Author: Mike Schumann

After three years in Bloomington, Malik Reneau is headed home. The 6-foot-9 forward/center announced Wednesday he’ll play his final season of college basketball back in his hometown of Miami, Fla. for the Miami Hurricanes. There Reneau will play for new Miami head coach Jai Lucas. “I’m coming home,” Reneau wrote on his X account. “It’s all about the U.” Reneau started 19 of the 26 games he played in as a junior for the Hoosiers.  He suffered a midseason knee injury. He averaged a team-best 13.3 points per game to go along with 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per outing.…

2024 Indiana Miss Basketball Chloe Spreen is transferring to IU, she announced on Wednesday. Spreen spent her freshman season at Alabama, where she appeared in 19 games, averaging 6.7 minutes per game.  The combo guard scored 23 points for the season in a limited role. Spreen will arrive at IU with three years of eligibility remaining. As a senior at Bedford North Lawrence Stars in 2023-24, Spreen helped lead the squad to a 20-5 record and its 13th-consecutive IHSAA Class 4A sectional title. Spreen averaged 20.9 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per game during her senior year, and posted…

DePaul transfer guard Conor Enright will be reunited with Darian DeVries in Bloomington. Enright announced his commitment to Indiana on Wednesday afternoon. Enright and DeVries were together for three seasons at Drake before each went their separate ways ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. The 6-foot-2 Enright played in 23 games for DePaul this season before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury that required surgery in February. He attempted to play through the injury for several weeks before shutting things down. He averaged 7.5 points, 6.2 assists and 3.3 rebounds for the Blue Demons over 30.1 minutes per contest. Enright had the…

Indiana’s 2024 offensive line was never quite the same after Drew Evans went down with a season-ending injury. To be sure, Evans’ early-November setback came ahead of IU’s most difficult stretch of games — Michigan, Ohio State and later Notre Dame — but his presence certainly seemed to be missed. The 6-foot-4 and 306-pound Evans was Indiana’s overall top-rated pass blocker according to PFF before an Achilles injury ended his season. Among the starting offensive linemen, he ranked fourth among run blockers ahead of the injury. He started all nine games for the Hoosiers, playing a total of 578 snaps.…

Indiana had four different opportunities to bring Indianapolis native Ryan Conwell to Bloomington. They’re now 0-for-4. The sharpshooting wing is headed to Louisville, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony announced Tuesday evening on X.  He played at South Florida, Indiana State and Xavier prior to this move. Conwell visited IU earlier this week before heading to Louisville.  He was expected at Texas later in the week but instead chose to shut down his portal recruitment. Technically, IU has no players on their roster as of Tuesday evening. Indiana is expected to sign top-10 portal prospect Tucker DeVries, the son of head coach Darian…

Former West Virginia assistant coach Chester Frazier will not be following Darian DeVries to IU. Frazier was announced as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech on Tuesday morning. Frazier coached under DeVries at WVU for one season. They did not have a prior connection. This move by Frazier could have recruiting implications for IU as DeVries rebuilds the roster. Frazier was a former player and coach at Illinois. He brought two Illinois players with him to West Virginia a year ago — Sencire Harris and Amani Hansberry. They are both in the transfer portal. Frazier is also thought to be…

After eight seasons leading the strength and conditioning program for IU basketball, Clif Marshall is moving on. Marshall is expected to be replaced by Ryan Horn, who has been with new IU coach Darian DeVries at both West Virginia and Drake. Marshall posted the following message on his social media accounts: “My family and I will miss being a part of one of the greatest basketball programs in the country,” Marshall said. “We lived it and we loved it. To the players, coaches, administration, support staff, student managers, fans, and media members whom I have met along the way, I…

Developing an in-state pipeline is important to new IU basketball coach Darian DeVries, and he appears to have landed a well connected assistant coach with deep ties in the Hoosier State. According to a report by the Cincinnati 247Sports site, Indiana is hiring Cincinnati assistant coach Drew Adams to join DeVries’ staff.  That outlet is reporting Adams will have both a bench and recruiting role at IU. Indiana has not yet confirmed the hire.  Adams was seen talking and at times sitting next to DeVries Saturday at the Indiana high school basketball state finals. A source tells The Daily Hoosier…

Indiana fans are keeping an eye on a familiar name in the transfer portal. Kansas freshman center Flory Bidunga has entered the portal with a “do not contact” tag. Bidunga was a long-time recruiting target of Indiana when he moved to Kokomo, Ind. and played there for his last two years of high school.  Bidunga did not start playing basketball until he was 14 but quickly became an elite prospect due to his length, athleticism and motor. Bidunga has a connection to the family of possible new IU assistant coach Drew Adams.  Adams’ father Mark Adams coached Bidunga for AAU…

The complete overhaul underway in Bloomington includes Tim Garl, the athletic trainer for IU basketball for nearly a half century during the tenures of six head coaches. Garl’s run as the athletic trainer for the IU men’s basketball program has come to an end, an IU spokesperson confirmed to TDH on Monday morning. The Daily Hoosier also obtained the following statement regarding Garl from his attorney: “Long time Athletic Trainer for Men’s Basketball at Indiana University, Tim Garl, was informed by Athletic Director Scott Dolson, that his contract will not be renewed for his 45th basketball season. Dolson informed Garl…