Author: Mike Schumann

Former IU defensive tackle C.J. West has been generating substantial buzz during the early days of San Francisco 49ers training camp. The 4th round draft choice has been a standout this week as he competes for a starting role. Here’s what NBC Sports Bay Area reported on Monday: West was the rookie who stood out the most in 1-on-1s Not only did he win all of his reps, but he seemed to lift 6-foot-5, 313-pound Dominick Puni off the ground at the point of contact. At 6-foot-1 and 316 pounds, West is solid and already knows how to use leverage…

With travel basketball now concluded for the class of 2026, developments are happening in their recruitments on a near daily basis. Late July to late October has become list cut, visit and commitment season for rising seniors, and things are well underway. Here are some of the updates from the last week. Indiana could be in a smaller group than the seven finalists named last week by 2026 5-star Anthony Thompson. National analyst Eric Bossi of 247Sports says IU is one of four teams generating buzz for Thompson, along with Michigan, Ohio State and Kentucky.  Thompson is from Lebanon, Ohio,…

IU football has three returning All-Americans on the defensive side of the ball. And all three are on the radar for national defensive player of the year honors. Defensive lineman Mikail Kamara, linebacker Aiden Fisher and cornerback D’Angelo Ponds are all on the preseason watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. The Football Writers Association of America released the 2025 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List today, selecting 60 defensive standouts as contenders for the national defensive player of the year. The list contains players from 41 different schools in eight Division I FBS conferences plus Independents. Just over half of…

Indiana is in the final five for class of 2026 4-star guard Junior County, he announced on Monday evening. In addition to IU, County is still also considering UConn, Maryland, Arizona, and Purdue. The IU staff has made up ground quick in this recruitment, only offering him three weeks ago. County hasn’t announced any visit plans to this point, but his inclusion of IU in a relatively narrow group means it’s likely a visit to Bloomington will happen over the next few months. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard is a consensus 4-star across the national sites. Based on the national average,…

Indiana is getting a visit this week from one of the top international big men. 6-foot-11 Sayon Keita, a product of Mali who currently plays in Spain, has scheduled several visits this week. According to 247Sports national recruiting analyst Travis Branham, Seita has scheduled visits to Kansas (7/28), Indiana (7/29), Kentucky (7/30), Duke (7/31), UNC (8/1) and UConn (8/2). According to Branham, Keita has not been rated in the 247Sports Top150 but “is a five-star caliber recruit and has a case to be made as the top big man in the 2027 class.” Keita is being mentioned as a potential…

Indiana has listed 6-foot-11 Bosnian center Andrej Acimovic on its 2025-26 roster on the program’s website. Here’s what IU says about the international addition: Averaged 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in the U19 ABA League, the top league in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia region… during competition in the second Bosnian division, a senior level league, he posted 17.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game… shot 65.3% from the floor and 39.0% from the 3-point line… member of the U16 and U18 Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team….born on…

Strong quarterback play was a common denominator across the four Big Ten teams that made the College Football Playoff in 2024. And the league projects to have some strong play behind center once again in 2025. CBS Sports ranked the anticipated starters in the league for 2025 1-18, and the results are promising for Indiana in more ways than one. First, IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza is slotted as the No. 3 quarterback in the league. IU coach Curt Cignetti has had one of, and often the best quarterback in his league annually going back to his time at James Madison. …

The 1966 Indiana football team gave you no indication that something special was coming. For the 1967 Hoosiers, that was often the case within games as well. Back in ’66, IU didn’t win a game after September, lost 51-6 against Purdue and finished the season 1-8-1. There was more talk about head coach John Pont’s 3-16-1 record after two seasons than any notion of a breakout 1967 campaign. But Pont knew something that many did not when it came to his 1967 Hoosiers — the young guns were coming. Harry Gonso, John Isenbarger and Jade Butcher were only sophomores, but…

IU basketball is one of six finalists for 4-star class of 2026 forward Davion Adkins. According to a Saturday report by Joe Tipton of Rivals, Adkins has also scheduled an official visit to IU. Hailing from Texas, Adkins is ranked the No. 36 overall player in the 2026 class and the No. 5 power forward based on the average of the national sites. Going forward, Adkins will consider Indiana, Auburn, Houston, Kansas, Rutgers and UCLA.  He now attends national prep school Prolific Prep in Florida. Playing for Southern Assault on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit this spring and summer, Adkins posted…

Class of 2026 4-star Latrell Allmond is down to nine schools. The 6-foot-8 Virginia product will choose from Indiana, Arizona, Maryland, Miami, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, and Virginia he announced on Friday. To this point, Allmond’s only official visit was the trip he took to Bloomington last month.  But Joe Tipton of Rivals is reporting Allmond is scheduled to visit Kansas next month. Based on the average of the national recruiting sites, Allmond is a 4-star, the No. 31 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 4 power forward. On the Adidas 3SSB Circuit this spring and…