Author: Mike Schumann

Coaches are able to directly contact class of 2027 prospects as of June 15, so activity in the rising junior class is starting to increase. That included a call and an offer from the IU staff to 2027 point guard Nasir Anderson. Anderson is a consensus top-40 4-star in the 2027 class, and a consensus national top-10 point guard. The 6-foot-2 Anderson attends Norcross H.S. in Norcross, Ga.  Still just 15, he’s originally from Savannah, Ga. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2025 FIBA U16 AmericasCup last week in Mexico. He also brought home a gold medal…

The 1942 Indiana Hoosiers were no doubt one of the better teams in IU football program history.  But their inclusion here is as much about what could have been — and paying homage to what wasn’t. Coming into the 1942 season, IU hadn’t won more than five games in a year since 1910.  Head coach Bo McMillin was .500 or better in his first four years in Bloomington from 1934 to 1937, but the program struggled for the next four years and didn’t finish better than sixth place in the Big Ten during those latter four seasons. But things were…

During his official visit, in-state class of 2026 offensive lineman C.J. Scifres announced his commitment to Indiana on Saturday. The 6-foot-6 and 325-pound Scifres attends Center Grove H.S. in Greenwood, Ind. Scifres is a 3-star and the No. 175 interior offensive lineman in the rising senior class according to 247Sports. Indiana offered him in January. His other offer was from Toledo. Scifres’ highlights are below. Indiana now has 15 commits in the 2026 class. Scifres is the third offensive lineman. Here is the rest of the class with links to more information on each player. Gabe Hill, Naperville, Illinois, DL…

Indiana has formally entered the mix with an offer to one of the top guards in the 2026 class, New York-based point guard Deron Rippey, Jr. Rippey reported the offer on his Instagram page. The 6-foot-2 Rippey is from Brooklyn, N.Y. and attends Blair Academy in New Jersey, where he was named that state’s Gatorade Player of the Year this past season.  He led the Bucs to a 24-4 record and the Prep Open State Tournament title as well as the Mid-Atlantic Prep tournament championship this past season. Rippey averaged 16.2 points, 5.3 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.2 steals per…

Indiana has extended an offer to one of the biggest risers of the spring, guard Kohl Rosario. The 6-foot-5 Rosario played in front of the IU staff at the NBPA Top-100 Camp this week. Rosario is in the 2026 class but is currently contemplating a reclassification to 2025.  Indiana has two open spots on the roster at the moment, pending waiver decisions for Luke Goode and Anthony Leal.  Rosario is currently 18. From Miami, Fla., Rosario attended Overtime Elite this past season and now appears to be enrolled at Moravian Prep in North Carolina.  He averaged 15.7 points, 5.6 rebounds,…

Assembly Ball, the Indiana alumni team hosting The Basketball Tournament’s (TBT) regional alongside All Good Dawgs (Butler alumni) at Hinkle Fieldhouse from July 19–22, announced the roster addition of Indiana alumnus Jordan Hulls. Hulls joins Race Thompson, Yogi Ferrell, James Blackmon Jr. and Troy Williams as the first five roster commitments for Assembly Ball. Additional players will be announced in the coming weeks. Also joining the squad as an assistant coach will be former IU basketball great A.J. Guyton. Guyton was All-Big Ten in 1998 and 2000 at IU, Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 2000 and Big Ten Freshman…

If Indiana is going to keep Fort Wayne, Ind. wideout Jerquaden Guilford in the state, they’re going to have beat out three of college football’s other national power schools. Guilford is down to a final four of Ohio State, Michigan, Indiana, and Ole Miss, he announced on Friday. The 6-foot-2 and 190-pound Guilford is going to announce his final decision on June 27. Guilford is a former Penn State commit who runs a 4.47 40-yard dash. The Fort Wayne Northrop H.S. product was also offered by Tennessee, Georgia, Miami, Wisconsin and others.  Over the last two seasons Guilford has had…

Narrowing down Bill Mallory’s seasons to include on this list wasn’t easy. The 1991 season is the first of three campaigns led by the program’s all-time winningest coach that appear in the top ten.  It made the cut over the 1993 season for one reason — the non conference schedule. Indiana’s current nine-game Big Ten schedule today had nothing on 1991. That year Indiana played a power conference opponent every single week of the season, including a Dec. 31 appearance in the Copper Bowl against Baylor. Many teams stack the non-conference schedule with mid-majors to help ensure bowl eligibility.  Latter…

A massive December Saturday in downtown Indianapolis is set. Serving as the opening act for the Big Ten football championship game Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium, IU basketball and Louisville will tip at 2 p.m. ET inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, Dec. 6. That IU vs. Louisville game will air nationally on CBS.  It is being dubbed “the CareSource Invitational Indianapolis – Supporting Mental Health.” Tickets are available by request here. In a Louisville release, coach Pat Kelsey commented in the matchup. “We’ve focused on building a strong, competitive non-conference schedule and the addition of a formidable opponent like Indiana…

When class of 2026 edge rusher Kevontay Hugan took an official visit at IU this weekend he was a Louisville commit. But on Wednesday afternoon Hugan announced he was backing off that verbal pledge he made in March. And hours later, Hugan announced he has committed to Indiana. The 6-foot-3 and 235-pound Hugan attends Booker H.S. in Sarasota, Fla.  As a junior for Booker, Hugan produced118 tackles, 36 of which were for a loss, as well as 18 sacks. Hugan is a 4-star according to the average of the national recruiting sites.  He’s the No. 41 edge and No. 379…