When will Tucker DeVries be ready for IU basketball after injury? Coach likes roster 'pieces'
DeVries has been rehabbing a right shoulder injury he suffered at West Virginia last season that limited to eight games. He previously had surgery on the same shoulder back in March 2024.
First-year Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries gave an update on his son's status Wednesday night while talking to reporters at the athletic department's annual booster event at Huber's Orchard.
"For the most part, we are getting closer, we are awaiting final clearance for the full contact," Darian DeVries said. "He's able to do all the shooting drill work, lifting that's modified a little bit, I think by the time we get rolling here next week he should be fully cleared for full contact."
It's perfect timing for Tucker with the new-look Hoosiers arriving on campus this weekend and scheduled for their first workout June 2.
The former two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year looked sharp in footage posted to social media of a recent workout he had with Jordan Basye, a Bloomington-based coach and trainer.
The 6-foot-7 guard has averaged 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists during his collegiate career (105 starts).
Darian DeVries anticipates Tucker will be available to play in the three games Indiana has scheduled for its foreign tour of Puerto Rico in August. The Hoosiers will play the Puerto Rican All-Star team on Aug. 6 and have a pair of games scheduled against Mega Superbet, a professional club based out of Belgrade, Serbia.
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"I like the way the roster came together, " Darian DeVries said. "I think we got great depth in shooting the basketball, which was a priority for us. I think for the most part we got good positional size at a lot of the spots. The center we are a little smaller, but every other spot we got great size and I think overall we got great depth."
"I like the way the pieces will all kind of connect together and I think compliment each other pretty well."
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