Author: Mike Schumann

Class of 2026 consensus top-25 point guard Deron Rippey confirmed with The Daily Hoosier on Thursday he’s got an October official visit planned in Bloomington. Why is that a visit he wants to take? “I’ve watched Coach DeVries since he was at West Virginia and was looking at the way he played his guards over there and it’s definitely a school I want to see,” Rippey told TDH at the Adidas 3SSB Circuit in Rock Hill, S.C. Rippey said the IU staff has sent him a lot of film on Javon Small, who earned first-team All-Big 12 honors under DeVries…

Class of 2026 forward Latrell Allmond is a priority target for Indiana. The 6-foot-8 national top-40 4-star took an official visit to Bloomington last month and now the IU staff is working hard to earn his commitment. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Allmond at the Adidas 3SSB Circuit stop in Rock Hill, S.C. after one of his games with Team Loaded. Here’s what Allmond had to say about his visit to Indiana, his thoughts on the coaching staff, the next steps in his recruitment, and more: —————————– What were some things that made you feel really wanted there at…

Class of 2026 5-star forward Miikka Muurinen announced an offer from Indiana on Wednesday afternoon. We should know very soon how much life this recruitment has from an IU perspective.  Muurinen also says he’s announcing his top-seven schools this week. As we reported last month, Indiana has been involved with Muurinen for a while since the new staff took over.  Despite his height, he projects as more of a stretch-four or five face to the basket player in college. According to the industry average, Muurinen is the No. 8 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 1 power…

In today’s era of fast paced offense and high scoring games, it is rare to hold an opponent without a touchdown for an entire half. In 1910, the Indiana football team did it for an entire season. After compiling a 5-25-1 conference record all-time prior to 1910, not many saw this season coming. But behind three all-conference players, the Hoosiers were dominant all year long. A survey of the season’s results shows that IU outscored their opponents in 1910 by an aggregate score of 111-6, posting shutouts in five of their seven games. DePauw (W, 12-0) at Chicago (W, 6-0)…

This should come as no surprise. IU football coach Curt Cignetti is on the coldest seat in the Big Ten after winning the most games ever in an IU football season, and more than the three prior years combined. CBS Sports’ annual college football coaches’ hot seat rankings were expanded this year, as each coach was given a job security score of 0 to 5. The scores were assigned by nine of the site’s college football analysts. The average of those nine scores fell into one of these categories: 5 — Win or be fired 4-4.99 — Start improving now…

Is Jon Rothstein making the Curt Cignetti mistake? With a new coach and a roster full of productive mid-major players, no one was predicting what happened with IU football in 2024.  The Hoosiers were picked in the bottom third of the Big Ten by all of the national voices, and in the bottom couple spots by most. Will non-power conference players translate to the highest level of the game they asked? Of course you know what happened. When it comes to Indiana basketball in 2025-26, it seems some could be making a similar mistake, including well known national college basketball…

Football data and analysis site PFF says Indiana has three of the top-50 players in college football going into the 2025 season. And while these three Hoosiers will come as no surprise, it’s PFF’s unique methodology of grading players that further substantiates the preseason hype surrounding D’Angelo Ponds, Mikail Kamara and Elijah Sarratt. Using PFF’s exclusive data and grading, they’ve identified the most dominant and valuable players in the country, based on proven production and projection. Here is where they landed in the PFF College 50: The 50 best players in college football ahead of the 2025 season. 24. CB…

Curt Cignetti joked in December he had swept all of the national coach of the year honors except the Dodd Trophy, because you have to be with a team for more than one year to be eligible. At the start of year two in Bloomington, Cignetti is on the radar for the one that got away. Cignetti is one of 26 coaches on the preseason watch list for the 2025 Dodd Trophy, it was announced on Monday. Cignetti will coach against three of the other coaches on the watch list — Illinois’ Bret Bielema, Penn State’s James Franklin, and Oregon’s…

Indiana will get an official visit from one of the top point guards in the 2026 class. Kentucky-based Tay Kinney will visit IU Aug. 29-31, according to multiple Monday morning reports. The visit will coincide with the opening weekend of the IU football season.  The Hoosiers play Old Dominion on Aug. 30. According to the average of the national recruiting sites, Kinney is a 4-star, the No. 3 point guard in the 2026 class, and the No. 15 overall player.  He’s a 5-star according to both 247Sports and ESPN. Kinney was being recruited by the prior Indiana staff and has…

Indiana’s new staff is still issuing offers in the class of 2026. Their latest went to Wasatch Academy guard Junior County from Utah. “I am blessed to receive an offer from Indiana University! Thank you Coach Clark and the rest of the staff for the opportunity,” County wrote on his Instagram page. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard is a consensus 4-star across the national sites.  Based on the national average, he’s the No. 34 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 7 point guard.  He’s listed as a point guard by some sites, and a shooting guard by others.…