Indiana basketball hosted media day ahead of the 2025-26 season, and five players missed all or portions of practice.

First-year coach Darian DeVries joked about it before alluding to the seriousness of the situation.

IU is hosting a public scrimmage Friday, then has its first exhibition game Oct. 17.

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.

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