New IU basketball head coach Darian DeVries will lead the Hoosiers on foreign tour in a couple months.
Indiana will be in Puerto Rico Aug. 5-12 and play three games, two against Mega Superbet and one against the Puerto Rico All Star team, based on an e-mail that went out to IU Varsity Club members on Thursday.
The games are slated for Aug. 6, 9 and 11. Indiana is also planning interactive events with DeVries and the IU players over the course of the week on the island. More details will be provided in the days to come.
College basketball teams are allowed to take an offseason foreign trip every four years. Indiana went to The Bahamas in 2021 under then new coach Mike Woodson.
Along with the games in Puerto Rico, IU will be allowed to hold 10 additional practices above and beyond what is typically allowed by the NCAA. This will allow DeVries and his staff valuable extra time with an entirely new team in 2025-26.
DeVries knows well the benefits of a foreign tour, and his recent experiences should allow him to optimize the value Indiana derives this summer. A year ago he took West Virginia to Italy, and the year before that in 2023 he took Drake to Spain.
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