on Tuesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. After a Saturday game with Bethune Cookman, they play at Minnesota on Dec. 3, play Louisville in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, host Penn State on Dec. 9 and then travel to Lexington to play Kentucky on Dec. 13.
Here is the story on the complete Week 4 Associated Press top-25 poll.
Arizona Moves Up to No. 2 in AP College Basketball Poll; Purdue Stays at No. 1
Purdue remained ranked No. 1 in this week's Associated Press college basketball poll, but the Arizona Wildcats moved up two spots to No. 2 after a big road win at Connecticut. Houston, Duke and UConn rounded out the top five.
There were six Big Ten teams in this week's poll Purdue was No. 1 for the third time in four polls, Michigan is No. 7, Michigan State No. 11, Illinois No. 13, UCLA No. 18 and Indiana No. 25.
Teams also receiving votes include Wisconsin, Oregon, Nebraska, Ohio State, USC and Iowa.