The next step in the interesting journey that has been Flory Bidunga’s arrival in the United States and emergence on the basketball scene should become more clear over the next couple months. The Kokomo H.S. (Kokomo, Ind.) rising senior was out in Las Vegas over the last few days and spoke to multiple outlets about the status of his college recruitment. The consistent message from the Democratic Republic of the Congo product was that he would like to have his decision finalized before he starts his senior year of high school in early August. Indiana, Michigan, Kansas, Auburn, Florida and…
Author: Mike Schumann
IU Athletics has announced the date for its annual kickoff event for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Hoosier Hysteria will take place on Friday, Oct. 20 this year. That’s obviously a date fairly late on the calendar relative to the start of the season, which comes just a couple weeks later in early November. Hoosier Hysteria has generally taken place in early October in recent years. But like last year, IU has aligned the event with its football homecoming weekend. IU football hosts Rutgers for homecoming at noon ET on Saturday, Oct. 21. Indiana made a major modification to…
Coming into the week, IU football had no in-state commits in the 2024 class. They’ve added three over the last 24 hours. Carmel, Ind. (Carmel H.S.) cornerback Christian Peterson announced on Tuesday he has committed to IU, joining a pair of Indiana based offensive linemen who announced commitments earlier in the day. “I am blessed to announce I will be continuing my academic and football career at Indiana University,” Peterson wrote in an attachment to a Twitter post. Indiana’s offer last week was Peterson’s first from the Power Five ranks, and he wasted no time jumping on it. Peterson had…
Indiana landed their second in-state offensive lineman in the class of 2024 on Tuesday. Speedway H.S. interior offensive lineman Adedamola (Damola) Ajani announced he has committed to play for IU. “I found my HOME!! 100% committed,” Ajani wrote in a Twitter post. Ajani is a 3-star prospect according to the 247Sports Composite, the No. 780 overall player, and the No. 50 interior offensive lineman. IU offered Ajani in December. The 6-foot-4 and 270-pound Ajani had Power Five offers from West Virginia, Duke and Louisville, along with several Group of Five schools. Ajani visited IU in January and March and is…
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…
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…