When he arrived in Bloomington, South Florida transfer Michael Durr was coming off of a junior season in which he was the third-leading scorer (but one of five players who averaged more than eight points but less than 10) for the eighth-place team in the American Athletic Conference and he joined an Indiana frontcourt that featured a second-team All-Big Ten selection (Trayce Jackson-Davis) and an honorable-mention pick (Race Thompson).
Likely due to the numbers game in terms of the limited minutes available for him in Indiana’s frontcourt, as well as because of the step up in competition, Durr was only able to carve out a role as the team’s second forward off the bench, one who averaged 7.