Indiana is sitting pretty in Lexington after knocking off top-seed Kentucky at the NCAA Regional on Saturday evening at Kentucky Proud Park. The Hoosiers appeared to be in trouble after Kentucky posted two runs in the top of the seventh to take a 3-1 lead. But batting from the nine hole, IU senior catcher Peter Serruto hit a three-run home run over the right field fence in the bottom of the seventh to give IU a 4-3 lead. Serruto battled back from an 0-2 count, ran it full, and deposited the opposite field shot into the IU bullpen. Indiana would…
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Indiana has made the cut for one of their main targets in the class of 2024. 5-star combo forward Liam McNeeley is down to six schools. The 6-foot-7 McNeeley will choose from Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama and Michigan, he announced on Saturday. https://twitter.com/liammcneeley30/status/1665139701659889665?s=20 While the announcement marks a milestone in McNeeley’s recruitment, these are the main schools he’s talked about over the last few months. What this news does suggest is that other high profile programs probably won’t be able to enter the mix and make a late move. McNeeley told The Daily Hoosier in April what he’s looking…
The Daily Hoosier caught up with fast rising class of 2024 shooting guard Austin Swartz of the Boo Williams AAU program. Indiana offered Swartz a scholarship in April. With 21 points per game, Swartz was the third-highest scorer on the Nike EYBL Circuit this spring. He added 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists while shooting 44.3 percent from the field overall including 37.2 percent from three, and Swartz made 88.9 percent from the stripe. Here’s our Q&A with Swartz while in Memphis at the EYBL session four: ——————— TDH: You’ve kind of blown up this spring, what has it been like…
Indiana will host class of 2024 top-20 wing Tyler Betsey on an official visit in Bloomington June 14-16, according to Andrew Slater. Betsey will also visit UConn and Creighton during the month of June according to a subsequent report by Travis Branham of 247Sports. The Connecticut product is a 4-star and the No. 19 overall player in the class of 2024 according to the On3 Industry Average. The 6-foot-8 Betsey is one of the better shooters in the 2024 class. He teams with fellow IU target Dylan Harper on the New York Renaissance on the Nike EYBL Circuit. Harper visited…
Indiana has extended the contract of women’s basketball coach Teri Moren, the school announced on Friday. Moren’s deal now runs through the 2028-29 season and makes her one of the highest paid women’s coaches in the country. The release from IU Athletics on the new contract is below. —————————- Indiana University and IU head women’s basketball coach Teri Moren have agreed to an extended contract that will make her among the highest paid women’s basketball coaches in the country. Moren’s deal features an average annual compensation of more than $1.3 million, which ranks second in the Big Ten and among…
Last weekend Boogie Fland told The Daily Hoosier he was looking at dates for a June official visit to Indiana. According to multiple reports, the 5-star will come to Bloomington June 13-15. Indiana offered Fland more than a year ago and didn’t appear to be a significant player in his recruitment for most of that span. But things have picked up considerably over the last month. In Memphis over the weekend, Fland told The Daily Hoosier what he likes about Indiana. The one-and-done season of Jalen Hood-Schifino particularly stood out. “I like what they (Indiana) did with him (Hood-Schifino),” Fland…
Indiana has formally entered the mix for the top-ranked player in the class of 2025 from the state of Kentucky. Jasper Johnson announced an offer from IU on his Instagram page on Thursday evening. Best thought of as a combo-guard, Johnson is the No. 26 overall player in the 2025 class according to the On3 Industry Average. The 6-foot-4 Johnson took multiple gameday visits to IU during the 2022-23 season. Johnson is also a quarterback for his Woodford County high school football team. His 6-foot-7 father Dennis Johnson played defensive end for the University of Kentucky and three years in…
The Big Ten appears to be stacked after a wave of players exited the 2023 NBA Draft on Wednesday and opted to return to college. The decisions mean the league likely has two preseason top-10 teams. The headline announcement came from Purdue’s Zach Edey. The 7-foot-4 national player of the year is coming back to West Lafayette to defend Big Ten regular season and conference tournament titles and avenge an embarrassing NCAA Tournament loss. The Boilermakers will try to run it back with mostly the same team from last season. They lost Brandon Newman and David Jenkins from their 2022-23…
With one scholarship available for the 2023-24 season, Indiana isn’t done in the transfer portal. On Wednesday evening, Joe Tipton of On3 announced that IU is one of five schools being considered by Dayton transfer wing Mike Sharavjamts. A product of Mongolia, Sharavjamts is the first Division One athlete from that country. Known as “Mongolian Mike,” Sharavjamts will consider Indiana, Memphis, Nebraska, Pitt, and San Francisco. He withdrew his name from consideration in the NBA Draft on Wednesday. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported Sharavjamts will announce his college decision in the next week. The 6-foot-8 wing averaged 5.6 points, 1.9 rebounds,…
USA Basketball today announced the 35 athletes expected to participate in the 2023 USA U19 Men’s National Team Training Camp at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The expected attendees include IU sophomore center Kel’el Ware, and multiple priority class of 2024 recruiting targets, including Boogie Fland, Liam McNeeley, Derik Queen, Asa Newell and Dylan Harper. The 7-foot- Ware represented USA Basketball winning a gold medal at the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Tijuana, Mexico. In six games, he averaged 15.7 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 67.2% from the field in 19.4 minutes…