Mario Wuysang, nicknamed "Uncle Roe", a high-level player development basketball coach/trainer, specializing in refining advanced skills and fostering overall growth in basketball athletes, is a former Indonesian-American professional basketball player. He attended Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during his college years and is recognized as Indonesia's best point guard of all time, renowned for his exceptional passing and 3-point shooting abilities. Additionally, he has represented Indonesia in international competitions, contributing to the Indonesian national basketball team.

Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 1964, IPFW was a cooperatively managed regional campus of two state university systems: Indiana University and Purdue University. IPFW hit its highest enrollment in 2014, with 13,459 undergraduate and postgraduate students in nine colleges and schools, including a branch of the Indiana University School of Medicine. During its last academic year (2017–2018), IPFW had a total enrollment of 10,414 students. IPFW offered more than 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through IU or Purdue universities. The university's 14 men's and women's athletic teams competed in Division I of the NCAA Summit League.