2025-26 IU basketball player profile: Tucker DeVries

IU basketball's Tucker DeVries takes a jump shot.

With the start of college basketball season approaching, we’ve transitioned from our look at other Big Ten programs to our player-by-player previews of the 2025-26 IU basketball roster.

Today, our player profiles conclude with Tucker DeVries.

Previously: Andrej Acimovic, Trent Sisley, Aleksa Ristic, Josh Harris, Jasai Miles, Nick Dorn, Jason Drake, Lamar Wilkerson, Conor Enright, Tayton Conerway, Reed Bailey, Sam Alexis

Fifth-year senior Tucker DeVries will suit up for his third school in three seasons this winter in Bloomington.

The son of first-year IU coach Darian DeVries, DeVries has one of the best resumes in the Big Ten. A member of the 2021 recruiting class out of Waukee, Iowa, DeVries was named Mr. Basketball in his senior season after leading his program to a state championship.

In his first season at Drake, DeVries was named the Missouri Valley Conference freshman of the year after averaging 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and a steal per game. The Bulldogs won 25 games.

The 6-foot-7 wing elevated his game to another level as a sophomore at Drake. DeVries started all 34 games, averaged 18.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals while leading the Bulldogs to an NCAA tournament bid. He was named the Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference player of the year and was also the MVC conference tournament’s most outstanding player.

DeVries continued his ascent to the elite level of wings in college basketball as a junior at Drake. He repeated as the MVC player of the year and was again the most outstanding player of the conference tournament. DeVries averaged 21.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game.

After Darian DeVries accepted the West Virginia job, Tucker followed him to Morgantown for what he expected to be his final season. A shoulder injury, however, ended his season after eight games. In limited action, he averaged 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.8 steals while shooting 47.3 percent on 3s.

When Darian DeVries took the IU job last spring, Tucker followed him to Bloomington and will use his final season of eligibility as a Hoosier.

Now fully healthy after offseason shoulder surgery, DeVries is one of the best players in the Big Ten entering the season. In IU’s exhibition opener against Marian, he led the Hoosiers with 23 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field, including a 5-for-7 performance on 3s.

The strength of DeVries’ game is shooting and scoring. He’s a career 36.7 percent 3-point shooter and has made 276 3-pointers over 112 career games entering the season. He also possesses a solid mid-range game and can use his size to shoot over smaller defenders.

But beyond the shooting, DeVries also contributes in other areas. He has 283 career assists – an average of 2.5 per game – and has averaged 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game over the previous four seasons.

His understanding of the system, having played for his dad the last four seasons, will also be pivotal as the Hoosiers blend an entirely new roster.

“He’s always been a really good leader,” Darian DeVries said of Tucker recently. “As he’s gotten older he’s become more vocal with it as well. For this group, especially when everybody’s new and he’s the one guy that understands everything we’re running, whether it’s drills or plays or whatever.”

Bottom line: It won’t be a surprise to see DeVries end up as an All-Big Ten player by season’s end. While he’s known for his shooting and scoring, he’s a well-rounded player who will be an extension of the coaching staff on the floor. He’s a difficult matchup because of his size and versatility on the wing and he’s not a player who tries to force anything. He’s a more than willing passer, a smart defender and solid on the glass.

Quotable: “I know he wants to coach when he’s done. I think that’s one of the things that makes him kind of special as a player. Everybody talks about his shooting, but his feel and IQ for the game, you know, he just grew up around it. He’s been chasing our teams around for a long, long time, so he gets it and understands it probably at a different level just because he’s been almost force-fed it for his entire of life.” – Darian DeVries on Tucker DeVries.

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