Author: Mike Schumann

The IU women’s basketball roster rebuild continued Tuesday with the addition of Virginia transfer Edessa Noyan. The 6-foot-3 Noyan announced her commitment to Teri Moren’s squad following a visit to Bloomington.  She also visited Purdue and West Virginia. From Botkyrka, Sweden, Noyan played in 54 games with 26 starts over two seasons with Virginia.  She averaged 5.7 points in 2024-25 while shooting 40.7% from the field overall, and 32.8% from three.  Her season was disrupted when she missed six games after being hospitalized with pneumonia. Noyan had some good games against top competition.  She went for 10 points, three assists,…

Indiana football concludes 2025 spring practice with the spring game on Thursday. The program released details for the game on Thursday evening in Bloomington.  The game will last two quarters and will not be televised. The full release is below. Get Ready for the Indiana Football Spring Game on Thursday at Memorial Stadium BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana football program will wrap up the spring portion of its practice schedule with the annual Indiana Football Spring Game on Thursday (April 17) at 8 p.m. inside Memorial Stadium. Arriving at the Stadium Admission and parking are FREE with gates opening at 7 p.m.…

One of the best shooters in the 2025 transfer portal cycle is coming to Indiana. Sam Houston transfer guard Lamar Wilkerson has committed to the Hoosiers after visiting Bloomington this weekend. “Indiana felt like home,” Wilkerson said in an interview on the Field of 68 immediately after his announcement.  “I’m ready to bring Hoosier basketball back.” The 6-foot-5 Wilkerson picked IU over Kentucky, Auburn and Ole Miss.  He also visited Kentucky after IU, giving new Hoosiers head coach Darian DeVries a massive portal win over Mark Pope and the Wildcats.  Indiana and Wilkerson will face Kentucky in Lexington in December.…

Have staff, will contact portal prospects. Darian DeVries’ addition of several new staff members has significantly increased in recent days their volume of reported connections to multiple players who are transferring. Here are five more names to know as the list continues to swell.  All of these players have emerged in the last few days. As always, we’ll have more extensive coverage of these players if warranted: Kimani Hamilton is a 6-foot-7 combo forward from High Point.  He averaged 13.1 points per game in 2024-25.  Hamilton is from Mississippi and started his career at Mississippi State.  He shot 52% from…

Indiana is getting a visit on Tuesday from North Florida 6-foot-6 sophomore wing Jasai Miles according to Joe Tipton of On3. Miles captured Third Team All-ASUN honors for the initial All-Conference nod of his career in 2024-25. HE started all 32 games and averaged 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists on 42.5 percent from the field and 33.5 percent from three in 31.4 minutes in 2024-25. His 15.4 points and 31.4 minutes led the team, while his 6.8 rebounds were second. The Miami, Fla. product amassed 10 or more points in 29 of 32 games, 17 of 18 conference…

When IU and Kentucky play this December, Lamar Wilkerson will be playing for one of the teams. Which team is still to be determined. According to multiple Monday evening reports, the Sam Houston transfer sharpshooter is down to the Hoosiers and Wildcats after cancelling visits to Auburn and Ole Miss. The 6-foot-5 Wilkerson visited Indiana then Kentucky over the weekend.  He is expected to announce a decision this week. The Ashdown, Ark. product was one of the best shooters in college basketball this season. He ranked sixth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.41) and eighth in three-point percentage (44.5). For…

The 2024-25 NBA regular season has come to an end for six former Hoosiers who saw action in the league. Here’s a quick overview of how it went for all six, and the outlook for four who continue into the postseason. OG Anunoby, New York Knicks In his eighth season, Anunoby had his best professional campaign.  An NBA All-Defensive Team candidate, he averaged a career-high 18.0 points per game to go along with 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.5 steals per contest while playing 36.6 minutes a night. He started all 74 games he appeared in and shot 47.9% from…

Could new IU basketball coach Darian DeVries utilize the transfer portal to reunite with another one of his former Drake players? Texas Tech sophomore guard Kevin Overton is entering the transfer portal according to multiple Sunday evening reports.  He played for DeVries at Drake as a freshman where he was a teammate of new IU guard Conor Enright and forward Tucker DeVries. Through two collegiate seasons, Overton has 676 points (9.5 ppg), 249 rebounds (3.5 rpg), and 70 assists (1.0 apg) through 71 career games.  His career shooting splits are 43.2 percent overall, 34.4 percent from three on 297 attempts,…

Darian DeVries’ quest to build out the 2025-26 roster now includes the junior college ranks. On Sunday evening, Indiana offered a scholarship to Butler Community College big man Emeka Opurum.  New IU staff member Mike Bargen coached for a long time at the Kansas-based school. A product of Lagos, Nigeria, Opurum has only been in the U.S. since August.  As a freshman in 2024-25, Opurum played in 33 games with 25 starts for Butler. In just 22 minutes per contest, he averaged 9.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks while shooting 67.2 percent from the field.  He was 0-of-4 from…

When Darian DeVries added Kenny Johnson to his staff, he gained immediate connections in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. And in just the few days since the news of Johnson’s hire broke, three prospects from the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) have been mentioned as Indiana targets. Here’s some quick background on all three. We’ll have more coverage of these players if any of them develop into significant pursuits by Indiana. TYRELL WARD Ward is a transfer wing from LSU who was an Indiana recruiting target out of DeMatha H.S. in Washington D.C.  Reports on Saturday indicated IU involvement. The 6-foot-6…