Author: Mike Schumann

The emergence of Azavier Robinson as one of the top class of 2025 prospects in the Midwest continues. The rising Lawrence North H.S. (Indianapolis) junior guard is coming off a massive sophomore season for the Wildcats.  The 6-foot-1 Robinson averaged 20.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.6 steals in 2022-23. When we last wrote about Robinson in December, his lone Division I offer was IUPUI.  Since then, St. Johns, TCU, Oklahoma State, UCF and most recently Notre Dame have offered, along with a host of mid-majors.  He was recently ranked No. 80 overall and the No. 15 point guard…

We now know all 31 opponents on Indiana’s 2023-24 schedule. According to a report by Jon Rothstein on Monday, the Hoosiers will host North Alabama on Dec. 21 in Bloomington. This will mark the third time in five years IU has hosted North Alabama.  The Hoosiers won by 26 in 2019 and 35 in 2020. The Lions finished 18-15 a year ago and ranked No. 256 according to KenPom.  That marked their highest ranking and most wins since becoming a Division I program in 2018-19.  Head coach Tony Pujol has been in charge throughout their Division I era. All of…

Before he came to IU, Bob Knight became a well known coach at Army in the late 60s. Knight never scheduled the Black Knights during his 29-year run as the Indiana head coach, but his former player Mike Woodson has Army on the Indiana schedule for the first time in program history. According to a report by Jon Rothstein, Indiana will host Army on Nov. 12.  That news means 30 of the Hoosiers’ 31 opponents for the 2023-24 season are now known. Army finished 17-16 a year ago while playing in the Patriot League.  They were ranked No. 248 at…

Indiana is talking with class of 2024 center Patrick Ngongba about taking an official visit to Bloomington according to a report by Jamie Shaw of On3 from the weekend. The 6-foot-10 Virginia product has been one of the biggest risers in the 2024 class this spring.  He’s now a consensus top-40 prospect nationally in the class across On3, Rivals and 247Sports.  IU offered Ngongba in early May after he posted multiple strong showings in Nike EYBL circuit action. Ngongba told Shaw that IU has been talking to him a lot about how they utilized first team All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis under…

Former Indiana forward Race Thompson will get a chance to compete with the New York Knicks this summer. The IU basketball official Twitter account reported the news Thompson has signed a summer league deal with the NBA franchise. https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1673014829555040256?s=20 Thompson had multiple workouts during the spring with NBA teams, including his hometown Minnesota Timberwolves. Thompson, a six-year player for the Hoosiers, averaged 7.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game across 130 appearances for IU. He started 91 of his final 92 contests. He shot 51.1% (340-of-744) from the floor and 64.6% (204-of-316) from the…

Let’s be clear — mock drafts a year out aren’t worth much. But Indiana does have some high end talent on its 2023-24 roster, and at least one prominent NBA mock draft sees a repeat for IU with two players being selected next June. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo published their 2024 mock NBA draft on Saturday, and they believe Indiana will have a lottery pick for the first time since 2019, and another player right on the fringe of the first round. The pair slotted 7-foot sophomore center Kel’el Ware in the No. 11 spot to Portland, and…

Just a couple more pieces of the 2023-24 IU basketball scheduling puzzle remain a mystery at this point. On Friday, college basketball reporter Rocco Miller said IU will host Morehead State in Bloomington during the upcoming season.  The date was not included in his announcement. Indiana leads the all-time series with the Eagles 6-0. The Hoosiers opened the 2022-23 season with an 88-53 win over MSU.  IU led 41-29 at halftime and the Hoosiers were led by Trayce Jackson-Davis and Malik Reneau, who each had 15 points. Jackson-Davis had a team high seven rebounds. Morehead State went on to finish…

IU coach Mike Woodson has been around a lot of young, talented basketball players through the years. And he told Lakers VP of basketball operations Rob Pelinka there was something different about Jalen Hood-Schifino compared to most players his age. He has traits that might be familiar to Los Angeles fans. “I had a couple conversations with Mike Woodson as part of the (draft preparation) process.  Mike said he’s never really been around a 19-year-old that approached the game, and just life and his body like Jalen Hood-Schifino,” Pelinka said to the media after the Lakers selected the former IU…

It’s an annual tradition during the NBA Draft. Fans of the local NBA team hope the local college player stays home. The Indiana Pacers had a couple late second round draft choices available to choose IU All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis on Thursday evening at the 2023 NBA Draft.  But according to Pacers GM Chad Buchanan, the former Hoosiers star didn’t want to play in his hometown. “It’s got to be a mutual interest.  You don’t want a player who is coming in not wanting to be there,” Buchanan said of Jackson-Davis on a radio interview with Jake Query on 107.5…

Former IU basketball forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was selected in the second round by the Golden State Warriors at the NBA Draft on Thursday evening. The four year starter for the Hoosiers was the 57th overall selection in the draft. Jackson-Davis celebrated the draft with friends and family at an event in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday evening. Most mock drafts predicted Jackson-Davis would be selected earlier.  As the second round wore on, he showed some frustration on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/TrayceJackson/status/1672095720633925633?s=20 But in the end, Jackson-Davis was drafted as expected, and he now has an opportunity in the NBA. The Greenwood,…