The September visitor list continues to grow for Indiana. Class of 2025 Illinois sharpshooter Aleks Alston will visit Bloomington on Sept. 23 according to multiple reports. The 6-foot-9 Alston attends Kenwood H.S. (Chicago) and could play on the wing at either forward spot at the next level. Indiana offered Alston in April. Alston played with the 16u Mac Irvin Fire on the Nike EYBL circuit, where he made 40-of-99 from three-point range this spring. According to MaxPreps, Alston shot 49 percent from three for his sophomore season of high school basketball. According to the On3 Industry Average, Alston is a…
Author: Mike Schumann
“That kid is going to be a really good football player here.” That was the first thing Tom Allen said to co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chad Wilt about walk-on linebacker Matt Hohlt back in February of 2022. This week Allen and Wilt stood in the program’s team room and announced to the full squad just how good Hohlt has become. It’s one of the best traditions in college football, when walk-ons get a full ride. On Thursday evening in Bloomington it was time to give out a scholarship in the IU program, and there was no one more deserving…
Indiana has six scholarship newcomers on the 2023-24 roster, and on Thursday their uniform numbers were revealed. The annual floating head schedules have started to circulate, and the numbers are included in the graphic design. Further below you can see an image of the floating head schedule. Here are the uniform numbers IU’s six new scholarship players will wear when the season tips in November: Oregon transfer center Kel’el Ware – 1 Freshman point guard Gabe Cupps – 2 Miami transfer forward Anthony Walker – 4 Freshman combo guard Jakai Newton – 12 Freshman combo forward Mackenzie Mgbako – 21…
Indiana has been consistently involved in the recruitment of 2025 center Malachi Moreno for over a year. In a couple weeks, the Kentucky-based big man will make a return visit to Bloomington. According to multiple reports, Moreno will visit IU on Sept. 2, the same day as 2025 guard Jalen Haralson. According to the On3 Industry Average, Moreno is a 4-star prospect, the No. 49 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No. 7 center. Indiana offered Moreno in October, and he visited Bloomington for Hoosier Hysteria last year and also their Jan. 8 game against Northwestern. As a…
Indiana has offered class of 2025 combo guard Darius Adams. Andrew Slater announced the IU offer to the New Jersey product on Twitter. Adams will team this season with long-time in-state IU guard target Jalen Haralson at prep power La Lumiere in LaPorte, Ind. In two seasons at Manasquan H.S. (Manasquan, N.J.), Adams scored 1,097 points. This past season, he averaged 20.4, 7.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals while earning the Shore Sports Network Player of the Year Award and Third-Team All-State honors from NJ Advance Media. Adams led Manasquan to a 53-10 record during his two seasons. For…
In 2014 Yogi Ferrell and Noah Vonleh were both all-Big Ten performers in Bloomington. A decade later, the pair will be reunited in of all places, China. Both Ferrell and Vonleh will play the 2023-24 season for the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese club has announced. The 6-foot Ferrell won a pair of Big Ten titles (2013, 2016) at IU in connection with his freshman and senior seasons. He is Indiana’s all-time assist leader and first in three-pointers made in Big Ten games. Ferrell played in more games (137) at IU than anyone else. Ferrell went undrafted in 2016 but spent…
IU basketball freshman Jakai Newton’s college basketball career has hit a snag before it started. The guard suffered a knee injury more than a year ago and has dealt with some twists and turns since. On Wednesday the IU basketball program said in a release Newton had a procedure related to the original injury. “Indiana freshman guard Jakai Newton underwent a procedure to treat a pre-existing injury today. There is no timetable for his return at this point,” the release said. The Georgia native suffered a knee injury that required surgery in the late spring of 2022. He didn’t play…
Their battles on the hardwood were fierce, but their friendship has proven to be much stronger. For 20 years, Purdue’s Gene Keady and IU’s Bob Knight led opposing teams in the top basketball rivalry in basketball crazed Indiana. While many IU fans grew to dislike Keady’s legendary combover, jacket-throwing tirades and the physical style his teams played with — there was no such vitriol when it came to Keady and Knight away from game. They were friendly throughout their coaching tenures, even before Keady arrived at Purdue, and their relationship only grew into retirement. Keady’s long overdue induction into the…
Class of 2025 in-state 5-star guard Jalen Haralson will take another visit to Indiana. Haralson will visit Bloomington on Sept. 2 when IU football opens the 2023 season against Ohio State, according to Jake Weingarten of StockRisers. The 6-foot-6 Haralson played for Fishers H.S. in the northeast Indianapolis suburbs the last two seasons, but he recently announced a transfer to prep powerhouse La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.) for his junior season. Haralson made multiple visits to Bloomington during the 2022-23 season and is one of the program’s priority class of 2025 targets. Playing for Fishers, Haralson averaged 23.4 points, 7.7 rebounds,…
Race Thompson signed an NBA Summer League contract with the New York Knicks in June. But the six-year IU basketball power forward never made an appearance, leaving fans wondering what happened. On Tuesday afternoon, the Minnesota native revealed how his Summer League opportunity was derailed. “Fractured my right tibia plateau two months ago,” Thompson wrote on his Instagram account. “Imma be back and better than ever, trust that! Been off the grid and wanted to give a little update.” Thompson had multiple workouts during the spring with NBA teams, including his hometown Minnesota Timberwolves. He eventually signed with the Knicks,…