The transfer portal is still doing its thing here in late April, and one of the best guards in the country entered on Friday morning. Penn’s Jordan Dingle is in the portal according to multiple reports, and we expect IU to make a push. Dingle was the second leading scorer in the country this season and the Ivy League player of the year for 2022-23. Already, Indiana has reached out to Dingle, who is probably best thought of as a combo guard at the high major level. The 6-foot-3 Dingle is a big physical guard at 195 pounds. He averaged…
Author: Mike Schumann
Another hectic offseason of roster activity is well underway for IU basketball. Below is a summary of transfer portal departures, additions and prospects for Indiana. Further below you can see all of the Big Ten roster updates. We’ll keep this pinned to the IU basketball drop down menu and update it regularly. Players have until May 11 to enter the portal and May 31 to exit the NBA Draft. ALSO — Check the Disqus thread below for more real-time updates. Last update: June 9, 2023 INDIANA PORTAL/NBA DEPARTURES Logan Duncomb, center (portal) —-> Xavier Tamar Bates, guard (portal) —-> Missouri…
It won’t be easy to pull the top player in Michigan to an out-of-state Big Ten school, but Trey McKenney is enjoying a national recruitment, and Indiana is one of the programs making a hard push. The 6-foot-5 McKenney is coming off a massive sophomore season while playing in the Detroit suburbs. The Orchard Lake St. Mary’s guard averaged 25.4 points and 11.1 rebounds for the season and won the Michigan Associated Press Division 1 Player of the Year award after leading his team to the semistate. Now McKenney is playing up a year for the 17u Meanstreets team on…
Can Indiana hit the late decommit jackpot three years in a row? They are going to give it a shot with class of 2023 Mackenzie Mgbako, a former Duke commit. He’ll be taking a visit to Indiana according to a report by Adam Zagoria. According to Zagoria’s report, Mgbako will also visit St. John’s, Kansas and Louisville. Mgbako played at Roselle Catholic High School in Gladstone, New Jersey. He is a 5-star according to the On3 Consensus, and the No. 8 overall player in the 2023 class. The 6-foot-8 and 220 pound wing is regarded as one of the best…
Miami (Florida) transfer forward Anthony Walker is taking an official visit to Indiana beginning Thursday, the Daily Hoosier can confirm multiple reports. The 6-foot-9 and 215 pound Walker played four years at Miami and has played in 125 games during that span. He has one year of eligibility remaining. A Baltimore product, Walker is coming off a senior season that saw him play 10.2 minutes per game while averaging 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per contest. He played 13 minutes for Miami against Indiana in March and scored four points and added two rebounds. Walker’s been a key bench player…
Just over three months ago Noah Bolticoff was playing in the national championship game. Now he’s headed to Bloomington. The 6-foot-5 and 306 pound offensive lineman from Texas Christian announced his transfer to IU on Wednesday evening. “Committed. Let’s get to work. Go Hoosiers,” Bolticoff said in his social media post. Bolticoff appeared in seven games over the last two seasons including six during the 2022 campaign that saw the Horned Frogs play in the College Football Playoff. He cracked the two-deep and saw limited reps as a reserve guard. He got reps at both guard and tackle during TCU’s…
A.J. Moye is headed back to the state of Indiana. Valparaiso University announced on Wednesday afternoon Moye has been named an assistant coach. Moye, who helped lead the Hoosiers to the 2002 national title game before beginning a professional playing career, has trained professional and collegiate players since 2011 as part of Rising Talent Development (Mamba Sports Academy + Sports Academy), serving as the Master Basketball Trainer for Kobe Bryant’s academy. Moye and Valpo head coach Roger Powell were adversaries during their collegiate days as Big Ten rivals when Powell starred for Illinois. They later finished out their playing careers…
IU point guard Xavier Johnson can play a sixth season of college basketball. Johnson announced a couple months ago he was seeking a medical hardship waiver to obtain an additional season of eligibility after a suffering season-ending broken foot at Kansas in December. That waiver has been approved. “We are very happy for Xavier and his family and can’t wait to have him be a key member of our program, next season,” said IU Coach Mike Woodson. “I know this year was challenging for him, but he brought a positive attitude every day and I believe he will bring a…
Former IU running back Sampson James is making a return to Bloomington. James made an Instagram post on Sunday evening with a photo of him wearing an IU uniform and helmet. He simply said “committed” in the post. The 22-year-old James has been admitted to IU and will be a walk-on with the football program. Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star appeared to be the first to report the specifics of James’ return. James played two seasons at Indiana as a freshman and sophomore in 2019 and 2020. He played in all 13 games with two starts in 2019 and…
Indiana made another offer in the 2025 class on Tuesday. Chicago based sophomore Aleks Alston announced an offer from the Hoosiers on his social media accounts after a conversation with the coaching staff. The 6-foot-9 Alston is best known as a perimeter shooter, an attribute IU has been placing a heavy emphasis on during the first live recruiting period. A lefty, Alston attends Kenwood Academy H.S. in Chicago, Ill. For AAU Alston plays for the Mac Irvin Fire on the Nike EYBL circuit. He lit it up over the weekend in front of college coaches. Alston made 19-of-34 three-pointers (55.9…