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2022, and 2013–2026
The final: The IHSAA Boys Basketball Records Book gives Marian a single State Finals appearance: the Class 3A final of 2022, lost to Beech Grove 53–43. The Knights' coach was Robb Berger and the team finished 24–4. The girls' program has no State Finals appearance in the record reached.
The pipeline: What makes Marian's basketball record a state story is not the final but the three NBA players one small school produced in six years — Demetrius Jackson, Devin Cannady and Jaden Ivey, all coached by Berger, all with their jerseys retired together in February 2025 on the court that bears Jackson's name. Their individual records stand whole in the athletes' entries below.
The coaching line: Berger's tenure — nineteen seasons in the program by the Tribune's March 2026 account — ended after the 2025–26 season. The sports record states the transition and nothing more; the circumstances belong to other parts of the record than this one.
Sources:
- IHSAA Boys Basketball State Championship Records Book (16 July 2026) — finals appearance, 2022.
- ND Insider, 15 February 2025 — the three NBA players, the jersey retirements, Berger as coach of all three.
- South Bend Tribune, March 2026 — Berger's nineteen seasons in the program.