Fourteen former scholarship IU basketball players are playing across the country in the 2026-27 season.
Seven of those players were on IU’s roster in the 2025-26 season. While the season is only five days young, here’s a look at how all 14 are performing early on:
Aleksa Ristic, Belmont
Ristic, a Serbian guard who played sparingly for the Hoosiers last season, is getting minutes with the Bruins, members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
In Belmont’s season opener against Southern Indiana, Ristic finished with five points in 12 minutes in a 72-54 win. He followed that up with 10 points, seven assists and five rebounds in a 75-45 win against Centre College on Thursday.
Andrej Acimovic, Missouri State
The Bosnian center, who didn’t play for the Hoosiers last season, transferred to Missouri State over the summer to play for Cuonzo Martin.
In his debut for the Bears, Acimovic scored a game-high 24 points in a win over Lincoln (MO), a Division II program. On Friday, he followed that up with 31 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots in a 79-62 win against Truman State, another Division II program.
Deuce Drake, Temple
Drake, a Michigan native, never suited up for the Hoosiers last season but was on scholarship for the first season of the Darian DeVries era.
The 6-foot-2 guard had 11 points, two rebounds and two assists off the bench in Temple’s 68-56 season-opening win against Central Connecticut on Monday.
Gabe Cupps, UIC
Cupps, now at his third school in four seasons, is a starter for the Flames. Cupps spent last season at Ohio State.
In UIC’s opener, Cupps had 12 points, five assists and four rebounds in a 96-47 win against St. Francis (IL), an NAIA program. Cupps had four points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals in UIC’s 79-56 win against Robert Morris on Friday.
Jasai Miles, Loyola Marymount
Miles, a fringe rotation player for the Hoosiers in the 2025-26 season, is now playing for LMU in the West Coast Conference.
In a 96-95 season-opening loss to Queens, Miles started and tallied just three points in 11 minutes. In a 102-50 win against Lincoln (CA), an independent program, on Friday, Miles finished with five points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Jakai Newton, UMass Lowell
Newton was on IU’s roster for two seasons before transferring to Georgia State. Now at UMass Lowell, Newton starts for the River Hawks.
In the season opener, Newton had 13 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in a 121-57 win against Rivier. Newton finished with 12 points and four rebounds in a 71-61 win against Merrimack on Thursday.
Josh Harris, Florida Atlantic
Harris, who transferred to Indiana for the 2025-26 season and never played for the Hoosiers due to injury, returned to his home state of Florida to continue his career.
The 6-foot-8 forward is starting for the Owls and finished with 15 points and six rebounds in a 74-60 win against LIU to open the season. Harris then had six points and three rebounds in a 97-71 loss at Wright State on Friday.
Kaleb Banks, Tulsa
Banks began his career at IU, then spent a year at Tulane and a year at DePaul before transferring to Tulsa.
He’s coming off the bench for the Golden Hurricane and had two points in a 98-50 win against Ottawa on Monday and four points in a 94-75 win against Northern Illinois on Thursday.
Kanaan Carlyle, Florida Atlantic
Carlyle played one season for the Hoosiers, the 2024-25 campaign, before transferring to Florida Atlantic before last season.
He averaged 14.3 points per game last season for the Owls and in FAU’s season opener, scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 74-60 win against LIU. Carlyle finished with 25 points, four rebounds and three assists in a 97-71 loss at Wright State on Friday.
Logan Duncomb, Notre Dame
Duncomb began his career before stops at Xavier and Winthrop. He’s now at his fourth school, Notre Dame.
The 6-foot-10 center had nine points in Notre Dame’s season-opening 74-72 win over Villanova and two points and six rebounds in Notre Dame’s 83-56 win over Mercyhurst on Thursday.
Mackenzie Mgbako, Texas A&M
Mgbako missed most of last season with a foot injury but is healthy and back in the Aggies’ starting lineup.
The 6-foot-8 forward had 12 points and five rebounds to open the season in a 97-66 win against Alabama State. On Friday, he scored 14 points and added seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in a 104-67 win against Northern Kentucky.
Malik Reneau, Miami (FL)
Reneau will again be a centerpiece on a Miami team that should make its way back to the NCAA tournament in 2027.
The left-handed forward had five points and four rebounds in a season-opening 77-67 loss to Florida and had 12 points and four rebounds in Miami’s 83-57 win against Wagner on Friday.
Nick Dorn, Miami (FL)
Known as a 3-point shooting specialist, Dorn played one season for the Hoosiers after starting his career at Elon.
Dorn stayed at the high-major level and is now a teammate of Reneau’s at Miami. He had three points and a rebound in 11 minutes off the bench in a 77-67 loss to Florida in the season opener and had three points and three rebounds in a 83-57 win against Wagner on Friday.
Reed Bailey, St. John’s
Bailey, who played three seasons at Davidson before transferring to IU last season, is finishing his career at St. John’s under Rick Pitino.
In the season opener on Monday, Bailey came off the bench and finished with five points and five rebounds in a 78-63 win against Monmouth.
