Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana’s top-ranked portal haul won’t include Connor Essegian or Ryan Conwell. Essegian announced on Sunday he’ll stay in the Big Ten, as the Indiana native is transferring from Wisconsin to Nebraska.  Essegian took a visit to Indiana last week and Nebraska was his next stop. Meanwhile another Indiana native, Conwell announced on Friday he’s headed from Indiana State to Xavier.  Although he was highly coveted, the Hoosiers did not appear to gain serious traction with Conwell.  That might have been influenced at least in part by guard commitments that were secured early. So far Indiana gained transfer portal commitments from…

Florida Gulf Coast transfer wing Zach Anderson is on the IU campus on Sunday, he reported on his Instagram page. Anderson finds himself in friendly confines.  He scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds while making 5-of-7 from three at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in November. The 6-foot-7 Anderson was named Third-Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference in March. Anderson, a native of Apopka, Fla., averaged 12.8 points on the season. He connected on 48.2 percent of his shots including 45.9 percent from three (on 111 attempts). He scored in double-figures in 13 of 16 games against Atlantic Sun competition, including a…

If there was one thing that clearly broke Indiana’s 2023-24 season, it was faulty roster construction. For whatever the reasons, Mike Woodson and his staff failed to land big-time guard talent in the transfer portal last spring, and that mishap, along with the injuries suffered by Xavier Johnson, haunted them throughout the year on both ends of the floor. It seems clear lessons were learned. The Hoosiers wasted no time, even skipping the NIT, to jump in the transfer portal with two feet. With significant financial tailwinds in the name, image and likeness era, Indiana has attacked the offseason with…

From Atlanta to the Pac-12 to Indiana. For the second time in a week, IU basketball has picked up a significant commitment from the transfer portal via that unlikely path. Stanford transfer guard Kanaan Carlyle announced via his social media accounts he is transferring to Indiana. The 6-foot-3 Carlyle earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 Freshman Team honors in 2024. The guard from Atlanta averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists on the season, and 12.5 points per night in Pac-12 play. A combo guard, Carlyle shot 38.6% from the field overall, and 32% from three on 100 attempts. Carlyle has…

Watch as IU football tight end Zach Horton met with the media this week. Horton transferred from James Madison to IU in December. The 6-foot-4 and 254-pound Horton contributed 266 yards receiving and six touchdowns for JMU in 2023. He earned a spot on the All-Sun Belt First Team Offense. The junior entered the transfer portal with 39 receptions, 425 yards and eight touchdowns for his career. He has played in 23 games with 11 starts. https://youtu.be/X-GNTEY04_o (video provided by IU Athletics) For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”…

Kentucky transfer wing Adou Thiero named Indiana to his final five schools on Friday, according to a report by Jeff Borzello of ESPN. Indiana joins Pittsburgh, Arkansas, Kentucky and North Carolina as Thiero’s finalists. The odds seem to be a bit stacked against the Hoosiers, with hometown Pitt involved, along with a possible return to Kentucky or the potential to follow John Calipari to Arkansas.  Thiero did enter the transfer portal more than a week before Calipari left Kentucky for Arkansas, and IU was in contact right away. The 6-foot-8 Thiero is regarded as a high-motor wing.  He played in…

Soon after Indiana landed Arizona center Oumar Ballo, another post prospect considering the Hoosiers removed IU from his list of contenders. Kentucky, Mississippi State, and St. John’s are the final schools for Drexel center Amari Williams, according to multiple Thursday evening reports. Williams was scheduled to visit Indiana this weekend. Stanford guard Kanaan Carlyle is still expected on campus beginning Friday, and Grace College center Elijah Malone completed his visit on Thursday.  Indiana appears to still be a solid contender for both Carlyle and Malone. Minnesota transfer big man Pharrel Payne took a visit to IU recently, but his process…

Via release, IU head coach Mike Woodson announced the addition of 2024 McDonald’s All-American Bryson Tucker to the Indiana men’s basketball program on Thursday. Bryson Tucker Forward | 6-7 | 205 Bowie, Md. | Bishop O’Connell No. 17 on ESPN | No. 20 on Rivals | No. 28 on 247Sports 𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓭 📝 Welcome to Hoosier Nation, @BrysonTucker3_ ! ⚪️🔴🏀 pic.twitter.com/PWiS0kC3rd — Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) April 18, 2024 Tucker is a consensus top-30 nationally ranked recruit with five-star designations from both ESPN and Rivals. The Bowie, Md., native was selected to the 2024 McDonald’s All-America Game. He helped lead USA Basketball…

Indiana picked up a commitment from class of 2025 defensive back Byron Baldwin on Wednesday afternoon. Baldwin announced his verbal commitment on his social media accounts.  He took a visit to IU in late March. A Baltimore, Md. product, Baldwin attends Calvert Hall College, where he produced 89 tackles, two interceptions, four pass break-ups, and two forced fumbles as a junior. The 6-foot and 195-pound Baldwin is a 3-star according to Rivals.  He doesn’t appear in the 2025 rankings to this point, but he had several Power Four offers including Kentucky, Rutgers, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Boston College, Syracuse, West Virginia…

Even during transfer portal mania, Indiana is keeping its eye on the high school ranks. Earlier this week the Hoosiers offered class of 2026 6-foot-6 wing Manny Green. Playing for Cedar Grove H.S. in Ellenwood, Ga., Green averaged 17.6 points per game as a sophomore according to MaxPreps.  He earned Class 3A North All-State recognition. This spring and summer Green is playing for the 16u Atlanta Celtics program on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit.  That’s the same program former Hoosier Kaleb Banks played for.  Like most Georgia prospects, IU has ties through assistant coach Yasir Rosemond. Based on the On3 Industry…