What Darian DeVries is looking for to finish his second Indiana basketball roster
Darian DeVries has already worked to address needs for the 2026-27 IU basketball season. Here's how else he could fill it out.
BLOOMINGTON — As Indiana basketball inches toward a completed roster for next season, Darian DeVries’ list of priorities narrows. Speaking last week, DeVries mentioned depth in the post as a potential need, one he crossed off the next day with the commitment of German 7-footer Clemens Sokolov . That news only strengthened another area of opportunity in DeVries' 2026-27 team: A freshman class overshadowed by the busy spring transfer window.
Both his high school signees and his transfer portal work this far have reloaded significant portions of Indiana's roster , leaving DeVries a short list of to-dos remaining before summer workouts. “We’ve got good depth at most positions,” DeVries said. “(The remaining focus is on) just adding a little more depth in a couple areas, just to cover us from a practice standpoint, from an injury standpoint.
That’s our priority with these last couple. ” What German 7-footer can bring to IU DeVries didn’t speak Thursday about Sokolov, whose commitment was only confirmed Friday and who has yet to be announced by his new program. That’s just a question of paperwork and timing.
Why Indiana targeted the German big man fits with DeVries’ more general suggestion that IU was “still trying to add some depth on the interior,” something DeVries said Thursday the Hoosiers were “very actively doing. ” Since the final weeks of his first season in Bloomington, Indiana’s second-year coach has been open in acknowledging a need for more size to compete at the top end of the Big Ten. Which is why the program that only rotated Sam Alexis and Reed Bailey at the five for nearly all of last season intentionally targeted Aiden Sherrell and Samet Yigitoglu immediately this spring.
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