Author: Mike Schumann

With the NBA Draft early entry window and most transfer activity behind us, below is a summary of the roster changes for all 18 teams in the Big Ten leading up to the 2024-25 season. Shown in alphabetical order, next to each team’s name is their preseason ranking according to Bart Torvik. This page will be updated if any new roster developments occur.  Check back periodically on the IU basketball drop-down menu. (Recruiting rankings are according to the On3 Industry Average) Illinois (53) Gone due to pro route, eligibility or transfer: Terrence Shannon Jr. (23.0 PPG), Marcus Domask (15.9 PPG),…

As we saw last week with UConn head coach Dan Hurley entertaining a move to the NBA, and top Purdue signee Kanon Catchings released from his national letter of intent, things are always fluid in college basketball. But with the NBA Draft early entry deadline now behind us, and most of the top talent in the transfer portal now signed, we can look at the way-too-early rankings for the 2024-25 season with a straight face. Below we’ve summarized nine different national outlets who updated their 2024-25 rankings over the last week or so. With their overhauled roster, Indiana is a…

It’s starting to feel like an IU men’s soccer run in late November. In a scoreless next goal wins scenario, Austin Panchot found the back of the net to send Hoosier Army to the semifinals of the $1 million winner-takes-all The Soccer Tournament (TST). Hoo you gonna call? 📞@Austin_Panchot’s target score time winner! pic.twitter.com/INqfr3LiXT — Indiana Men’s Soccer (@IndianaMSOC) June 9, 2024 Watch the Game Highlights from The CONCAFA SC vs. Hoosier Army, 06/09/2024 pic.twitter.com/xkQ1WjzNjW — TST (@TST7v7) June 9, 2024 The 1-0 Hoosier Army win came against Concafa SC, a team that included former Indianapolis Colts punter and current…

Hoosier Army is four wins away from $1 million. The TST squad made up of former IU soccer players defeated Villarreal CF English 4-0 Friday afternoon to advance in the $1 million winner-takes-all event in Cary, N.C. A rematch with Freedom United is set for 9:30 a.m. ET Saturday.  The Hoosiers won the first meeting with the Air Force Academy connected Freedom United squad 4-1 during group play earlier in the week. Fans can watch the Saturday morning match at 9:30 a.m. ET on http://thetournament.com. Leading through Ahlinvi! 🎥 @TST7v7 | @JAhlinvi pic.twitter.com/hR0XyaMpYJ — Indiana Men’s Soccer (@IndianaMSOC) June 7,…

The folks who write the algorithms for ESPN’s College Football Power Index (FPI) have apparently not yet followed Curt Cignetti’s instructions. If they Googled him, they’d know he wins much more than what their model is predicting for the 2024 season. After six months of roster overhaul and coaching changes, FPI has been updated for 2024.  And the outlook for Indiana isn’t flattering. FPI says IU is the worst team in the 18-team Big Ten, and the 77th best team in the country. The model does predict improvement, however, when it comes to wins and losses. FPI is predicting 5.3…

Three of IU’s main class of 2025 recruiting targets are expected to take their official visits together in Bloomington the weekend of Sept. 20. The Daily Hoosier can confirm via multiple sources in-state 4-stars Trent Sisley and Braylon Mullins are both confirmed for official visits that weekend, and the expectation is they’ll be joined by 4-star center Malachi Moreno. The group visit has been in the works for a long time.  Mullins first mentioned the concept in an interview with The Daily Hoosier in April. IU football has a home game that weekend, as the Hoosiers will face Charlotte in…

Indiana has remained in close contact with class of 2026 forward Gabe Weis since his two visits to Bloomington over the last year. Weis visited Indiana when the Hoosiers hosted Ohio State in January, and he was also an attendee at Hoosier Hysteria in October. IU offered the 4-star and national top-75 prospect in January. And the Washington County, Kentucky product’s trajectory has continued to rise since.  Weis announced his transfer from Washington County to Montverde Academy (Fla.) in April.  That’s a school IU has had success recruiting, with both Malik Reneau and Jalen Hood-Schifino arriving from the national prep…

“Coach Woodson, I just want to thank you so much for believing in me for all these years,” IU guard Trey Galloway said at the microphone on Senior Day in March. “I wouldn’t want to have any other coach than you.” Galloway then announced his return to Indiana for a fifth season.  And those comments came just moments after his long-time teammate Anthony Leal said “There’s no other coach in the country that I would trust with anything in my life than coach Woodson.” Both Leal and Galloway put the full weight of their support behind IU head coach Mike…

Just about any way you measure D’Angelo Ponds’ freshman season at James Madison, it was a rousing success. The West Park, Fla. based cornerback arrived in Harrisonburg last summer as a solid recruit for the Dukes, but under the national radar. Ponds was a 3-star prospect out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep H.S. in Miami.  He was ranked the 1,563rd best player in the 2023 class according to On3’s average of the national recruiting sites, and just the No. 140 cornerback.  His only Power Five offer came from Syracuse. Indiana has had success with players who had similar recruiting resumes.  Micah McFadden…

Former IU baseball pitcher Andrew Saalfrank, who was most recently pitching for Triple-A Reno, received a one-year suspension for betting on baseball in 2021 and 2022. At the time, he was with Low-A Visalia recovering from Tommy John Surgery.  He bet a total of $445 and lost money. In September, Saalfrank became the latest Hoosier to make his postseason debut in the MLB.  That came after earning the call to the big leagues in September. The lefty threw 10.1 scoreless innings in relief during the 2023 regular season, and he had 3.18 ERA in 5.2 postseason innings including three appearances…