Indiana welcomes class of 2026 5-star wing Anthony Thompson to Bloomington this weekend for an official visit. To help get you ready, below is a comprehensive look at Thompson, with everything you need to know as he arrives on campus Friday. ESSENTIALS Status — OFFERED (February, 2024) -Class – 2026 -Hometown – Lebanon, Ohio -School – Western Reserve Academy (Ohio) -Position – Combo forward/wing -Height – 6-foot-8 (7-foot-3 wingspan) -Weight – 205 -AAU – Indiana Elite (Adidas 3SSB) -Ranking – 5-star at 247 and ESPN, consensus overall national top-15 in the 2026 class -Primary Competition – Thompson named a final…
Author: Mike Schumann
One more nonconference tune-up for IU comes under the Friday night lights at Memorial Stadium. Next up are the Indiana State Sycamores, from the Missouri Valley Conference of the Football Championship Subdivision. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s week three matchup in Bloomington: INDIANA STATE (2-0) at No. 19/22 INDIANA (2-0) Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. ET, Friday Location: Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,626; field turf) Television: BTN — Lisa Byington (pbp), Jared Thomas (color), Melanie Ricks (sideline) Stream: Fox Sports Radio: IU Football radio network Odds: Indiana is around a 48.5-point favorite Weather at kickoff: 84 degrees, sunny, wind…
While the details aren’t public, it’s no secret Indiana guard Lamar Wilkerson is going to earn significant money from revenue sharing and NIL this year in Bloomington. One clue indicating how much Wilkerson will make was revealed Thursday when he was asked about a donation he made to the basketball program he just left. “You gave back. You gave money,” Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman said to Wilkerson. “Six figures to Sam Houston, to help the place that helped develop you and make you into the player you are now. Why?” “I did it out of love man,” Wilkerson said.…
Indiana transfer forward Nick Dorn is progressing towards a full return in the relatively near future according to head coach Darian DeVries. “He’s getting closer and closer. We’re continuing to ramp him up a little bit,” DeVries said of Dorn on the Field of 68. “It’s going to be a little while before we get him into some of those live five-on-five situations. But he’s making progress. “He looks great. You watch him running right now and he looks like he should be a middle linebacker somewhere. He should be playing on Saturday.” The 6-foot-7 and 223-pound Dorn averaged 15.2…
Indiana safety Louis Moore is leading the defense in a number of categories through two weeks of the 2025 season. He’s got the most tackles (14), the most interceptions (2), and he’s tied for being on the field for the most snaps (97). But Moore is also at the center of the biggest unknown facing the Hoosiers in this young Indiana season, as his eligibility to play remains in question as he pursues a lawsuit against the NCAA. As things stand ahead of Indiana’s Friday home game against Indiana State, Moore only definitively has two games left in his college…
Multiple outlets are reporting former Indiana linebacker Micah McFadden will miss a significant portion of the 2025 season with a foot injury. ESPN appeared to have it first. The New York Giants starter suffered the injury while tackling Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels in the season opener on Sunday. The timing of the injury couldn’t be worse for the 25-year-old McFadden, who is in a contract year and trending favorably after three years in the league. The Tampa, Fla. product started 14 games each of the previous two seasons. He amassed over 100 tackles each of the past two seasons, including…
Indiana has offered class of 2026 point guard Anthony Brown, he announced Wednesday on his social media accounts. The 6-foot-1 Brown attends Archbishop Carroll in Washington D.C. He’s ranked a national top-70 4-star by 247Sports and ESPN. Brown is coming off a breakout Nike EYBL spring and summer season in which he averaged 18.9 points. 4.7 assists, and 3.5 rebounds while leading Team Durant to the final eight at the Peach Jam. Brown recently narrowed his list of potential colleges to ten before IU made the offer. Those schools are Maryland, Mississippi State, Villanova, VCU, UCF, Tennessee, Memphis, Texas Tech,…
On Tuesday evening former IU baseball star Kyle Schwarber produced just the 52nd 50 home run season in Major League Baseball history. The accomplishment is a new career best for Schwarber, who prior to this year had produced six career seasons with 30-plus home runs and two seasons of 40-plus homers, topping out at 47 in 2023. The 32-year-old is now at 334 home runs for his career. Long ball No. 50 also allowed Schwarber to pass Ted Kluszewski for the all-time single season home run record by a Hoosier. On Tuesday Schwarber crushed the 437-foot milestone home run against…
Make that three IU football games that have sold out for the 2025 season. Indiana announced on Tuesday afternoon their October home games against Michigan State and UCLA no longer have tickets available. The school previously announced the Sept. 20 home game against Illinois has sold out as well. Going back to last season, Indiana has now sold out seven home games over the last two seasons. In the same Tuesday announcement, Indiana says their Nov. 15 home game against Wisconsin has limited quantities available. This is the sixth time in program history the program has sold out multiple games…
Indiana safety Louis Moore has at least two more weeks of eligibility based on the latest filings in his case against the NCAA. Moore and the NCAA have reached a temporary agreement described as follows in a document posted in the Dallas County Texas court portal. “The NCAA agrees to take no action with respect to Plaintiff’s (Moore’s) eligibility or ability to compete in any intercollegiate activities, based upon violations of any eligibility rules at issue in the First Amended Petition, through and including September 24, 2025.” This means Moore is eligible to play this Friday evening when Indiana hosts…