Indiana has added in-state offensive lineman Evan Lawrence to its recruiting class of 2024. The 6-foot-7 and 260-pound Lawrence announced his commitment to IU on his Twitter page on Monday evening. https://twitter.com/Elaw5115/status/1665913375631499266?s=20 A Danville, Ind. product, Lawrence is Indiana’s fifth commit in their 2024 class, and first from the state of Indiana. According to his head coach Jayme Comer, Lawrence went to a camp at IU on Friday and earned an offer. Lawrence told 247Sports national reporter Steve Wiltfong why he picked Indiana. “I really like the coaching staff, how they’re connected to God a lot,” Lawrence told Wiltfong. “Also…
Author: Mike Schumann
Stop me when you’ve heard this before. Kentucky is unwilling to come to Bloomington. Why? Because self-important types have egos. Massively misguided egos, that reside in people who think that all of this is about them — when it decidedly isn’t. After IU and Kentucky allowed longstanding cross-border men’s basketball and football series to go dormant, the same is apparently happening in baseball now too. And the reason is silly. IU baseball coach Jeff Mercer said on Monday evening that Kentucky is unwilling to play in Bloomington, and that stance has put yet another cross-border series on pause. “Kentucky canceled…
Indiana has offered class of 2025 forward Preston Copeland. The North Carolina product announced the offer on his Twitter page on Sunday evening. He was in Indiana over the weekend for the Crossroads Elite camp. The 6-foot-8 Copeland attends Raleigh Christian H.S. in Raleigh, N.C. Copeland is the brother of former Nebraska player Isaac Copeland, who averaged 12.9 points per game in 2017-18 and 14 points per game in 2018-19 for the Huskers. There’s a link to the Copeland family and the IU staff. Isaac transferred after three years at Georgetown to attend Nebraska, where he played for IU assistant…
According to multiple reports, class of 2023 in-state guard Joey Hart will visit Indiana early this week. The 6-foot-5 Hart decommitted from Central Florida in May and is in the process of looking for a new home in relatively short order. Most of Indiana’s freshmen in the class of 2023 have already arrived on campus in Bloomington. Hart chose UCF over Toledo, Evansville and Ball State, and then subsequently raised his profile with a strong senior season. He led Linton-Stockton H.S. to the Class 2A State Finals while averaging 23.6 points and shooting 41 percent from three this season. Playing…
Trayce Jackson-Davis won’t need directions for his next NBA workout. IU’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker will participate in a pre-draft for the Indiana Pacers, the NBA franchise reported. Jackson-Davis will take part in the Pacers’ sixth pre-draft workout in preparation for the 2023 NBA Draft on Monday, June 5 at the Ascension St. Vincent Center in downtown Indianapolis. Joining Jackson-Davis in the workout group will be Emmanuel Akot (Western Kentucky), Tyree Appleby (Wake Forest), Chris Livingston (Kentucky), Terquavion Smith (NC State) and Azuolas Tubelis (Arizona). Jackson-Davis significantly elevated his draft profile during his senior season at IU. He…
Indiana is sitting pretty in Lexington after knocking off top-seed Kentucky at the NCAA Regional on Saturday evening at Kentucky Proud Park. The Hoosiers appeared to be in trouble after Kentucky posted two runs in the top of the seventh to take a 3-1 lead. But batting from the nine hole, IU senior catcher Peter Serruto hit a three-run home run over the right field fence in the bottom of the seventh to give IU a 4-3 lead. Serruto battled back from an 0-2 count, ran it full, and deposited the opposite field shot into the IU bullpen. Indiana would…
Indiana has made the cut for one of their main targets in the class of 2024. 5-star combo forward Liam McNeeley is down to six schools. The 6-foot-7 McNeeley will choose from Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama and Michigan, he announced on Saturday. https://twitter.com/liammcneeley30/status/1665139701659889665?s=20 While the announcement marks a milestone in McNeeley’s recruitment, these are the main schools he’s talked about over the last few months. What this news does suggest is that other high profile programs probably won’t be able to enter the mix and make a late move. McNeeley told The Daily Hoosier in April what he’s looking…
The Daily Hoosier caught up with fast rising class of 2024 shooting guard Austin Swartz of the Boo Williams AAU program. Indiana offered Swartz a scholarship in April. With 21 points per game, Swartz was the third-highest scorer on the Nike EYBL Circuit this spring. He added 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists while shooting 44.3 percent from the field overall including 37.2 percent from three, and Swartz made 88.9 percent from the stripe. Here’s our Q&A with Swartz while in Memphis at the EYBL session four: ——————— TDH: You’ve kind of blown up this spring, what has it been like…
Indiana will host class of 2024 top-20 wing Tyler Betsey on an official visit in Bloomington June 14-16, according to Andrew Slater. Betsey will also visit UConn and Creighton during the month of June according to a subsequent report by Travis Branham of 247Sports. The Connecticut product is a 4-star and the No. 19 overall player in the class of 2024 according to the On3 Industry Average. The 6-foot-8 Betsey is one of the better shooters in the 2024 class. He teams with fellow IU target Dylan Harper on the New York Renaissance on the Nike EYBL Circuit. Harper visited…
Indiana has extended the contract of women’s basketball coach Teri Moren, the school announced on Friday. Moren’s deal now runs through the 2028-29 season and makes her one of the highest paid women’s coaches in the country. The release from IU Athletics on the new contract is below. —————————- Indiana University and IU head women’s basketball coach Teri Moren have agreed to an extended contract that will make her among the highest paid women’s basketball coaches in the country. Moren’s deal features an average annual compensation of more than $1.3 million, which ranks second in the Big Ten and among…