Author: Mike Schumann

By all accounts, Jalen Hood-Schifino had a good year at Indiana. After earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors, he is expected to be selected in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft next month. IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond released on Twitter audio of Hood-Schifino praising the IU staff for his experience in Bloomington. Listen below. https://twitter.com/Coach_Ya/status/1658521177088720911?s=20 The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

Indiana formally announced the addition of Mackenzie Mgbako to their roster on Tuesday, meaning he has signed with the program. The class of 2023 5-star announced his decision to attend IU over Kansas on Friday. The full release from IU is below. ———————— McDonald’s All-American Mackenzie Mgbako Joins Indiana’s 2023 Men’s Basketball Recruiting Class BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—Indiana University men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has announced that McDonald’s All-American Mackenzie Mgbako, a 6-8, 210 lb., small forward from Gladstone, New Jersey and Roselle Catholic High School, will join the 2023 recruiting class and play for the Hoosiers this fall. A consensus five-star…

Former IU stars Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino are at the NBA Draft combine in Chicago this week. Both players are expected to be selected in the June draft. Freshman point guard Hood-Schifino is expected to go anywhere from the middle of the first round to late in the first.  Senior forward Jackson-Davis is expected to go anywhere from late in the first round to the middle part of the second. Their measurements at the event are below. We’ll add any updates as they come in. Trayce Jackson-Davis Measurements: Hand length – 9.25 Hand width – 10.75 Height without shoes…

Indiana has offered one of the hottest names of the spring. Class of 2025 point guard Darius Acuff announced an offer from the IU staff on Monday on his social media pages. Playing up a year on the Nike EYBL Circuit for The Family, Acuff is averaging 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists through 12 EYBL games while converting at a 38 percent clip from beyond the arc.  He’s the second leading scorer on the entire circuit and he’s gone from relative unknown on the national scene to big-time prospect. As a sophomore at Cass Tech H.S. (Detroit, Mich.),…

Former Oregon outside linebacker Anthony Jones is headed to Indiana. The 6-foot-3 and 243 pound Jones announced his decision to transfer to the Hoosiers on Monday evening. https://twitter.com/anthonyjones015/status/1658242501613064193?s=20 The Nevada product visited the portal last month and recently visited Indiana. Jones utilized a redshirt while appearing in two games as a true freshman in Eugene in 2022. He saw action at Colorado (Nov. 5) and in the SDCCU Holiday Bowl vs. North Carolina (Dec. 28). Jones played eight total snaps as a freshman according to Pro Football Focus. He made one solo tackle in collegiate debut at Colorado. Jones should…

Can he recruit? As they say, the numbers don’t lie. With the late addition of forward Mackenzie Mgbako, IU coach Mike Woodson has secured a national top-20 recruiting class for the second year in a row. Overall, the IU basketball 2023 recruiting class now ranks No. 15 in the country according to the On3 industry average, which takes into accounting their own rankings along with 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN to form a consensus view. The Indiana On3 industry average computes to the third best class in the Big Ten for 2023, trailing just Michigan State and Ohio State. A year…

Indiana softball punched their ticket to the NCAA regionals, earning the No. 2 seed in the Knoxville Regional from May 19-21. It will be IU’s first time back in the NCAA Tournament since 2011, and first appearance under head coach Shonda Stanton. The Hoosiers will face No. 3 seed Louisville on Friday at 3 p.m. ET at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.  That game will air on ESPN2. Host Tennessee and Northern Kentucky round out the rest of the regional. Indiana finished runner-up in the Big Ten Championships last weekend before falling to top-seed Northwestern, 2-1. IU will appear in the…

After landing 5-star Kel’el Ware in the transfer portal from Oregon, and 5-star Mackenzie Mgbako in the class of 2023, it seems like Indiana has a bit of recruiting momentum. The massive seasons logged by Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino, both expected to be drafted in the NBA next month, have no doubt played a role in that recent success on the recruiting trail. And it all could portend good things to come for IU in the future.  The signs are there. The recruiting class of 2024 is the first where IU coach Mike Woodson and his staff have had…

When he announced his commitment to Indiana on Friday, Mackenzie Mgbako became the 32nd IU player who took part in the event since it started in 1977.  The Hoosiers had two players on that inaugural team. Trayce Jackson-Davis was the most recent player to achieve the prestigious honor.  He’s expected to be selected in the NBA Draft in June.  Prior to TJD, 9 of the last 10 McDonald’s All-Americans from IU went on to see action in the NBA. Mgbako played for 15 minutes and had a couple rebounds in the 2023 game held on March 28 in Houston. Transfer…

Ohio based wide receiver Javier Etheridge committed to Indiana on Saturday. The 5-foot-11 and 160-pound athlete announced the decision at a ceremony at his school, Cincinnati Mount Healthy. Etheridge is a 3-star according to the 247Sports Composite, and the No. 120 overall athlete in the country. He chose the Hoosiers over a top six that also included Penn State, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Etheridge played both offense and defense in 2022.  As a wideout he caught 41 passes for 678 yards and scored seven touchdowns. On defense, Etheridge had 50 tackles, four pass break-ups, a forced…