BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men’s basketball has taken a significant step toward embracing new-age roster construction in the NIL era.The Hoosiers have hired Ryan Carr as Executive Director of Basketball, IU Athletics announced Monday in a press release. Carr is the first general manager equivalent Indiana has added since the enactment of NIL in the summer of 2021.“His role with the Hoosiers will focus on roster building,” the release says. “He will report directly to (Indiana basketball coach Darian) DeVries and will assist with other areas of the program, as well.”An Indiana basketball student manager under Bob Knight from 1992-96 and graduated from IU in 1996, Carr has worked for the Indiana Pacers over the last 23 years. The Sumner, Washington, native is leaving his perch as the Pacers’ Senior Vice President of Player Personnel to return to Bloomington.Carr’s journey with the Pacers started as a video intern in the 1997-98 season, and he earned a promotion to video coordinator the following season.…