Author: Mike Schumann

He waited and waited on draft night, but Trayce Jackson-Davis ended up in a good place with a good deal when it was all said and done. The former IU basketball star is getting a four-year deal from the Golden State Warriors, the first two guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jackson-Davis was the 57th pick in last month’s NBA Draft, though some mock drafts considered him a late first-round selection. Part of the reason for the fall to the second to last pick in the draft?  Jackson-Davis told teams he didn’t want to sign a two-way contract that would…

Indiana has been in regular communication with class of 2025 4-star wing Hudson Greer for a while. On Wednesday he told 247Sports national recruiting analyst Brandon Jenkins IU is one of the schools he’d like to visit. The 6-foot-6 Greer attends Lake Travis H.S. in Austin, Texas.  For spring and summer basketball, he plays for Texas-based ProSkills on the Nike EYBL Circuit.  He dealt with injuries during most of the spring, but averaged 14.5 points on 78 percent shooting from the field during the Dallas session of the EYBL. Greer is regarded as a high level slasher who can get…

The Hoosier state has a pair of consensus top-50 prospects in the class of 2025. All of the major national recruiting outlets have done some measure of ranking updates for the class of 2025 during this spring and summer.  And headlining the class when it comes to IU prospects are in-state guard Jalen Haralson, and his spring and summer teammate on the Indy Heat, in-state forward Trent Sisley.  Indiana offered both players before their first high school games. Haralson is ranked No. 9 in the country according to the On3 Industry rankings, which averages On3, 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN to…

A pair of former IU basketball stars have new deals on Sunday according to multiple reports. The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a deal with former IU basketball one-and-done star Eric Gordon, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Terms of the deal were not immediately reported. The 34-year-old Gordon was reportedly highly sought after this offseason, per Charania, and turned down more lucrative offers to sign with the Suns. He reportedly considered the Golden State Warriors as well as the Houston Rockets, according to The Athletic’s Kelly Iko. Gordon was traded from the Rockets to the Los Angeles Clippers midway through this past season.…

One of the main stories of Indiana’s offseason has been Jalen Hood-Schifino. The one-and done point guard was drafted in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, and his lone season at IU has been on the mind of most of the program’s top recruiting targets in the class of 2024 and beyond. Hood-Schifino was one of the first marquee high school recruits to commit to play for Mike Woodson.  He was a bit of a pioneer, saying yes to IU before Woodson ever coached a college basketball game.  Now he’s forged a path…

Former IU star Thomas Bryant will play for the Miami Heat next season according to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1675193225735282690?s=20 Bryant joined Denver in February and got a championship ring. Former Hoosiers Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller played with Miami and faced Bryant in the NBA Finals.  Oladipo has since been traded to Oklahoma City and Zeller is a free agent. Bryant did not play at all for the Nuggets during their playoffs run to the Finals. He averaged 4.6 points and 3.3 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per game for Denver after a midseason trade from the Lakers.…

Behind the scenes, IU basketball has had a talented and dedicated group of graduate assistants under Mike Woodson. Isaac Green has garnered a lot of respect in both the IU basketball program and beyond, and Woodson has found an expanded role for the New Jersey product. Green will begin his third season with the program and first as Video & Player Development Analyst. He previously served as a graduate manager for the Hoosiers, in which he played a role in player development, recruiting and much more. Before his arrival in Bloomington, Green was a member of the 17U Nike EYBL…

On Friday night, Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported that the Heat have traded Victor Oladipo to the Oklahoma City Thunder. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski added more intel on the breaking deal: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1674986964762738688?s=20 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 right. Oladipo missed all but eight games last season due to a second right quadriceps tendon tear. He missed a year of action the first time he suffered a right quadricep tendon tear…

Three former Hoosier All-Big Ten selections will compete in the NBA 2k24 Summer League 2023 held in Las Vegas to begin the month of July. The schedule includes a head-to-head matchup between two former IU stars. Jalen Hood-Schifino, the 17th overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers, will make his Summer League debut as part of the California Classic against the defending Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat. He’ll go up against Trayce Jackson-Davis and Golden State on July 7 on ESPN. Los Angeles Lakers Schedule July 3 vs. Miami at 6 p.m. on ESPN2* July 5 vs. San Antonio at…

Indiana finished 40th nationally, with 581.5 points, in the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup Division I standings after the final standings update of the 2022-23 year. The LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today.  The competition serves as a good measure of how Indiana stacks up against the other Division I athletic departments in the country. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in NCAA Championships.  Overall the Hoosiers participated in NCAA Championships in 11 sports. IU scored points in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s…