Author: Mike Schumann

Quick, when is the last time you’ve seen an IU basketball player wear jersey number 8 or 9? It’s been a minute or two. In fact, most of you have never seen that. A year ago the NCAA did away with a decades old restriction on what jersey numbers college basketball players can wear.  Beginning with the 2023-24 season, players were allowed to wear any number from 0 to 99. But no one on Indiana’s team jumped in to claim one of the new options a year ago. For 2024-25, two numbers will be dusted off and worn for the…

Indiana added North Carolina based linebacker Jamari Farmer to its 2025 class on Monday. Farmer announced his commitment to IU on his X account. “From the moment I stepped onto Memorial Stadium, I felt the undeniable energy and passion that defines Hoosier football,” Farmer wrote. HOOSIERS NATION 👨🏾‍🌾🔴⚪️#AGTG@Coach_BHaines @IndianaFootball pic.twitter.com/fQunsdo7NR — J2️⃣8️⃣ (@farmer_jamari) June 17, 2024 The Mooresville, N.C. product visited IU a week ago. Farmer has been highly productive at Mooresville H.S. (Mooresville, N.C.).  He has collected 258 career tackles, 49 tackles for loss and 13 sacks in 26 varsity games. His 130 tackles and 26 tackles for loss…

Saturday marked the first day college basketball staffs could make direct contact with players in the class of 2026 — rising high school juniors. With first the transfer portal and now the class of 2025 taking precedence at the moment, this group hasn’t received a ton of publicity to this point. But that will gradually change in the months to come. We’ve already reported on several 2026 players, including the 12 IU has offered in the class thus far. For IU’s list of offers, you can always check THIS PAGE, which is updated regularly and can be found on the…

We’ll often let you know in this space and/or on social media when a member of the IU basketball coaching staff is watching a recruiting prospect. And when Indiana sends the full staff to watch or meet with a player it seems particularly notable. But on Saturday the Hoosiers capitalized on their home court advantage — and they just kept filing in to watch. Class of 2025 high priority in-state recruiting targets Trent Sisley and Braylon Mullins headlined Mike Woodson’s team camp over the weekend at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and Cook Hall. And the marquee matchup of the day…

Indiana football’s recruiting class of 2025 is quite fluid at the moment. Defensive back Chris McCorkle, who was one of the top verbal commits in IU’s rising senior class, announced on Sunday evening he’s no longer committed to play for IU. The Florida-based safety has maintained an active recruitment since his April verbal to the Hoosiers.  He was at Michigan State for a visit this weekend. McCorkle is the second player in the last week to decommit, following Travares Daniels. Formerly the second-highest ranked player in IU’s class, McCorkle is the No. 499 overall prospect and No. 48 corner in…

For the second time this week, Indiana showed they are not done advancing their efforts with class of 2025 prospects. On Saturday, top-75 rising senior shooting guard Davis Fogle announced an offer from IU. With the full IU staff in attendance at the NBPA Top-100 Camp in Florida, Fogle was widely viewed as one of the best players at the event. Fogle is a 4-star, and the No. 17 shooting guard in the class according to the On3 Industry Average. Fogle averaged 31.4 points, 9.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game his junior season at Anacortes H.S. in Anacortes, Wash.…

Indiana is hosting a team camp on Saturday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall and Cook Hall. The Mike Woodson Team Shootout features several of the areas top prospects and high school teams, including several IU basketball recruiting targets in the classes of 2025 through 2027. Here is a summary of the schools and players involved.  Most teams will play three games at either Assembly Hall or Cook Hall. We’ve noted players who were invited to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association top-100 Camp later this month. Players IU has been involved with or are on the radar from a recruiting standpoint…

Forty athletes will represent the Indiana swimming and diving program at U.S. Olympic Team Trials between June 15-23, seeking qualification for the 2024 Paris Games. Thirty-one Hoosiers will compete in the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, June 15-23. For the first time ever, the event will be staged on a football field as Lucas Oil Stadium plays host to the qualifying event. Meanwhile, nine divers are set to participate in the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, running June 17-23 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Fans can watch both meets on NBC platforms. Peacock will stream preliminaries, while final sessions are available both…

The 2028 Olympic Games will be in the United States. But legendary former IU swimmer Lilly King says she’ll be a spectator in Los Angeles. In a press conference prior to the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials, the 27-year-old King confirmed that if she qualifies for the 2024 Games in Paris, they would be her final Olympics. “I will be watching in Los Angeles (in 2028) and I’m good with that decision,” King said. “I will not be going another four years, I’ll be cheering on the team.” King did not announce her retirement from the sport, however.  Right now she…

Former IU basketball player and assistant coach Mike Roberts has been named as an assistant coach for the UTEP men’s basketball team, head coach Joe Golding announced Friday. Roberts most recently coached at Cincinnati from 2021-23. He also previously held full-time coaching positions at Indiana (2019-21), UNC Greensboro (2012-19), Rice (2008-12) and Cal (2007-08). Roberts entered the coaching profession as a graduate assistant under the late Naismith Hall of Famer Bob Knight at Texas Tech (2005-06) before serving as a video coordinator at Cal (2006-07). Roberts played at Indiana from 2000-05, including being on the 2002 NCAA Tournament runner-up team.…