News around Scott Dolson's search for next IU basketball coach was hard to come by. How IU did it, why Darian DeVries and an impression made years ago.

About four months later, Dolson introduced DeVries as Indiana’s head basketball coach, replacing Mike Woodson after four seasons with an 82-53 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Dolson had over a month to really search for a new coach after announcing Feb. 7 that Woodson would step down after the season, but the process quickly sped up.

Make no mistake, though, DeVries’ message was the same. He spent six seasons as Drake’s head coach, leading the Bulldogs to more 20-win seasons in DeVries’ tenure than the program had in its entire history, two regular-season Missouri Valley Conference titles and back-to-back league tournament championships before taking the West Virginia job.