Author: Mike Schumann

Both the IU men’s and women’s basketball programs will have national top-20 5-stars on campus this weekend for official visits. As we previously reported last month, Chicago-area guard Brady Pettigrew is making a return trip to Bloomington. Pettigrew also visited IU last October on an unofficial visit. The Indiana staff offered him in May. The 6-foot-4 Pettigrew averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore, to go with four rebounds and three assists for Bolingbrook H.S. The 5-star prospect is the No. 14 overall player in the 2028 class, and the No. 1 combo guard based on the industry average.…

Indiana football will not have defensive ends Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt available this weekend as they continue to pursue a fifth season of eligibility in the courts. The news comes via ESPN’s Pete Thamel. “Indiana’s Stephen Daley and Kellan Wyatt are not expected to be eligible this weekend as they await a judge’s injunction ruling,” Thamel wrote on X. “They had been eligible on a temporary restraining order that’s expired. The judge has indicated that her ruling on the injunction will not come until next week.” Both eligible prior to the expiration of their restraining order, Daley played in…

The 2024 IU football team had four receivers who would go on to make an NFL roster: Ke’Shawn Williams, Myles Price, Omar Cooper, Jr., and Elijah Sarratt. A fifth, E.J. Williams, just signed with the Carolina Panthers practice squad, and a sixth, Charlie Becker, appears certain to get drafted next spring. That wide receiver room was loaded. “We were so deep, we were probably 10 deep,” IU coach Curt Cignetti said Thursday on his radio show.  “Donaven McCulley couldn’t get on the field.” 10? At least eight. Don’t forget about Miles Cross While he has some clear talent this year,…

For the better part of ten years, and some would say 25, one phrase comes to mind to describe IU basketball. Soul-sucking. That’s because for many, IU basketball is engrained in their soul.  It’s part of their identity.  It effects their moods.  It factors into family budgets.  And plans are made around it. And lately, well, the Hoosiers have sucked.  At least based on the program’s historical standard, and the expectations that standard has created for the fans. Indiana has finished above .500 in the Big Ten just once in the last 10 seasons.  That was Trayce Jackson-Davis’ final year…

The Big Ten announced on Wednesday the days for Indiana basketball’s 2026-27 conference opponents. Coupled with the previously announced non-conference schedule, we now have the full slate for the upcoming season. Note however, the television designations and tip times are still being sorted out and will be released at a later date. As with prior years, IU will play two Big Ten games in the middle of the nonconference portion of the season to allow for the full 20-game league schedule. Here’s the full 32 game IU basketball schedule for 2026-27: (games are in Bloomington, Indiana unless otherwise noted) Nov.…

What a difference four years makes. The last three meetings between Indiana and Western Kentucky were decided by a combined eight points, including a 33-30 overtime game the last time the two played on Sept. 17, 2022, in Bloomington. This Saturday, the reigning national champion Hoosiers are a 44.5-point favorite against the Hilltoppers (4 p.m. ET, Peacock/NBCSN). Tyson Helton was the head coach of WKU for that overtime game in 2022, along with with a 33-31 loss to the Hoosiers in Bowling Green in 2021. He has witnessed from afar the transformation of IU football, and the significantly greater challenge…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti is well known for his ability to evaluate talent. Would he have recruited himself to play at the highest level of college football as a quarterback out of Morgantown H.S. in the class of 1979? Probably not. “What we’re really looking for there are position-specific criteria. Toughness at all positions is still number one,” Cignetti said of his top evaluation requirement on a recent podcast. “You talk to the coach, the people around them, maybe the guidance counselor. You get a good idea when they walk in your office what their family background is like,…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti expressed optimism both of his starting cornerbacks could return to action soon, with at least one likely to return this Saturday when the Hoosiers take on Western Kentucky. Both Jamari Sharpe and A.J. Harris were injured in the first quarter of the season opener against North Texas, and both missed the week two game against Howard. “They’re day-to-day but we’re optimistic,” Cignetti said Monday.  “Jamari, we’ll see how he’s doing, and Blake Smythe as well.” The precise nature of the injuries hasn’t been disclosed, but Harris could be seen limping off the field in the…

Indiana is preparing for its third and final nonconference game of the 2026 season. The No. 4 Hoosiers (2-0) will take on Western Kentucky (0-2) Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington (Peacock/NBC Sports Network). Indiana is 5-0 all-time against the Hilltoppers, with all five wins coming since 2008, and all by a margin of 18 points or less.  The Hoosiers won the last meeting 33-30 in overtime in Bloomington in 2022.  Each of the last three IU wins have been by three points or less. Western Kentucky is led by eighth-year head coach Tyson Helton. …

Indiana went deep into the depth chart on Saturday in connection with its 55-0 win over Howard. The full defensive snap counts are below. But first, here are some notes from the game: For a look at the offense vs. Howard, GO HERE. Defensive Line Mario Landino and Chiddi Obiazor led the team with three pressures apiece.  As a team, IU had 22 pressures.  Landino had the best overall defensive grade and best pass rush grade on the team according to PFF, and he also forced a fumble. Edge Kellan Wyatt, who is in an ongoing legal battle to obtain…