That’s A Wrap: IU basketball senior guard Conor Enright
- Quinn Richards
- 34m ago
Welcome to “That’s A Wrap,” our player-by-player recap of the 2025-26 Indiana Hoosiers. Our next recap focuses on Conor Enright.
Enright (32 games): 4.6 points, 3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 40.5 FG% in 29.9 minutes per game.
Previously: Trent Sisley, Jasai Miles, Nick Dorn, Tayton Conerway, Reed Bailey
Darian DeVries didn’t have to overthink his choice of point guard when rebuilding Indiana’s roster from scratch last offseason. Less than a month after DeVries’ hire, Conor Enright — who spent three seasons with DeVries at Drake — transferred to Bloomington for a reunion with his former coach after a brief stint at DePaul.
After redshirting his freshman season, Enright grew as a pass-first playmaker and pesky perimeter defender during a pair of successful campaigns with the Bulldogs. He continued to prove himself as a capable facilitator during an injury-shortened season with the Blue Demons, averaging 6.2 assists per game.
Enright’s Cream and Crimson debut was rather quiet. He added four assists in a scoreless 23 minutes on the floor in Indiana’s win against Alabama A&M. In his next outing against Marquette, Enright battled through foul trouble to record seven points and five assists. He further proved his versatility with a combined 11 rebounds in wins over Milwaukee and Incarnate Word.
The 6-foot guard showcased his defensive acumen in an early power conference test against Kansas State when he held P.J. Haggerty — college basketball’s leading scorer at the time — to just 38.9 percent shooting from the field. Enright followed that up with a team-high seven assists in matchups against Bethune-Cookman and Minnesota.
He struggled in the Hoosiers’ 87-78 loss to Louisville on Dec. 6, fouling out with just two points on 1-for-5 shooting in 34 minutes of play. Enright quickly regained his footing with eight assists in Indiana’s 113-72 rout of Penn State.
The Mundelein, Illinois, native didn’t notch double-digit points until the 14th game of the season when he tallied 12 points and a season-high nine assists against Washington. He backed up one productive performance with another when he notched a season-best 16 points in the Hoosiers’ 84-66 win at Maryland.
After a lackluster performance in a loss to Nebraska, Enright had one of his worst games in Indiana’s 21-point loss to Michigan State in East Lansing. He played just 16 minutes, recorded only one assist and coughed up two turnovers before ultimately fouling out.
Enright’s standout moment came three games later in the Hoosiers’ 72-67 win over rival Purdue. With just over a minute remaining in the game, he netted a crucial 3-pointer that gave Indiana a five-point lead, which helped spoil the No. 12 Boilermakers’ late comeback attempt. Enright finished with eight points and eight assists while also guarding Purdue’s Braden Smith for a full 40 minutes.
His performance against the Boilermakers began a streak of six straight games where he finished with six or more assists — a stretch that included an 11-point, six-assist showing in a narrow overtime win against Wisconsin.
Unfortunately for Enright, he was far less impactful in the Hoosiers’ second bout with Purdue, where his high-assist streak shuttered to a halt. He recorded just two points and two assists in 19 minutes before fouling out of the game in a blowout loss to the Boilermakers.
Enright closed out the regular season with eight assists in a win against Minnesota and 12 points in a loss to Ohio State. His final collegiate stat line was an underwhelming three points with just one assist in Indiana’s loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament.
With 4.6 assists per game, Enright finished as the Hoosiers’ leading playmaker. His 3.79-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked eighth among all Division I players.
Bottom line: In truth, Enright did exactly what DeVries brought him in to do. He provided Indiana with an experienced playmaker capable of guarding opponents’ marquee perimeter scorers. While his scoring and assist numbers saw a slight decrease from last season, it was to be expected with the surplus of guards on the Hoosiers’ undersized roster. Enright started all 32 games and was one of Indiana’s most reliable pieces. Although his lack of aggressiveness to score occasionally brought criticism, Enright’s play was far down on the list of reasons for the Hoosiers’ shortcomings.
Quotable: “I thought Conor Enright, 40 minutes of chasing [Braden] Smith around, that’s not an easy deal, because that’s the best guard in the country right there, and he creates a lot of their stuff for them. I thought he gave incredible effort the whole night, and cramping and everything and he continued to fight through it.” – Darian DeVries on Enright following Indiana’s 72-67 win over Purdue.
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