IU coach Mike Woodson was down in North Carolina to watch Overtime Elite games on Tuesday evening. Playing in front of Woodson in a Lincolnton, N.C. venue were Bryson Tiller and Tyler Jackson. Woodson offered both junior prospects a while ago. Tiller visited Indiana for the Kansas game last month. The 5-star forward is in the class of 2025 but has been rumored to at least be considering a move to 2024. The 6-foot-10 Tiller is averaging 11.4 points and 10.4 rebounds. Three-point shooting has not been a major part of his repertoire to this point, at least in OTE…
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Liam McNeeley is the 34th IU basketball player to be named a McDonald’s All-American, it was announced on Tuesday. From Richardson, Texas, McNeeley is a consensus 5-star and top-15 nationally-ranked recruit. “Liam is a very smart basketball player who will bring leadership, skill, and high-level shooting to our ball club,” IU coach Mike Woodson said when McNeeley signed. “He is a selfless player that will do everything he can to help us win games. His versatility and shooting ability really stood out to our staff throughout the recruiting process. He plays the game the right way, he is a winner,…
When Xavier Johnson was ejected at Rutgers on Jan. 9, the officiating crew reversed their call on the floor after a video review. Initially that crew had called a foul on Rutgers’ Antwone Woolfolk for pushing Johnson to the floor, but upon review realized Woolfolk was retaliating for something Johnson had done. The result was a flagrant 2 and an ejection of Johnson, and no foul at all on Woolfolk. All things considered, it seemed like the officials punished the right player that night. Perhaps Woolfolk should have received some form of lesser foul, just to reinforce that his action,…
Will Indiana have their starting center when they travel to No. 10 Illinois Saturday? We may not have that answer until the teams take the floor for pregame warmups in Champaign. IU coach Mike Woodson addressed the health of Kel’el Ware on Monday evening. “I hope he’ll be back Saturday. But I can’t promise that,” Woodson told Don Fischer on their radio show. Woodson added Ware has not yet practiced since he missed the Wisconsin game Friday evening. Ware sprained his right ankle after landing on a teammate’s foot during a practice before the Wisconsin game. In his first season…
For the second time in ten days, legendary IU basketball radio voice Don Fischer had to inform the audience an Indiana player had been ejected from the game for a flagrant 2 foul. Sophomore guard C.J. Gunn was involved in a minor altercation on Friday evening in Madison during which he used his arm to push away a Wisconsin player. After witnessing Gunn’s action, the emotion of the moment influenced Fischer’s choice of words. “I am embarrassed for this ball club,” Fischer said in the immediate aftermath of the incident that led to Gunn’s ejection from the game. Fans, and…
Despite a 7-1 start to the season including 2-0 in the Big Ten, Indiana finds itself going nowhere fast. Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers have lost six of their last eleven games, including four of their last six in league play. At this moment, ranked No. 101 in the NCAA’s NET rankings, Indiana is not even sniffing the NCAA Tournament. While things seem a bit more dire in 2024, it’s a predicament IU was in around this time in Woodson’s two prior campaigns in Bloomington. Rewinding back to 2022, Indiana went on the road on Jan. 29 and defeated Maryland 68-55 to…
Indiana offered one of the top guards in the 2026 class on Sunday. Kayden Allen announced the offer from IU on his social media accounts. The 6-foot-5 Allen is from Lawrenceville, Ga. and attends Montverde Academy in Florida. According to the On3 Industry Average, Allen is a 4-star, the No. 23 player in the 2026 class, and the No. 7 shooting guard. Allen dominated the EYBL’s 15U circuit for the Georgia Stars in 2023, averaging 24.3 points per game at Peach Jam, which led the division In a reserve role for Montverde, Allen is averaging 5.0 points in EYBL Scholastic…
There probably wasn’t anything Indiana could have done to keep Tamar Bates from transferring closer to home. But there’s no doubt this version of Bates is exactly what the 2023-24 Hoosiers are missing. The Missouri junior guard poured in a team-high 36 points in a loss to Florida on Saturday. He scored the 36 points on 13-of-21 shooting, including a perfect 9-for-9 from the charity stripe. Bates is averaging 20.8 points per game over his last six contests. Known for struggling in true road games during his time at Indiana, he’s scored 19 at Alabama and 18 at Kentucky during…
Get out the lifejackets and board the lifeboats — Indiana’s season is starting to take on water. As they’re known to do, the Badgers methodically pulled away in the first half, taking a six, then 10, then 13-point lead after a series of mini-runs. The Hoosiers got off to a good start in the second half, and pulled to within 49-42 with 14:58 left in the game. But Wisconsin responded with an 18-2 run that put things out of reach. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU lost 91-79 with another edition of The Report Card. Indiana (12-7, 4-4)…
MADISON — Indiana lost to Wisconsin at the Kohl Center on Friday evening by a final score of 91-79. The Badgers led at halftime 39-26. IU was led in the game by Malik Reneau with 28 points. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. See also: Mike Woodson and Malik Reneau postgame. Indiana (12-7, 4-4) will next travel to Illinois a week from Saturday. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. No defensive answers. Indiana had a great second half on the offensive end, but their defense could not get stops. The Badgers shot 59.6 percent…