Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana forward Luke Goode could be finding out soon whether his request for a fifth season of college basketball has been approved. And a recent development provides a bit of optimism he’ll get a favorable result. Players who suffer injuries that force them to miss a significant portion of a season can petition the NCAA for a fifth year of eligibility via a medical hardship waiver.  Goode filed his waiver request pertaining to his sophomore season at Illinois very soon after the conclusion of the IU’s 2024-25 season. Historically there have been two key criteria to obtain the waiver. First,…

Indiana’s new staff has offered one of the top class of 2026 prospects in the state of Texas. 6-foot-8 and 205-pound Davion Adkins reported an offer from IU on his X page on Thursday afternoon. Adkins attends Oak Cliff Faith Family in Dallas. He has a profile similar to Trayce Jackson-Davis in that he’s a lefty elite athlete with a very quick second jump who can run the floor and dominate the paint area on lobs and put-backs. Adkins also shows the ability to make jump shots. He’s been reported to have a 7-foot-2 wingspan. According to the On3 industry…

The 2026 NFL Draft could be one of the best ever for IU football. And the headliner is projected to be someone who has yet to play a snap for the Hoosiers. Quarterback Fernando Mendoza has appeared as a first round draft pick in multiple mock 2026 NFL Drafts released following the conclusion of the 2025 draft. Here are four that have projected the redshirt junior as one of the top quarterbacks in next year’s cycle. No. 4 — Nate Tice, Yahoo! No. 10 — J.P. Acosta, SB Nation No. 16 — Bryan Fischer, Sports Illustrated No. 27 — Dane…

According to a school release Thursday, Indiana University’s independent review of allegations brought by former men’s basketball players against team doctor Brad Bomba Sr. has concluded Bomba did not act in bad faith. The allegations suggest the former players were subjected to inappropriate prostate and rectal exams during annual physicals. In response to learning of the allegations, the university retained Jones Day, an international law firm with experience in sensitive and similar investigations, to conduct an independent review. An IU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Bomba won football letters in 1954, 1955 and 1956 and led those teams in receiving…

Darian DeVries didn’t just have to rebuild an entire roster in his first six weeks on the job. He had to start over with most of his coaching staff too. If he needs a minute to exhale, that seems like it would be well deserved right about now. We’ll have to wait until next March for real answers, but as far as DeVries’ new staff goes, it looks on paper like he has assembled a solid staff with plenty of recruiting success and winning experience. Let’s start with this:  All four of DeVries’ assistants announced so far were assistant coaches…

Darian DeVries is plucking an assistant coach from an SEC program. Tennessee’s Rod Clark will join the IU basketball staff as an assistant coach, Jon Rothstein is reporting.  His agent confirmed the news with Knox News.  Indiana has not confirmed the report. Clark, 32, was hired by Rick Barnes as an assistant coach for the Volunteers in April 2021.  Tennessee went 109-36 (.751) during his four years in Knoxville. Clark has played a role in several prominent recruitments, including Dalton Knecht, who he served as the lead recruiter for and worked closely with throughout the 2023-24 season.  Knecht won SEC…

The path to a ninth national title comes into focus as Indiana men’s soccer head coach Todd Yeagley announced the program’s complete 2025 season schedule Wednesday. As has become the norm, the Hoosiers were challenge themselves this season.  Eleven of Indiana’s 18 regular season opponents finished top 60 in the 2024 RPI rankings and eight appeared in the NCAA Tournament. “We are thrilled to welcome back our fans, led by the Hoosier Army, as we embark on a challenging and exciting fall schedule,” Yeagley said in an IU release. “Our home opener versus Clemson will be a blue blood battle,…

Each year over his last five seasons as a head coach, Darian DeVries’ offense has placed a greater emphasis on the three-point shot. In 2020-21, DeVries’ Drake squad ranked No. 302 in the nation, with just 31.6% of their total shots coming from beyond the arc.  That was a 26-5 NCAA Tournament team, proving there are plenty of ways to win basketball games. Drake took 33.9% of its shots from three in 2021-22 (No. 272), 36.5% in 2022-23 (No. 211), and 39.2% in 2023-24 (No. 123).  Each of those last two Drake teams made the NCAA Tournament as well.  Again,…

One member of Darian DeVries new IU basketball roster is on the NBA Draft early entry list released Tuesday. Troy transfer guard Tayton Conerway will test the NBA waters in the weeks to come.  He announced his transfer to Indiana a couple weeks ago and will have until May 28 to formally stay in or take his name out of the draft. Former Indiana forward Mackenzie Mgbako is also on the early entry list.  He announced his transfer to Texas A&M earlier this month. The NBA Draft Combine runs May 11-18.  The invite list for that event should be released…

Indiana has picked up a commitment from North Florida transfer forward Josh Harris on Tuesday, he announced. That news comes after Harris visited IU earlier in the week. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Josh Harris (@joshie.harris) The 6-foot-8 and 220-pound Harris had an impressive freshman debut season for the Ospreys in 2024-25. He started and played in 30 games and averaged 13.4 points and 7.1 rebounds on 55.7 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three in 22.5 minutes per game in 2024-25. His 13.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game lead all…