Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana missed on class of 2025 5-star Jalen Haralson on Wednesday evening. Haralson announced his commitment to Notre Dame live on YouTube. Haralson has a very close connection with Notre Dame assistant coach Ryan Owens, who coached him before joining the Irish staff.  That played a major role in Haralson picking Notre Dame. Haralson said after the announcement he trusted Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry.  “He had a vision for me that I couldn’t turn down,” Haralson said. He also cited the idea that Notre Dame could surround him with shooters, and that Shrewsberry was the shooting coach for NBA…

We are now a third of the way through the 2024 season, so this week we’ll take a different approach to reviewing Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades for IU football. Below are three different data sets to consider:  (1) leaders from the Charlotte game, (2) players who stand out nationally, and (3) team leaders across the various categories. CHARLOTTE GAME LEADERS: Overall offense – Kaelon Black, RB Pass blocking – Trey Wedig, OT Run blocking – Andison Coby, WR; Zach Horton, TE Receiving – Sam West, TE; Ke’Shawn Williams, WR Overall defense – Jamari Sharpe, CB Run defense – Lanell…

Indiana basketball will continue a tradition started under Mike Woodson in 2022 when it hosts the third annual IU Basketball Pro Day in early October. The event gives the IU basketball players an opportunity to workout in front of decision makers and people of influence from around the league. The pro-style combine workout will take place in the afternoon on Oct. 5. Past editions of the Pro Day have seen representatives from most NBA franchises in attendance.  Personnel from all 30 teams attended in 2023. “I think when you’ve got high expectations and you’ve got a few players that might…

IU basketball priority in-state recruiting target Braylon Mullins is down to three schools. And it appears he is done with official visits. On Tuesday Mullins said he will only consider Indiana, UConn and North Carolina going forward.  Joe Tipton of On3 appears to have been the first to report the news. Mullins took official visits to all three programs over the last six weeks. The list cut means Kentucky is no longer under consideration.  Mullins had an official visit to Kentucky scheduled for October.  He now has no official visits remaining. Mullins is a 4-star and the No. 22 overall…

More massive recruiting news is coming this week. Just two days after 2025 in-state forward Trent Sisley announced his commitment to Indiana, his fellow in-state classmate Jalen Haralson will make his college choice public. Haralson posted on social media he’ll announce a Wednesday decision from a final three of Indiana, Notre Dame and Michigan State.  He’ll make the announcement live at 7 p.m. ET on the national 247Sports YouTube channel. The 6-foot-6 Haralson recently took official visits to all three schools.  Indiana’s full staff recently visited Haralson at La Lumiere, where he attends prep school in northern Indiana. Haralson averaged…

IU basketball has their first commit in the class of 2025. And he’s a player Indiana fans have come to know well over the last few years. In-state forward Trent Sisley announced on Monday afternoon he has committed to play for the Hoosiers.  His father confirmed the decision with TDH on Monday morning.  The news comes just a day after he completed a senior year official visit to the Bloomington campus. “It felt like home,” Sisley told On3’s Joe Tipton on Monday. “I could just feel how much Coach Woodson and the whole staff wanted me the whole staff wanted…

Class of 2025 top-30 center Eric Reibe completed an official visit to Indiana over the weekend. The 7-foot Reibe is ranked the No. 29 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No. 2 center. A native of Germany, Reibe attends The Bullis School in Maryland. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Reibe following his IU official visit.  Here’s our discussion with him. TDH:  So what stands out about the visit? Reibe – The coaches, the development for big men like me was very impressive.  How he (Mike Woodson) developed Trayce Jackson-Davis and Kel’el Ware.  His development of them, you…

Indiana appears to be trending for 2025 forward Trent Sisley immediately following his official visit to Bloomington. The 6-foot-7 forward from Santa Claus, Ind. received a prediction to commit to Indiana from 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham on Sunday.  Branham accurately predicted most of Indiana’s spring transfer portal haul in advance of their commitments to IU. Sisley is a 4-star prospect according to the On3 Industry Average, and the No. 78 overall player in the 2025 class. Sisley still has official visits scheduled to Notre Dame and Michigan State over the next few weeks.  The status of those visits will…

Indiana looks like a lock to enter the Top-25 if they can move to 5-0 with a win over Maryland. The Hoosiers received 67 votes in the new Coaches Poll published Sunday following their 52-14 week four win over Charlotte.  The update places them effectively at No. 27 according to the coaches. Indiana received the seventh most votes in the Coaches Poll among Big Ten teams.  Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Michigan, USC, and Illinois are all currently ranked. IU is in the same spot in the AP Top-25, released later in the day.  There they received 63 votes and are…

Indiana’s 4-0 start to the Curt Cignetti era comes with all the caveats of an easy nonconference schedule. But Indiana has faced light early season slates before, and the stats these 2024 Hoosiers have posted through four weeks are still quite impressive, irrespective of the competition. Some of the headline numbers are historic. For example, IU’s 202 points through four games are the most in any four-game stretch in program history. The previous best was 183 points in 2015 (Week 11 through bowl game).  Indiana was the first FBS team to eclipse the 200-point mark in 2024. It took the…