It shouldn’t be a surprise — Indiana is in for a heavyweight fight when it comes to landing class of 2024 5-star forward Liam McNeeley. The Hoosiers have been long considered one of McNeeley’s top suitors, but it was only a matter of time before the competition stiffened for the Texas-based product who attends Montverde Academy in Florida. Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Michigan are four that have been mainstays in his recruitments for a while, and McNeeley told The Daily Hoosier over the weekend Alabama, Kentucky and Ole Miss have been starting to get more heavily involved. Kentucky is a…
Author: Mike Schumann
A theme is emerging after the first live recruiting period of 2023. Indiana is expanding its list of class of 2024 targets and going after the top shooters. On Monday, 2024 point guard Curtis Givens III announced he’s received an offer from IU, and that was no doubt driven in large part by a highly productive weekend at the Nike EYBL in Emerson, Ga. Givens averaged 18.8 points, 4.8 assists and 3.0 rebounds in four EYBL games over the weekend playing for the MoKan Elite program. Givens made 11-of-27 from three (40.7 percent), and he only turned the ball over…
Most Indiana fans have probably seen the video by now of former IU star Victor Oladipo’s left knee giving out on Saturday evening during an NBA Playoff game in Miami. It looked bad, and the news coming out on Sunday suggests the worst for Oladipo. “Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo has suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon in his left knee,” Shams Charania of the Athletic is reporting. This is the third time in just over four years Oladipo has suffered a major knee injury. And this latest injury involves Oladipo’s left knee, while his prior history of major issues…
The first live recruiting period of 2023 brought a new offer from the IU basketball staff. Class of 2024 shooting guard Austin Swartz reported an offer from Indiana on Saturday evening on his Twitter page. The North Carolina based product had a standout weekend that caught Indiana’s eye. Swartz averaged 24.3 points on 50 percent shooting from three in three Nike EYBL games on Friday and Saturday. He made 12-of-24 from long range during those contests. He plays for the Boo Williams AAU program and teams with fellow IU target Jaeden Mustaf. The pair play well together as Swartz finds…
EMERSON, Ga. — The Daily Hoosier caught up with priority class of 2024 target Jaeden Mustaf on Saturday morning at the LakePoint Champions Center. According to the On3 Consensus, Mustaf is a 4-star prospect, the No. 43 overall player in the 2024 class, and the No. 3 combo guard. Mustaf’s Q&A with the media at the opening weekend of the Nike EYBL in Georgia follows. ———– Are you planning to take a visit to Indiana? Mustaf — Yes, we talked about that yesterday (with Indiana), we are trying to do it the second week of June. Official visit. What have…
The Daily Hoosier is back in Emerson, Ga. for Saturday EYBL action. IU assistants Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond both started the day by watching an 8 a.m. matchup involving 2024 targets Caleb Williams and Liam McNeeley. We caught up with McNeeley after his game. He says Indiana is still one of his main schools. He has an official visit to Texas next week, and he says Alabama, Ole Miss and Kentucky have started to get involved. IU staff splitting up for 9 a.m action, Hunter watching Jaeden Mustaf (2024, Boo Williams) vs. Meleek Thomas (2025, NY Lightning). Rosemond watching…
The Daily Hoosier is live at the Nike EYBL in Emerson, Ga. for the first live period of the 2023 recruiting season. Follow below for Friday night notes on IU prospects. Indiana assistant coaches Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond are here at the LakePoint Champions Center. —————— Rosemond watched 2025 wing Caleb Wilson, who plays for the 2024 Georgia Stars. Indiana offered the Georgia-based product a year ago. Rosemond and Kenya Hunter both watched 2025 Jacob Wilkins, who plays for the 2025 The Skills Factory. Wilkins is the son of NBA legend Dominique Wilkins. Indiana has not offered Wilkins to…
Watch as former IU basketball players Collin Hartman and Miller Kopp hosted “Outside the locker room” on Friday. Hartman is the Vice Presidents of Partnerships for the Hoosiers Connect NIL organization. The pair talk about their experiences as college athletes and the realities of name image and likeness. Also joining were IU women’s basketball player Mackenzie Holmes, football players Philip Blidi and Jaylin Lucas, and IU basketball’s Xavier Johnson and Trey Galloway. https://youtu.be/szlJ3APe42Q The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at…
Listen as IU football head coach Tom Allen joined the Fan Midday Show on 107.5 in Indianapolis this week to recap his program’s spring and look ahead to the 2023 campaign. Indiana opens the 2023 season on Sept. 2 against Ohio State. SEE ALSO: ESPN’s FPI predicts tough slog for IU football in 2023 For a complete library of interviews and podcasts with current and former IU players and coaches, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at…
The computers project an uphill battle for IU football. At the end of spring practice, Indiana is rated No. 75 nationally in ESPN’s Football Power Index rankings, which are based on a metric that “is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is.” Based on ESPN’s metrics, the Hoosiers would lose to an average opponent by 2.9 points on a neutral field. For perspective, the No. 1 team in preseason FPI,…