One day before he announces, class of 2024 top-20 guard Boogie Fland has the national recruiting outlets guessing. While the 6-foot-3 Fland is publicly down to IU, Kentucky and Alabama, the one thing everyone does seem to agree on is Fland won’t pick the Crimson Tide. 247Sports national reporter Eric Bossi believes Indiana has made a strong push towards the end of Fland’s recruitment. But he wouldn’t go so far as to say the Hoosiers have passed Kentucky. “While the Wildcats have maybe been seen as the slightest of favorites, Mike Woodson and the Hoosiers have been making a serious…
Author: Mike Schumann
The expansion of the Big Ten to 18 teams may lead to more men’s basketball conference games next season. The Big Ten was the first conference to play 20 conference games in the history of Division I basketball in 2018-19, and it could be adding to the gauntlet just six years later. There are ongoing discussion to increase the league slate to 22 games. The uncertainty at the moment has led to confusion regarding whether the Big Ten will renew its contract with the Big East and continue the Gavitt Games. “We need to figure out if we are going…
The 2023 edition of Hoosier Hysteria is set for Friday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. ET inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Students may enter at 6:15 p.m. with doors opening for the general public at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, but those attending are asked to donate a canned food item to benefit the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Parking is free. Fans are asked to enter via Gates 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 with ADA parking available in Gate 13. Due to the Homecoming Parade, 17th Street will be closed from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Please enter off the Bypass…
Former IU baseball star Kyle Schwarber struggled in the National League Divisional round of the playoffs earlier this month. But the Philadelphia Phillies outfielder is off to a torrid start in the NLCS. Schwarber has hit three home runs in the first two games of the best-of-seven series with Arizona, including two on Tuesday evening in connection with a 10-0 Phillies win. With those two home runs, Schwarber has tied New York Yankees legends Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle with 18 postseason home runs — the most by a lefthanded batter in Major League Baseball history. And while Jackson earned…
Romeo Langford is a free agent just days before the start of the 2023 NBA season. According to multiple reports on Tuesday, Langford has been waived by the Utah Jazz. He signed a deal with the NBA franchise in August. The deal was an Exhibit 10 contract, meaning the Jazz own Langford’s G-League rights if he’s waived by the organization. Most recently with the San Antonio Spurs, Langford was also a free agent following the 2022-23 season. Langford, who will turn 24 next Wednesday, was drafted 14th overall by the Celtics in 2019. Over his four-year NBA career, Langford is…
Victor Oladipo’s return stint with Oklahoma City lasted three months. After the Miami Heat traded the former IU star to the Thunder in June, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting he’s heading back to Houston as part of another trade. Oladipo played for the Rockets in 20 games during the 2020-21 season. He has $9.5 million on an expiring contract and is rehabilitating a torn patellar tendon. For the third time in just over four years Oladipo suffered a major knee injury in April. The latest injury involves Oladipo’s left knee, while his prior history of major issues related to his…
IU fans won’t have to wait long to see if the Hoosiers will land a second top-20 target in the 2024 class. New York-based point guard Boogie Fland will announce his commitment on Friday, Oct. 20. He will announce at 2 p.m. ET at Stepinac H.S. in White Plains, N.Y. Fland is down to a final three of Indiana, Kentucky and Alabama. His recruitment is widely viewed as a competition mainly between IU and Kentucky at this point. The 6-foot-3 Fland is rated the top point guard in the 2024 class according to the On3 Industry Average. IU landed its…
As you know by now, IU basketball received its first class of 2024 verbal commitment on Sunday when 5-star forward Liam McNeeley pledged to the Hoosiers. Below you can find a commitment video he made, a video of the moment he committed to IU on ESPN, why he picked IU and who he says he’s recruiting to join him, what Montverde coach Kevin Boyle says about McNeeley, and the latest Indiana basketball scholarship chart. GO HOOSIERS🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/fb7M3B8PDe — liammcneeley (@liammcneeley30) October 15, 2023 5⭐️ Liam McNeeley (no. 13 ESPN 💯) has committed to Indiana ⚪️🔴 #IUBB@liammcneeley30 | @IndianaMBB pic.twitter.com/xs3tAtQnGw —…
Mr. Woodson, Liam is on line one. Class of 2024 5-star forward Liam McNeeley has committed to Indiana. The 6-foot-7 McNeeley announced the news live on ESPN on Sunday afternoon. “Coach Woodson has been recruiting me for a really long time,” McNeeley said on the ESPN broadcast. “Their (Indiana’s) interest in me has never wavered. They’ve been the most consistent recruiting me, and I just feel really comfortable with them.” McNeeley said who he would be targeting to join him in Indiana’s class of 2024. He pointed to his teammate who was there for the announcement in Las Vegas. “My…
The wait for class of 2024 5-star forward Liam McNeeley to announce his college destination is almost over. And now we know when the news will break on Sunday. According to ESPN’s Paul Biancardi, McNeeley will announce his college decision at halftime of a game that starts at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN on Sunday. So roughly around 4 p.m. ET. McNeeley is down to a final two of Indiana and Kansas. IU is the only school he took an official visit to twice, and the Hoosiers are widely viewed as the favorite. If he chooses IU, McNeeley would be…