Indiana basketball will take on the Baylor Bears in an exhibition on Sunday, October 26, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Indiana Hoosiers and Baylor Bears have only met one time in the regular season, the last being in 1980 where the No. 17 ranked Hoosiers took down the Bears 83-47.
Baylor is led by Indiana native and head coach Scott Drew. The Bears are coming off a 20-15 season and a No. 9 seed in the 2025 NCAA tournament. Baylor beat Mississippi State 75-72 in the first round of the tournament before losing 89-66 to Duke in round two.
Indiana went 3-0 agaisnt UNIVERSIDAD DE BAYAMON (Puerto Rico) and MEGA SUPERBET (SERBIA) in preseason exhibition play in their Puerto Rico trip earlier this month.
Coach Drew and Baylor are in a similar position to Indiana heading into the 2025-26 season, with a new roster overhaul. The Bears are adding 13 new players to their roster, here are the new names added by Drew during the offseason:
- Obi Agbim (17.6 PPG at Wyoming),
- Michael Rataj (16.9 PPG at Oregon State),
- JJ White (13.7 PPG at Omaha),
- Isaac Williams (10.8 PPG at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi),
- Caden Powell (10.4 PPG at Rice),
- Dan Skillings Jr. (9.2 PPG at Cincinnati),
- Juslin Bodo (5.3 PPG at High Point),
- Cameron Carr (4.8 PPG at Tennessee),
- Will Kuykendall (0.0 PPG at Arizona)
- Tounde Yessoufou (5-star),
- Andre Iguodala Jr. (4-star),
- Ramon Soyoye (Not ranked),
- Maikcol Perez (international)
Indiana men's basketball non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 season:
Friday, October 17: vs. Marian University (exhibition)
Sunday, October 26: vs. Baylor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis (exhibition)
Wednesday, November 5: vs. Alabama A&M
Sunday, November 9: vs. Marquette at the United Center in Chicago
Wednesday, November 12: vs. Milwaukee
Sunday, November 16: vs. Incarnate Word
Thursday, November 20: vs. Lindenwood
Tuesday, November 25: vs. Kansas State
Saturday, November 29: vs. Bethune-Cookman
Saturday, December 6: vs. Louisville at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
Saturday, December 13: at Kentucky
Saturday, December 20: vs. Chicago State
Monday, December 22: vs. Siena
Indiana University men's basketball is set to play an exhibition game with Baylor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis on Sunday, October 26th. https://t.co/c3LAwoipyT
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