BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball is gearing up for the 2025-26 season with a short-handed roster.

The Hoosiers had four scholarship players — Jason Drake, Aleksa Ristic, Jasai Miles and Josh Harris — sidelined during an open practice at Assembly Hall on Tuesday. Elon transfer Nick Dorn was also held out of all 5-on-5 periods of practice.

While Miles was a one-off, illness-related absence, the others are all working their way back from lower body injuries.

"It looks like we’re investors in boots right now,” IU coach Darian DeVries said. “Some of them are very short term, some are a little bit longer term. Our practice depth has been cut into immensely, it’s made some things challenging from a practice standpoint, a few of the guys are getting closer to being back.”

Drake’s injury for

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