For the second year in a row, IU basketball is planning to take a summer tour.
The team is headed to Lima, Peru to play in the FISU America Games.
TDH first learned of the plan late last week. The Indiana 247Sports site appears to have first reported the news on Monday. Indiana has not confirmed any plans to this point.
The event runs July 20 to August 1.
Indiana will represent the United States and compete against teams from North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean.
An international competition for university students, the FISU America Games were launched in 2018 and are held every two years, with the purpose of promoting sports practice and fostering cultural and academic exchange between young people from different nations across the American continent. The first edition was held in São Paulo, Brazil, the second edition in Mérida, Mexico, in 2022, and the third in 2024, Cali, Colombia.
Baylor played in the FISU global event last summer and played a total of six games.
Head coach Darian DeVries will utilize the international trip to help accelerate the process of building chemistry with a roster that features at least nine new players. Along with the games in Peru, it is expected Indiana will be granted to opportunity to hold additional practices.
Ahead of his first season in Bloomington, DeVries took Indiana to Puerto Rico last summer. The NCAA recently passed a new rule that allows teams to take an offseason international trip every year.
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