Author: Mike Schumann

Drew Snively was completely caught off guard by the question he got a few weeks ago. After considering some offers to play college basketball, he was ready to attend Indiana as a regular student later this month. But his former AAU coach called to deliver a message. “Coach (Drew) Adams at IU just called me and wanted to know if you wanted to walk-on,” Mike Fox told Snively. A simple and enticing question, but if he said yes, Snively’s next four years were about to get much harder. Countless hours at practice, the physical demands on his body, long road…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — There were things on Indiana’s stat sheet in connection with their 98-47 win over Universidad de Bayamon that likely caught your eye. Those 32 assists?  Would have been an all-time single-game team record for Indiana were it a regular season contest. And those 33 three-point attempts would have been more than all but one game of the Mike Woodson era (at Nebraska, 2025). Other stats that stood out:  Indiana was plus-26 on the glass and had 14 steals against the Puerto Rican school. But let’s be clear here, Universidad de Bayamon is not a measuring…

Indiana’s official visit calendar continues to swell. Add class of 2026 4-star guard Junior County to the slate. The 6-foot-5 Utah-based County will spend the weekend of Sept. 5 in Bloomington according to multiple reports. He’ll also visit Arizona, Maryland and UConn in the three succeeding weekends, respectively.  He also included Purdue in a recently announced final five.  He previously visited that school. With the announcement by County of his planned trip to Bloomington, IU’s upcoming slate of rising senior visits looks like the following: Tay Kinney:  Aug. 29-31 Junior County:  Sept. 5-7 Davion Adkins:  Sept. 12-14 Anthony Thompson:  Sept.…

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico — Indiana guard Jason Drake did not make the trip to Puerto Rico this week due to an injury. It’s not yet clear when the injury was suffered, nor do we know the severity. Following his team’s 98-47 win over the Universidad de Bayamon Wednesday evening, IU coach Darian DeVries was asked about the status of Drake. “He’s dealing with a lower-body injury right now,” DeVries said. “We’ll have more on that later.” The injury might go back at least a week.  Drake could be seen riding a stationary bike during Indiana’s open practice last week. If…

CAROLINA, Puerto Rico — Follow along as Indiana faces Universidad De Bayamon Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET at Coliseo Guillermo Angulo in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Pregame notes:  Nick Dorn is here but not playing for Indiana tonight as he recovers from an injury. Jason Drake is not playing either.  Drake is not with the team tonight. New Bosnian addition Andrej Acimovic is not yet in the United States. Aleksa Ristic is with the team and warming up. So in total IU will have 10 scholarship players available for game one here on the island. If you’d like to join our…

The Darian DeVries era begins unofficially tonight in Puerto Rico. Indiana will play the first of three games on the island Wednesday evening in San Juan. The Hoosiers will play one game against a Puerto Rican college team, and two against a Serbian pro team. “Getting to play the three games in Puerto Rico, you know, you don’t treat them like you would a regular season game, but it’s still an opportunity to get out and play and get a feel for how guys react to opponents that aren’t in the same jerseys we’ve been going against for eight straight…

Indiana has made the final six for one of the top guards in the 2026 class. Jordan Smith, Jr. announced his final schools on his Instagram page Tuesday afternoon and included the Hoosiers. Going forward, Smith, Jr. will also still consider Duke, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgetown and Syracuse. Smith, Jr. was a longtime travel teammate of IU 2026 commit Prince-Alexander Moody.  They played for Team Takeover, a Nike EYBL program that IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson has deep ties to. In a story published Tuesday, Smith, Jr. told Rivals’ Joe Tipton about his bond with Johnson. “Kenny (Johnson) always been there…

Class of 2026 7-foot center Arafan Diane narrowed his list of options to 12 schools on Monday. Going forward Diane will choose from Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Houston, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Oregon, Purdue, UConn, Virginia, and Washington. Thus far Diane has scheduled official visits to Arkansas, Kentucky and Houston.  Obviously he’ll need to make a trip to Bloomington before Indiana can be considered a strong contender. Diane told TDH in July at the Adidas 3SSB finals Indiana was a school he was hearing from regularly.  Multiple members of the IU staff including head coach Darian DeVries watched Diane’s games that…

Indiana is getting a senior year official visit from class of 2026 5-star wing Anthony Thompson. According to a report by 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham, Thompson will come to Bloomington for an official visit the weekend of Sept. 12. For Thompson it will be a return trip, as he came to Bloomington multiple times when the prior staff was in charge. The 6-foot-8 Thompson will also take officials to North Carolina (Aug. 22), Ohio State (Aug. 29), Michigan (Sept. 5), Texas (Sept. 19) and Kentucky (Sept. 24). The Ohio native recently named a top-seven that also included Purdue, but he…

Curt Cignetti’s first Indiana team was was predicted to finish No. 18 in the Big Ten ahead of the 2024 campaign. In year two his Hoosiers are predicted to be the No. 19 in the country according to the preseason coaches top-25 released on Monday.  Even that is probably being perceived as a sign of disrespect in Bloomington. IU is joined from the Big Ten in the first national rankings by Ohio State (2), Penn State (3), Oregon (7), Illinois (12) and Michigan (14).  Indiana was also predicted to finish sixth in the Big Ten by the media two weeks…