Author: Mike Schumann

The transfer portal is back open for college football, and Indiana has lost a prominent name. Cornerback Trevell Mullen, a former 4-star recruit and younger brother of 4-year starter Tiawan, is in the portal according to reports on Wednesday. He was ranked as the No. 177 prospect nationally and the No. 19 cornerback in his 2022 class by Rivals. Mullen did not see the field in his 2022 freshman season at IU.  He posted a statement to his Twitter page. He’s now one of six cornerbacks gone from last year’s team, including starters Tiawan and Jaylin Williams, and reserves Chris…

Flory Bidunga didn’t grow up in Indiana, but he has embraced the game of basketball like a young man who has known the hoops hysteria his entire life. Although he came here from thousands of miles away, Bidunga approaches the game much like the stereotypical native Hoosier — with hard work. Oh, and a smile. Bidunga is always smiling on the court — and off.  But what has him smiling the most these days it seems is when the countless hours of training he puts in away from the public eye delivers results on the hardwood. When he first arrived…

As we laid out on Monday, Indiana’s primary roster need going forward is production from the wing. One player with a proven track record to that end is Notre Dame transfer guard Cormac Ryan. Ryan started in all 32 of Notre Dame’s games this past season. He averaged 12.3 points per game on 40.9 shooting from the field overall including 34.4 percent from three.  He added four rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. The 6-foot-5 Ryan is a career 35.5 percent three-point shooter including 40.7 percent on 140 attempts a year ago.  His efficiency dropped off year-over-year, perhaps…

The class of 2025 feels like a long way off in the transfer portal era. But Indiana has some priority prospects among those players about to finish their sophomore years, including the lone center they’ve offered to this point, Kentucky-based big man Malachi Moreno. Indiana is one of a group of regional high majors who Moreno is hearing from the most right now. “Indiana, Purdue, Cincinnati, Xavier, and Ohio State,” he told The Daily Hoosier were the schools most involved in his recruitment right now. He says he has also heard from West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. Indiana offered Moreno…

Class of 2024 guard Travis Perry is coming off a thrilling junior season. The Eddyville, Ky. guard became his state’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing the 4,000 point mark in the process.  And playing for his father at a tiny school of less than 300 students, Perry led Lyon County H.S. to the final eight of the single-class Kentucky high school state basketball tournament. Perry averaged 32.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 4.7 steals per game through the first 35 games of his junior season.  And now he’s turned his attention back to AAU basketball, where he plays for the…

Things are going well so far for Indiana when it comes to securing talent via the transfer portal. The Hoosiers have landed a pair of big men — Oregon transfer Kel’el Ware and Payton Sparks from Ball State.  That haul gives IU the seventh best portal class in the country as of Monday morning according to On3. But Indiana still has three available scholarships on its 2023-24 roster, and a still anxious fan base. And unless the six returning players from a year ago make massive strides during the offseason, that anxiety seems justified.  The Hoosiers still have major needs.…

The class of 2024 is now done with their high school junior seasons and about to embark on their final spring and summer of AAU basketball. And while the transfer portal has stolen the spotlight, that means these almost high school seniors are nearing college decisions as well. With that, let’s take a look at what the national rankings say about the main prospects IU has been involved with in the 2024 class. The On3 rankings have become a new industry standard because they average the top four national outlets.  Here’s how the On3 Consensus averages IU’s main 2024 targets,…

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A move closer to home made a lot of sense for Tamar Bates — and that’s where he’s headed. After two years in Bloomington, Bates announced on Friday evening his next stop will be at Missouri. Bates became a father a year ago, and his daughter remained in his hometown of Kansas City, Kan. while he played his sophomore season at IU. The move to Missouri brings him much closer to home and his family. “I’m a Kansas City guy, so having this great opportunity and being right up the road is a blessing in itself,” Bates told Joe Tipton…

Indiana tried to get involved with Matthew Cleveland when he was a high school prospect but it didn’t go anywhere. Will a new staff and different connections help this time around with the Florida State transfer? IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond was on staff at Alabama when Cleveland visited that program as a high school recruiting target during the 2018-19 season.  And like Rosemond, Cleveland is from Atlanta, where the IU assistant has deep ties, including with the Atlanta Celtics AAU program where Cleveland played. Along with Indiana, Michigan, Kansas, North Carolina, Miami, Kansas State, and Kentucky have been some…