Author: Mike Schumann

This season the IU men’s basketball team is wearing jersey patches commemorating the 50-anniversary of the last undefeated team in college hoops. Across the parking lot, the IU football team is 11-0 and has a chance to match the magical accomplishment of Bob Knight’s 1976 national championship squad. The personalities of the late Knight and IU football coach Curt Cignetti aren’t exactly the same, but it’s difficult to not notice some of the similarities. Cignetti says he hears the comparison often in Bloomington. “A lot of people around here (at Indiana), I get a lot of that, that you and…

Who from Indiana football should make All-Big Ten when the teams are announced next week? There are plenty of good cases to be made. If they follow last year’s approach, the league office will announce first through third-team offensive and defensive coaches/media teams early next week. Here are the players from Indiana who we think should make one of the teams or honorable mention. ——————————————– OFFENSE ON ONE OF THE THREE TEAMS: – Fernando Mendoza, quarterback:  Leads league in touchdowns, yards per attempt. – Elijah Sarratt, wide receiver:  Tied for the Big Ten lead in receiving touchdowns. – Omar Cooper,…

For the second time in as many tries, IU put together an impressive showing against a high major opponent. Indiana never trailed in this one.  The Hoosiers jumped out to a 20-4 lead with 13:29 left in the first half.  It looked like they might put Kansas State away early.  But the Wildcats responded to pull to within 22-20.  IU closed the first half with a 17-7 run and opened the second 10-2 to take a 49-29 lead with 16:53 left in the game.  Kansas State would get as close as 10, but never seriously threaten again. Let’s take a…

When Indiana’s leading scorer Tucker DeVries made his first shot Tuesday evening against Kansas State, it give the Hoosiers a 19-point second half lead with 15 minutes to go. Second-leading scorer Lamar Wilkerson wasn’t finding much room to operate either.  He attempted just seven shots all night despite averaging nearly double that amount per game coming in. So how was Indiana able to pull out to such a big margin without significant contributions from its duo averaging a combined 36 points a contest? In its 86-69 win over Kansas State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Indiana’s supporting cast showed it…

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana defeated Kansas State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Tuesday evening by a final score of 86-69. The three keys to the game and final stats are below.  Highlights will be added shortly. The Hoosiers led 39-27 at halftime.  They were led in the game by Reed Bailey with 21 points.  Tayton Conerway added 19. For Darian DeVries and the IU players postgame, GO HERE. No. 24/25 Indiana (6-0) will host Bethune-Cookman on Saturday at Noon ET. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Defense leads the way.  P.J. Haggerty entered the game as the nation’s leading scorer…

The song remains the same.  Indiana is still No. 2 in the fourth release of the 2025 College Football Playoff rankings. The rankings determined by the CFP Committee were announced live on ESPN Tuesday evening.  The Hoosiers have been No. 2 in each of the first four editions of the rankings. The latest version of the bracket has IU playing the winner of No. 10 Alabama vs. No. 7 Ole Miss following a first round bye. As long as they remain a top-4 seed when the final CFP rankings are released in December, the Hoosiers will get a first round…

The 5-0 start to the Darian DeVries era has IU basketball ranked in both major national polls. After debuting a week ago in the coaches poll, Indiana made in its first appearance in the AP top-25 on Monday. The Hoosiers are No. 25 in this week’s AP poll, and they moved up a spot to No. 24 in the coaches poll. Indiana’s poll appearances over the last two weeks are their first since exiting the national rankings following a disappointing performance a year ago this week at the Battle 4 Atlantis. With difficult stretch of games coming, it will be…

Indiana will get star receiver Elijah Sarratt back for their regular season finale at Purdue, head coach Curt Cignetti said on Monday afternoon. Sarratt missed the last three games with a hamstring injury.  He suffered the injury on Oct. 25 when IU faced UCLA.  Sarratt has 45 catches for 609 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. Meanwhile, defensive end Mikail Kamara, who has been dealing with a shoulder injury and missed most of IU’s win over Wisconsin, is also expected to start, Cignetti said. While he has just one sack on the season, Kamara has a team high 40 quarterback…

Indiana will attempt to do the unimaginable Friday as it returns to action and goes for a perfect 12-0 regular season. The No. 2 Hoosiers (11-0, 8-0) will face Purdue (2-9, 0-8) Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. ET inside Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. (NBC). The Boilermakers have lost 17 straight Big Ten games, with their last win coming in 2023 when Tom Allen coached his final game at IU. Indiana trails the all-time series against Purdue 77-43-6, but the Hoosiers are in possession of the Old Oaken Bucket after trouncing the Boilers 66-0 a year ago. Despite no…

IU football’s recruiting class of 2026 continued to evolve on Sunday evening. Sarasota, Fla. based safety LaRon Dues announced he is no longer an Indiana verbal commit. “For the best interest for me and my family I will be decommitting from Indiana,” Dues wrote on his X account. Dues announced his commitment to IU in June.  He is a 3-star prospect, and the No 148 safety in the senior class based on the national average of the recruiting sites. Indiana still currently has two safety commits in their national top-30 2026 class — 3-stars Jamar Owens and recent Colorado flip…