In recent years IU fans have had to sweat it out while prominent players such as Trayce Jackson-Davis, Juwan Morgan and others made NBA Draft stay-or-go decisions. There has been no such drama in Bloomington this year. Center Kel’el Ware has made it clear for a couple months he’s in the draft and staying there. The All-Big Ten performer is likely to be chosen in the first round in next month’s draft. And Mackenzie Mgbako announced in late March he was returning to the Hoosiers for his sophomore season. But there are still a few key decisions outstanding vis-à-vis the…
Author: Mike Schumann
Following the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field on ESPN2 Monday afternoon, the broadcast flashed up a graphic detailing which bubble teams were truly the last four in and the first four out according to the selection committee. Indiana was thought to be one of the teams walking the bubble tightrope, and it turned out they were in fact one of the last four teams to get an at-large bid in the 2024 field. IU’s reward was being placed in the same regional as the overall No. 1 seed, the Tennessee Volunteers. Before they get a shot at Tennessee, Indiana…
Indiana’s season is in limbo at the moment, but the Hoosiers won’t have to wait long to find out if they’ll be playing in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Monday’s selection show will be a nail-biter for the IU players and coaches. Indiana appears to be right on the cut line. In Baseball America’s Sunday projection of the field, they have Indiana as a No. 3 seed at the Kentucky regional in Lexington. That would make back-to-back seasons at Kentucky if it happens that way. Baseball America says IU is the second to last team in the field. On3 puts Indiana…
A former high-profile Michigan State recruit will reportedly be transferring to Indiana to join his brother. Matt Zenitz of 247Sports is reporting former four-star defensive end Andrew Depaepe will transfer to the Hoosiers. Depaepe is a former top-125 prospect in the 2023 class and was one of the top recruits former MSU head coach Mel Tucker signed during three-plus years. The 6-foot-5 and 255-pound DePaepe played 11 snaps on defense vs. Washington in Week 3 in his collegiate debut and lone action of the season for the Spartans. He enrolled for the spring semester and competed in spring practice for…
Big changes are coming to college sports. With the arrival of the transfer portal along with endorsement deals (and other player payments) in recent years, that’s something most fans have grown accustomed to with varying degrees of reluctance. But what’s coming next is even more revolutionary. The more than 100-year-old attempt by the NCAA to operate college sports under an amateurism model is dead. The NCAA, along with the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC conferences announced a landmark antitrust class-action settlement poised to radically change the economic model of college sports and provide billions of dollars in…
This would be a good year for Indiana to have its offensive line firing on all cylinders. Because behind that group up front, IU appears to have a lot of promise at the skill positions. And specifically, IU’s passing game has a chance to be special. Especially when considering the track record of the new coaching staff. Out of his five years with James Madison, Curt Cignetti coached four starting quarterbacks, all of which ended up winning conference player of the year on offense. Ohio transfer Kurtis Rourke has already achieved that distinction in the MAC. And according to…
Until Thursday evening, Indiana didn’t have a deep list of options at the four and five spots in the class of 2025. They’ve expanded their prospects with an offer to Chris Cenac, Jr.. He announced the offer on his X account. The 6-foot-10 Cenac averaged 13.9 points 10.2 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and 1.3 blocks this season at Isadore Newman H.S. in New Orleans, La. For spring and summer basketball, Cenac plays for the YGC program on the Puma Pro16 Circuit. According to the On3 Industry Average, Cenac is the No. 30 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No.…
Isiah Thomas sees a connection involving the IU basketball dynasty of the 1970s and 80s, and the Golden State Warriors NBA dynasty of the last decade. The former star point guard for the Hoosiers revealed it to one of the Warriors on his podcast. “The offense that you run, I played for the guy who invented it,” Thomas said on The Draymond Green Show. “His name was Bob Knight. I won championships at Indiana University as a student under Bob Knight.” Before Steve Kerr arrived at Golden State in 2014, the Warriors ran a lot of isolation and pick-and-roll actions. But…
When Byron Baldwin committed to IU just over a month ago, he didn’t appear in any of the national rankings. But when 247Sports’ 2025 college football recruiting rankings updated Wednesday, he became one of a number of “players on the rise.” How far? From unranked, to a 4-star and one of the overall top-250 players in the class according to that outlet. The massive bump makes Baldwin the highest rated player in Indiana’s 2025 class. The still developing eight-player class is currently ranked 34th nationally at 247Sports. Here’s what 247Sports wrote about Baldwin when announcing his bump in the rankings.…
The Daily Hoosier caught up with New Jersey-based class of 2025 guard Darius Adams at the Westfield, Ind. Nike EYBL stop over the weekend. IU offered the consensus top-25 prospect last summer. He transferred to La Lumiere in LaPorte, Ind. for his junior season. The Indiana staff had eyes on Adams for multiple games over the weekend. Playing for the PSA Cardinals, Adams is averaging 15.1 points per game this spring while shooting 36.2% from three. Over the weekend, Adams shot 40.7 percent from three on 6.8 attempts per game. TDH – How did the transition to La Lumiere and…