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2025 NCAA Tournament: Indiana natives
(Mason Gillis early in his high school career)
Here is a rundown of all the Indiana natives playing in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
No. 1 Duke—Mason Gillis (New Castle 2019)
No. 2 Michigan State—Xavier Booker (Cathedral 2023)
No. 4 Purdue—Braden Smith (Westfield 2022), Trey Kaufman-Renn (Silver Creek 2021), Fletcher Loyer (Homestead 2022), Caleb Furst (Blackhawk Christian 2021), Myles Colvin (Heritage Christian 2023), Brian Waddell (Carmel 2021), Jack Benter (Redshirting, Brownstown 2024)
No. 5 Clemson—Jake Heidbreder (Floyd Central 2021)
No. 6 BYU—Kanon Catchings (Brownsburg/OTE 2024)
No. 6 Illinois—Ben Humrichous (Tipton 2020), Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (McCutcheon/OTE 2023), Jake Davis (Cathedral 2023)
No. 6 Missouri—Tony Perkins (Lawrence North 2020)
No. 6 Ole Miss—Dre Davis (Lawrence Central 2020)
No. 7 Kansas—Flory Bidunga (Kokomo 2024)
No. 10 Arkansas—Johnell Davis (Gary 21st 2020)
No. 10 Vanderbilt—JQ Roberts (Bloomington North 2023), Alex Hemenway (Redshirting this year, Castle 2019)
No. 11 North Carolina—Jalen Washington (Gary West Side 2022)
No. 11 Xavier—Ryan Conwell (Pike 2022), Bob Nunge (Walkon, Castle)
No. 12 Liberty—Josh Smith (Redshirting this year, Monrovia 2020)
No. 14 Lipscomb—Charlie Williams (Carmel 2022)
No. 16 Norfolk State—Sin’cere McMahon (Attucks 2020)