4 transfer portal forwards Indiana men’s basketball could target

Indiana men’s basketball has fully entered its first full offseason under head coach Darian DeVries. The program has been in offseason mode for a few weeks now with roster movement and a new assistant coaching hire, but the transfer portal opening up gives the Hoosiers the chance to rebuild the roster ahead of year two.

Last year, DeVries was focused on assembling both a staff and roster with just a few staffers and one player following him from West Virginia. The resulting roster came with several flaws that ultimately helped keep the Hoosiers out of the NCAA Tournament. Now DeVries has a fully assembled staff of assistants and staffers to focus solely on roster construction.

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With this in mind, we’re going to be taking a look at the transfer portal in the coming days to see which players Indiana could go after. With a near-total roster rebuild underway, the program won’t have a shortage of need.

Potential Indiana transfer portal targets

Forwards

This is an interesting position, for sure, given the flexibility of small and power forwards along with centers, who are sometimes just power forwards an-

Anyway, this is a list of guys who I think are close to being true power forwards who could be interesting in Indiana’s offense. Obviously we need to see a bit more of what DeVries wants from the position at Indiana, or if there is a specific mold, because Tucker DeVries was his power forward for a long time there.

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There’s gonna be a separate list for wings, a position DeVries has prioritized with plenty on last year’s roster and two incoming as freshmen in the class of 2026. Now, to the power forwards.

Kwame Evans Jr., Oregon

Evans Jr. already has a visit set to Villanova and things could move quickly there given the nature of the portal but it’s still worth taking a peek and talking about him, because why not.

He’s spent the past three seasons at Oregon, mostly at power forward next to center Nate Bittle, while improving steadily. He averaged…

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