Indiana Reacts Results: Who should start at center?

By a slim majority, respondents believe Davidson transfer Reed Bailey should earn the starting center nod.

With Indiana men’s basketball’s roster just about set for the 2025-26 season, the first under new head coach Darian DeVries, we sought out fans’ opinion on maybe the biggest question mark for the team right now: who should start at center.

The options in our survey were Davidson transfer Reed Bailey and Florida transfer Sam Alexis. Those who responded narrowly favored Bailey to be the Hoosiers’ starting five next season:

This question is an interesting one for a few reasons. For one, Bailey is starting regardless. If he doesn’t end up at center you can bet he’d get the starting job at power forward. He has the versatility as a ballhandler, passer and shooter to be a modern four in DeVries’ system.

If Alexis doesn’t start at the five, he’d be first off the bench at the center spot. He was a reserve option for this past season’s national title-winning Florida team and his stats don’t jump off a page, but he has the rim protecting ability to make things work at the five despite his relatively short stature for the position.

Either way, DeVries will have a decision on his hands this summer.