Darian DeVries has retained a promising piece for the future.
Per On3, freshman forward Trent Sisley will return to Indiana men’s basketball in 2026-27. The Hoosiers are already losing six players from this past season who exhausted their eligibility, including four of their five starters by season’s end. Sisley was one of three freshmen on the roster, and the only one who saw any notable game action. He and Nick Dorn are the only two IU players with eligibility remaining who averaged more than 10 minutes per game.
Sisley appeared in 30 of the team’s 32 games, averaging 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds across 13.2 minutes per game. The Santa Claus, Ind. native put up solid efforts in some early-season non-conference games, with 15 points and five rebounds against Marquette, 12 points and five rebounds against Kansas State, and 14 points and nine rebounds against Bethune-Cookman. In late January, he sunk a game-winning free throw in double overtime at UCLA.
The freshman faded out of the rotation in the second half of the year, but he didn’t take it personally.
“I’m just trying to stay ready,” Sisley told The Daily Hoosier in the locker room after IU’s loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament. “Coach (DeVries) has won a lot of basketball games. I trust him and his plans. At some points I wasn’t playing as much. But I just try to stay ready and be a team-first type of guy.”
DeVries will still have work to do in the transfer portal in April, but retaining Sisley is a good start. With no outbound transfer news announced yet, the Hoosiers would have 10 scholarship players on board for next season. Of course, some of those pieces could enter the portal.
Sisley expressed confidence in DeVries and the program’s future after the season-ending loss.
“I think it’s trending in the right direction,” Sisley said. “I trust coach a lot, and what he has for coming up and stuff like that. I’m just excited for it.”
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