Author: Mike Schumann

Former Indiana forward Race Thompson will get a chance to compete with the New York Knicks this summer. The IU basketball official Twitter account reported the news Thompson has signed a summer league deal with the NBA franchise. https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1673014829555040256?s=20 Thompson had multiple workouts during the spring with NBA teams, including his hometown Minnesota Timberwolves. Thompson, a six-year player for the Hoosiers, averaged 7.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game across 130 appearances for IU. He started 91 of his final 92 contests. He shot 51.1% (340-of-744) from the floor and 64.6% (204-of-316) from the…

Let’s be clear — mock drafts a year out aren’t worth much. But Indiana does have some high end talent on its 2023-24 roster, and at least one prominent NBA mock draft sees a repeat for IU with two players being selected next June. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo published their 2024 mock NBA draft on Saturday, and they believe Indiana will have a lottery pick for the first time since 2019, and another player right on the fringe of the first round. The pair slotted 7-foot sophomore center Kel’el Ware in the No. 11 spot to Portland, and…

Just a couple more pieces of the 2023-24 IU basketball scheduling puzzle remain a mystery at this point. On Friday, college basketball reporter Rocco Miller said IU will host Morehead State in Bloomington during the upcoming season.  The date was not included in his announcement. Indiana leads the all-time series with the Eagles 6-0. The Hoosiers opened the 2022-23 season with an 88-53 win over MSU.  IU led 41-29 at halftime and the Hoosiers were led by Trayce Jackson-Davis and Malik Reneau, who each had 15 points. Jackson-Davis had a team high seven rebounds. Morehead State went on to finish…

IU coach Mike Woodson has been around a lot of young, talented basketball players through the years. And he told Lakers VP of basketball operations Rob Pelinka there was something different about Jalen Hood-Schifino compared to most players his age. He has traits that might be familiar to Los Angeles fans. “I had a couple conversations with Mike Woodson as part of the (draft preparation) process.  Mike said he’s never really been around a 19-year-old that approached the game, and just life and his body like Jalen Hood-Schifino,” Pelinka said to the media after the Lakers selected the former IU…

It’s an annual tradition during the NBA Draft. Fans of the local NBA team hope the local college player stays home. The Indiana Pacers had a couple late second round draft choices available to choose IU All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis on Thursday evening at the 2023 NBA Draft.  But according to Pacers GM Chad Buchanan, the former Hoosiers star didn’t want to play in his hometown. “It’s got to be a mutual interest.  You don’t want a player who is coming in not wanting to be there,” Buchanan said of Jackson-Davis on a radio interview with Jake Query on 107.5…

Former IU basketball forward Trayce Jackson-Davis was selected in the second round by the Golden State Warriors at the NBA Draft on Thursday evening. The four year starter for the Hoosiers was the 57th overall selection in the draft. Jackson-Davis celebrated the draft with friends and family at an event in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday evening. Most mock drafts predicted Jackson-Davis would be selected earlier.  As the second round wore on, he showed some frustration on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/TrayceJackson/status/1672095720633925633?s=20 But in the end, Jackson-Davis was drafted as expected, and he now has an opportunity in the NBA. The Greenwood,…

Former IU basketball guard Jalen Hood-Schifino was selected in the first round by the Los Angeles Lakers at the NBA Draft on Thursday evening. The one-and-done guard was the 17th overall selection in the draft.  He was joined at the draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn by Indiana head coach Mike Woodson.  The player and coach embraced after Hood-Schifino’s named was called by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. “It’s really hard to put into words, I really don’t even know how I feel,” Hood-Schifino said on the ESPN broadcast after the pick was announced.  “It’s just like a surreal feeling,…

Thursday evening will mark a major milestone in the lives of Jalen Hood-Schifino and Trayce Jackson-Davis, and the IU basketball staff will be out with them in full support. Both players are widely expected to be chosen this evening at the 2023 NBA Draft. Head coach Mike Woodson will be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the live location of the draft, joining Jalen Hood-Schifino on the green room floor. In addition to showing support for Hood-Schifino, Woodson’s presence should provide a good public relations opportunity for the program.  He’ll likely end up on national television, and could even be…

Every recruiting target Indiana is after right now is different. They all have different upbringings, different personalities, different skillsets, and different projections at the next level. But when you are recruiting top-100 high school prospects like IU is almost exclusively is right now, they all seemingly share one thing in common. They want to get to the NBA. And so of course, when it comes to their recruitment, those young players want to believe they are picking a program that can help them achieve their dream. On Thursday evening at the NBA Draft, it is widely expected one-and-done Indiana guard…

Indiana was widely speculated to be potential destination for Kentucky guard Antonio Reeves if he entered the transfer portal. But it appears that speculation can stop. Since we included Reeves in a story on potential late additions a couple weeks back, we’ll close the loop with an update today. Multiple national reporters indicated on Wednesday morning Reeves has returned to the Kentucky campus and is expected to play for the Wildcats next season. Reeves averaged 14.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists for the Wildcats in 2022-23 while shooting 40 percent from three, and he appeared to address a roster…