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Indiana Basketball 2025-26 Scouting Reports: Andrej Acimovic
In the coming days and weeks leading up to Indiana’s Nov. 5 regular-season opener at Bloomington’s Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Indiana on SI will share a scouting report for each Hoosier player listed on the team’s official roster. Today, in the first of 17, we take a look at center Andrej Acimovic.
A native of Bijeljina, Bosnia, he suited up in the U19 Adriatic League (ABA), playing for BC Igokea. Playing in the top league in his area, Acimovic faced the stiffest competition the Balkan region has to offer.
In the U19 ABA league, Acimovic averaged a sturdy 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds, while he put up similar numbers in the second Bosnian division: 17.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks.
And not only did Acimovic produce in volume, but he was quite efficient, shooting 65.3 percent from the floor and 39.0 percent from deep in the second Bosnian division.
A prototypical, modern European big in the sense that he can shoot, pass and has exceptional footwork and touch around the basket, Acimovic is well-rounded and skilled beyond his years.
Versatile in the post, Acimovic has a variety of moves (drop-steps, shimmies, baby-hooks, fadeaways), but is also a top-notch facilitator with his back-to-the-basket. He hits cutters well and can spray to shooters, or is able to just get a bucket himself.
Although he doesn’t put up triples at an exceptionally high clip, Acimovic has encouraging mechanics, along with the evidence (shot 39.0 percent from three) to prove he’s a threat from long range.
He may not be the most agile laterally, but Acimovic does a solid job of moving his feet, and has tremendous length at his size, allowing him to send back shots defensively and finish off plays with a dunk a surprising amount of the time on the other end. His straight-line speed is solid and he draws attention as a rim-runner in transition.
“Andrej is a talented big man that we are excited to get in our program and develop. He has good size and is able to score the basketball in different ways. He is strong on the glass and has good defensive instincts and timing when blocking shots,” said head coach Darian DeVries in a press release back in late July.
From the jump, Acimovic – whose weight isn’t officially listed anywhere – doesn’t quite have the frame to keep up defensively at the Big Ten level, and would likely have much of his offensive impact negated too.
He doesn’t figure to be an integral part of Indiana’s rotation from Day 1, but Acimovic undoubtedly has the tools to develop into a key piece of the Hoosiers’ long-term puzzle.
One of the robots that will begin delivering orders on the Indiana University Bloomington campus took a practice run on Thursday, June 4, 2026. There are 24 automated delivery vehicles that will be delivering food. Photo from USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect.
By Andrew Miller, Special to The Herald-Times
The Herald-Times, USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
INDIANAPOLIS — A sleek white robot sits with a scrolling “GO HOOSIERS!” message on its pixelated front screen. It cycles through other faces too: darting eyes, blinks and hearts.
Orders placed using the Grubhub app may be delivered on the Indiana University by robots beginning June 8, 2026. Photo from USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect.
“These robots are very, very polite,” Rahul Shrivastav, executive director of IU Dining and Hospitality, said Thursday, June 4, during a test run.
It’s one of a fleet of 24 food-delivery robots launching June 8 on Indiana University Bloomington campus, in partnership with Grubhub and Avride. Shrivastav said they’re part of an effort to make campus food more accessible and convenient.
The robots have been tested for 18 months, mapping and learning paths. They’ll be confined to campus, with boundaries of East Third Street and Ind. 46. On the west, their coverage will extend up Indiana Avenue to 13th Street, North Walnut Grove to 17th Street and continue north on North Fee Lane.
Shrivastav said they’ll help students busy with classes and those with accessibility needs. Ordering via robot will be available on the Grubhub app. The robots will be doing deliveries from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily. Shrivastav said store hours vary by location on the weekend so he advices customers to look at the store hours on the GrubHub app.
Participating locations this summer include:
- King’s Hawaiian, BlenzBowls, The Meltdown and Hubbard & Cravens at Bookmarket at Herman B Wells Library
- The Vault Pub, Sugar and Spice Bakery, The Globe, The Lantern, Union Market and Whitfield Grill at the Indiana Memorial Union.
- Eskenazi Café at the Eskenazi Museum of Art
Drew Smith, director of retail dining at IU, said the robots can hold about eight entrees with four drinks. Its trunk is well-insulated, he said, keeping hot orders hot and cold ones cold.
The delivery fee is $3.50 per order. That fee isn’t covered by student meal plans, but the food ordered can be. And Smith said the robots don’t need tips.
One of the robots that will begin delivering orders on the Indiana University Bloomington campus took a practice run on Thursday, June 4, 2026. There are 24 automated delivery vehicles that will be delivering food. A robot with a food delivery waits for a customer to pick up their order at the Indiana University Sample Gates on Thursday, June 4, 2026, during a practice run. Photo from USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect.
“Now, some people still throw flowers in there, and stuff,” Smith said. “I’ve seen it at other universities doing that.”
Other state universities have already introduced similar services. Purdue University adopted them in 2019, and Ball State University launched its own fleet in 2022. Shrivastav said IU waited to make sure it had the “right robot” and had time to prepare.
The robots have often made the news because of vandalism and targeted assaults. But Shrivastav said he’s not concerned about that being a problem at IU. He said students have ended up “adopting these robots and naming them” at other campuses. Still, they’ll have an added layer of security, with footage reviewable by police.
“They also have cameras everywhere,” he said. “So any vandalism, anything like that, is always recorded.”
Customers use the GrubHub app to unlock the robot when it reaches its destination. Students, parents and visitors can order food using the robot, to be delivered on the IU campus.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Food delivery robots to launch on Indiana University campus
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