Author: Mike Schumann

The Darian DeVries era begins unofficially tonight in Puerto Rico. Indiana will play the first of three games on the island Wednesday evening in San Juan. The Hoosiers will play one game against a Puerto Rican college team, and two against a Serbian pro team. “Getting to play the three games in Puerto Rico, you know, you don’t treat them like you would a regular season game, but it’s still an opportunity to get out and play and get a feel for how guys react to opponents that aren’t in the same jerseys we’ve been going against for eight straight…

Indiana has made the final six for one of the top guards in the 2026 class. Jordan Smith, Jr. announced his final schools on his Instagram page Tuesday afternoon and included the Hoosiers. Going forward, Smith, Jr. will also still consider Duke, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgetown and Syracuse. Smith, Jr. was a longtime travel teammate of IU 2026 commit Prince-Alexander Moody.  They played for Team Takeover, a Nike EYBL program that IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson has deep ties to. In a story published Tuesday, Smith, Jr. told Rivals’ Joe Tipton about his bond with Johnson. “Kenny (Johnson) always been there…

Class of 2026 7-foot center Arafan Diane narrowed his list of options to 12 schools on Monday. Going forward Diane will choose from Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Houston, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Oregon, Purdue, UConn, Virginia, and Washington. Thus far Diane has scheduled official visits to Arkansas, Kentucky and Houston.  Obviously he’ll need to make a trip to Bloomington before Indiana can be considered a strong contender. Diane told TDH in July at the Adidas 3SSB finals Indiana was a school he was hearing from regularly.  Multiple members of the IU staff including head coach Darian DeVries watched Diane’s games that…

Indiana is getting a senior year official visit from class of 2026 5-star wing Anthony Thompson. According to a report by 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham, Thompson will come to Bloomington for an official visit the weekend of Sept. 12. For Thompson it will be a return trip, as he came to Bloomington multiple times when the prior staff was in charge. The 6-foot-8 Thompson will also take officials to North Carolina (Aug. 22), Ohio State (Aug. 29), Michigan (Sept. 5), Texas (Sept. 19) and Kentucky (Sept. 24). The Ohio native recently named a top-seven that also included Purdue, but he…

Curt Cignetti’s first Indiana team was was predicted to finish No. 18 in the Big Ten ahead of the 2024 campaign. In year two his Hoosiers are predicted to be the No. 19 in the country according to the preseason coaches top-25 released on Monday.  Even that is probably being perceived as a sign of disrespect in Bloomington. IU is joined from the Big Ten in the first national rankings by Ohio State (2), Penn State (3), Oregon (7), Illinois (12) and Michigan (14).  Indiana was also predicted to finish sixth in the Big Ten by the media two weeks…

IU basketball point guard Tayton Conerway has built an impressive college basketball resume. The reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, the Texas product produced 861 points, 247 rebounds, 243 assists, and 164 steals in two seasons playing at Troy. But his path to Division I was unconventional. The 6-foot-3 Conerway spent three seasons at the junior college level before coming to Troy, playing in environments at Grayson College and then Ranger College far different than Bloomington. Just a couple months into his first season at the high major level, Conerway can tell he’s stepped onto a new stage,…

Watching Indiana’s open practice last week, you would have never guessed who the lone freshman was. Listed at 6-foot-8 and 215 pounds, Trent Sisley doesn’t look like the typical first-year college player who needs to get bigger and stronger before he can reasonably expect to see the floor.  And the pace and mental aspects of the game don’t seem to overwhelm him either. Those are some of the first things that stood out about Sisley to first-year head coach Darian DeVries when the team starting summer workouts in early June. “Trent’s done a great job. The first couple of weeks…

Indiana has offered class of 2027 4-star guard Jalen Brown, he announced. Brown was in Bloomington on Saturday for an unofficial visit. The 6-foot-4 Brown attends Wauwatosa West H.S. in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisc.  Leading his team to a state title, Brown averaged 22.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game as a sophomore. In the national rankings, Brown is a 4-star at 247Sports, a 3-star at Rivals, and not yet ranked at ESPN. For travel basketball, Brown played this spring and summer for Power 5 on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit where he averaged 18.5 points, 3.3 rebounds…

Indiana freshman guard Aleksa Ristic has arrived in Bloomington from Serbia. The 6-foot-4 Ristic posted photos in Bloomington from the IU locker room on his Instagram page. Ristic will join the team when they depart for Puerto Rico early next week.  He obviously will not have had an opportunity to participate in a meaningful amount of practices with the team. He joins the team after playing in the FIBA U20 Eurobasket.  Over the seven games in that event, he averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 assists. Ristic played with KK Dynamic in Serbia this past year and averaged 13.9 points, 3.2 rebounds,…

IU basketball is set to depart for its Puerto Rico trip next week. Below are the scheduled tip-times and a link for purchasing single-game tickets. According to Indiana, the games will not be streamed or broadcast. Indiana begins by playing a Puerto Rican team on Wednesday, Aug. 6, and then plays two games against Serbian professional team Mega Superbet on Aug. 9 and 11. Here are the details: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH: 7:00PM TIP-OFF | INDIANA VS. UNIVERSIDAD DE BAYAMON(PR)                                           Indiana will be wearing RED Arena: Coliseo Guillermo…