Author: Mike Schumann

Former Indiana center Kel’el Ware has folks in Miami believing the Heat made the right choice. On Monday, Ware was named to the NBA 2K25 All-Summer League first team. In five games in Las Vegas, Ware has averaged 17.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.6 blocks, 1.2 steals and 1.2 assists in 25.5 minutes per game.  He has shot 58.6 percent overall, and 33.3 percent from three. Ware has helped lead Miami to the Summer League championship game.  The Heat face Memphis at 8 p.m. ET Monday at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas (ESPN). The Heat selected Ware in the…

Braylon Mullins’ list of suitors just kept growing all spring and summer. On Monday he started the process of narrowing things back down. Reported through multiple national outlets, Mullins has cut his list down to 10 possible destinations. The 10 schools Mullins will consider going forward are Alabama, Duke, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Purdue, Tennessee, and UConn. Mullins has several visits scheduled already, with more likely to be added to the list: UConn: August 1st Michigan: September 7th North Carolina: September 14th Indiana: September 20th Alabama: September 28th Tennessee: October 19th Kentucky: October 25th According to a report…

Miller Kopp was not going to be denied. The waiting began in Las Vegas on Saturday at his final NBA Summer League game with the Oklahoma City Thunder.  There, he was waiting to hear his name called for one more opportunity to prove his ability to compete at the highest level. That call never came in a game that tipped at 8 p.m. Las Vegas time, 11 p.m. ET. Kopp did play in three games this summer for the Thunder, and averaged 5.0 points and 2.7 rebounds in 20 minutes per contest. And then the real adventure began. He went…

Perhaps the best place to start when discussing Big Ten football preseason media polls is 2021. Fresh off one of the best seasons in program history, Big Ten writers convinced themselves the Tom Allen era was the real deal and placed the Hoosiers third in the Big Ten East division, ahead of Michigan. Indiana would go on to finish last in the East with an 0-9 record, while the Wolverines tied for first. That’s just one example of what can be best described as the sophisticated wild @$$ guess the media puts out each July. And with the conference now…

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — IU basketball alumni team Assembly Ball has advanced to the round-of-16 in the $1 million winner-takes-all The Basketball Tournament. Assembly Ball defeated Purdue alumni team Men of Mackey by a final score of 68=55 at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday evening. The winners were led by Kristian Doolittle with 14 points.  Yogi Ferrell added 13. Men of Mackey shot just 30.1% from the field. The game featured the debuts of IU basketball alumni Miller Kopp and Jordan Hulls.  Kopp scored seven points.  Hulls made a brief appearance and did not score. Assembly Ball will play Eberlein Drive in…

40 years ago this summer, legendary IU basketball coach Bob Knight was leading Team USA to Olympic gold in Los Angeles. On his team was guard Steve Alford, who had just completed his freshman season under Knight at Indiana. Among Alford’s roles on the team was to be the guy who could help future NBA stars like Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin understand Knight’s approach, and the best practices to succeed under his coaching style. Knight had fun with the team, especially Jordan.  Knight once struggled to find flaws in one of Jordan’s better first half performances, and…

Assembly Ball is now five wins from $1 million in The Basketball Tournament. But standing in their way is a familiar foe, a Purdue alumni team called Men of Mackey. It’s a new twist on the in-state rivalry. And only one team will advance to the round of 16. No. 1 Assembly Ball vs. No. 4 Men of Mackey — round of 32 Tip Time: 8 p.m. Eastern, Sunday Location: Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. Television: FS1 Streaming:  TBTLive Tickets Last Game Yogi Ferrell poured in 27 points and added 6 assists, and Juwan Morgan had a double-double (12 points, 10 assists), as Assembly…

Juwan Morgan is one of the bridges on Assembly Ball, the IU basketball TBT alumni team. He played as a freshman on the 2016 Big Ten title team that featured Assembly Ball teammates Yogi Ferrell and Troy Williams. And Morgan also played with Assembly Ball teammates Race Thompson and Devonte Green in his later years in Bloomington. Ferrell is another bridge, connecting that 2016 team he captained as a senior to older Assembly Ball players like Jordan Hulls and Noah Vonleh, along with team general manager Christian Watford. Later this year, the bridges will meet in, of all places, Montenegro,…

In a battle of heavyweights, Indiana is making it clear how much they want class of 2025 5-star forward Nate Ament. The full IU coaching staff — head coach Mike Woodson and assistants Kenya Hunter, Yasir Rosemond and Brian Walsh — convened in Marietta, Ga. to watch the 6-foot-9 combo forward. Ament was playing in an event called Power 24 put on by On the Radar Hoops.  Joe Tipton of On3 reported the full IU staff’s presence at the event. Woodson and the staff  also watched Ament several times at the Adidas 3SSB Championships last week. When we caught up…

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — IU basketball alumni team Assembly Ball defeated The Cru by a final score of 89-79 to advance to the round of 32 in the $1 million winner-takes-all The Basketball Tournament. Former Hoosiers star Yogi Ferrell led all scorers with 27 points and added 6 assists.  Juwan Morgan posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Under the Elam Ending, the target score was set at 88, and the Cru got to within 83-79.  Juwan Morgan hit a three to put Assembly Ball one point away, and Julian Gamble made the game-winner. Assembly Ball used a 20-8…