{"id":27247,"date":"2026-04-13T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27247"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:10:11","slug":"darren-harris-commits-to-indiana-basketball-roster-in-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27247","title":{"rendered":"Darren Harris commits to Indiana basketball roster in transfer portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">BLOOMINGTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/iuhoosiers.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indiana basketball<\/a> reached into the ACC for its latest addition this portal cycle, when Duke wing <a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/darren-harris\/23106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Darren Harris<\/a> announced Monday his decision to transfer to Bloomington.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-6 forward who played his prep basketball for WCAC powerhouse program Paul VI, Harris was a top-50 recruit when he signed with the Blue Devils in the 2024 class. He arrived in Durham with a strong reputation as a dangerous 3-point shooter, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fayobserver.com\/story\/sports\/college\/basketball\/2026\/04\/07\/duke-basketballs-darren-harris-set-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal\/89418720007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">struggled to find his rhythm<\/a> there. Over 57 games at Duke, Harris shot just 30.8% from 3.<\/p>\n<p>But he saw substantial improvement from his freshman to his sophomore seasons in both 3-point and free-throw shooting, against a negligible turnover rate. He fits the mold Darian DeVries likes in his wing players, given his combination of length and range. With players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/college\/indiana\/2026\/04\/09\/indiana-basketball-nick-dorn-transfer-portal-stats-roster\/89532441007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick Dorn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/college\/indiana\/2026\/04\/06\/indiana-basketball-roster-jasai-miles-to-enter-transfer-portal-stats\/89490240007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jasai Miles<\/a> gone, Harris figures to step into meaningful minutes as a multiyear transfer already familiar with the demands of high-major basketball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Follow along: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/college\/indiana\/2026\/04\/07\/indiana-basketball-2026-transfer-portal-tracker-whos-left\/89496968007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana basketball 2026 transfer portal tracker. Who&#8217;s left?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He was part of a busy and ultimately lucrative early period of the transfer window that saw top targets including Markus Burton, Aiden Sherrell and Jaeden Mustaf all pass through Bloomington as well.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trevor Manhertz, forward, freshman<\/li>\n<li>Prince-Alexander Moody, guard, freshman<\/li>\n<li>Darren Harris, guard, junior<\/li>\n<li>Jaeden Mustaf, guard, senior<\/li>\n<li>Vaughn Karvala, forward, freshman<\/li>\n<li>Trent Sisley, forward, sophomore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Want more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/indiana-hoosiers\/3433\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hoosiers<\/a>\u00a0coverage?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profile.indystar.com\/newsletters\/iu-insider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for IndyStar&#8217;s Hoosiers newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0Listen to Mind Your Banners, our IU Athletics-centric podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@IndyStarTVHoosiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the latest on IndyStar TV: Hoosiers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/college\/indiana\/2026\/04\/13\/indiana-basketball-roster-darren-harris-transfer-duke-stats\/89587269007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLOOMINGTON \u2014 Indiana basketball reached into the ACC for its latest addition this portal cycle, when Duke wing Darren Harris announced Monday his decision to transfer to Bloomington. A 6-foot-6 forward who played his prep basketball for WCAC powerhouse program Paul VI, Harris was a top-50 recruit when he signed with the Blue Devils in &#8230; <a title=\"Darren Harris commits to Indiana basketball roster in transfer portal\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27247\" aria-label=\"Read more about Darren Harris commits to Indiana basketball roster in transfer portal\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Darren-Harris-commits-to-Indiana-basketball-roster-in-transfer-portal.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27249,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions\/27249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}