Forward from national champs transfers to Indiana basketball, helping fill a need
Indiana basketball has added an interior presence it needed as Sam Alexis will transfer from Florida.
Alexis is 6 foot 8, 240 pounds and played just 11.9 minutes per game last season with 4.7 points and 3.5 rebounds for the national champs. But he averaged 10.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 2023-24 at Chattanooga, where he started 32 of 33 games as a sophomore and doubled his production and minutes from his freshman year.
It's a position of need for the Hoosiers, who are thin in the frontcourt of their roster rebuild. Alexis is the second commitment Darian DeVries landed Thursday. The first was from guard Nick Dorn, a 3-point shooter from Elon.
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Alexis becomes one of the largest presences for IU. Only Reed Bailey, a 6-10 floor-spacing forward from Davidson, is taller. But Alexis is a more traditional forward who operates inside the 3-point line. He's just a 28.6% 3-point shooter but is 59.1% on 2-pointers, fitting a mold for past DeVries teams.
Alexis becomes the 10th player the Hoosiers have committed for the 2025-26 season, not counting Luke Goode who is pursuing an extra year of eligibility. Alexis, from Apopka, Florida, was not rated in the Class of 2022, per 247Sports, and only had offers from Binghamton, Stetson, New Mexico State and Towson before choosing the Mocs.
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