Indiana senior forward Tucker DeVries is on the preseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy, it was announced on Monday.
The Naismith Trophy goes to the best player in college basketball.
Last week DeVries was named to the preseason watch list for the Julius Erving Award, which goes to the top small forward in college basketball.
The full release via IU Athletics is below, including all of the players who are on the list.
Indiana opens the 2025-26 season on Tuesday evening in Bloomington.
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DeVries Added to Naismith Trophy Watch List
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the preseason watchlist for the 2025-26 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Presented by AXIA Time, including Indiana redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries, on Monday.
Indiana has produced two winners (Scott May, 1976; Calbert Cheaney, 1993) since the inception of the Naismith Trophy, the most prestigious award in college basketball, following the 1968-69 season.
DeVries, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, has tallied 1,986 points, 626 rebounds, 283 assists, and 139 steals in 112 games during his four-year career. He holds career averages of 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.
The two-time transfer has 101 career double-figure scoring games and has posted at least 20 points in 41 contests. He has won 75.0% (84-28) of games in which he has played. In his each of his three healthy seasons of college ball, DeVries scored at least 500 points and made at least 75 3-point field goals.
The Indiana Hoosiers will open the season at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 5, against Alabama A&M at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
NAISMITH TROPHY MEN’S COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Robbie Avila, St. Louis
Solo Ball, UConn
Nate Bittle, Oregon
John Blackwell, Wisconsin
Cameron Boozer, Duke
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville
Markus Burton, Notre Dame
Alex Condon, Florida
Ryan Conwell, Louisville
Donovan Dent, UCLA
Tucker DeVries, Indiana
Josh Dix , Creighton
A.J. Dybantsa, BYU
Zuby Ejiofor, St. John’s
Isaiah Evans, Duke
Boogie Fland, Florida
Ja’Kobi Gillespie , Tennessee
P.J. Haggerty, Kansas State
Thomas Haugh, Florida
Bryce Hopkins, St. John’s
Josh Hubbard, Mississippi State
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Tomislav Ivišić, Illinois
Ian Jackson, St. John’s
Alex Karaban, UConn
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
Xaivian Lee, Florida
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Jaland Lowe, Kentucky
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Koa Peat, Arizona
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
Tahaad Pettiford, Auburn
Labaron Philon Jr., Alabama
Richie Saunders, BYU
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
Braden Smith, Purdue
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
Andrej Stojaković, Illinois
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Milos Uzan, Houston
Darrion Williams, NC State
Caleb Wilson, North Carolina
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