Author: Mike Schumann

It took Kevin Wilson six years to find the right fit, but the former IU football head coach is back to leading a college program. The University of Tulsa confirmed Monday night Wilson will be introduced Tuesday as the school’s 34th head football coach. Wilson, who has 31 years of coordinator experience, has directed some of the most innovative and prolific offenses in the nation over his 37-year collegiate coaching career. He comes to Tulsa following six seasons as the Ohio State offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. Before that, Wilson spent six years in charge of the IU program. …

Clearly in need of a transfer portal quarterback or two, Indiana is linked to Georgia Tech transfer signal caller Jeff Sims, according to 247Sports recruiting analyst Andrew Ivins. “Virginia Tech, Indiana — two programs that are looking to get a shot of life, really, on offense. I think they’re interested in Sims, who can throw it and also run it,” Ivins said on the Transfer Portal Palooza show. Sims should have two years of eligibility remaining after arriving on campus in 2020, his COVID year, and playing in seven games in each of 2021 and 2022.  He played in 10 games…

The 2022-23 men’s basketball season marks the fifth year of the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings, which replaced the RPI prior to the 2018-19 campaign as the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams. The NCAA Tournament Committee uses the NET to facilitate the selection of the field. On Monday the NCAA released its first edition of the NET rankings, and both the IU men’s and women’s basketball programs are in the top-10. The IU men (7-1) are ranked No. 10 despite a road loss to Rutgers on Saturday.  Helping the cause is a quadrant 1 win on the road at…

Linebacker Dasan McCullough became the latest high profile IU football player to announce his departure from the program.  He broke the news on Sunday evening on his social media accounts. “First off I would like to say thank you to Coach Allen, Coach Teegardin and the entire coaching staff at Indiana University for giving me a chance to play in front of my hometown,” McCullough wrote in an attachment to a Twitter post. “I would also like to thank each of my teammates for pushing me to be my best every day and believing in me.” McCullough was a verbal…

Monday is the first day college football players can formally enter the transfer portal, but already nine from Indiana have announced they intend to do just that when the window opens. Already we’ve told you about the decisions by linebacker Dasan McCullough, quarterback Jack Tuttle, kicker Charles Campbell, tight end A.J. Barner and quarterback Connor Bazelak. Here are five more now former IU football players who will be in the portal when it opens tomorrow. Chris Keys (CB) appeared in ten games in 2022 with two starts.  He had 15 tackles and a pass break up.  After taking a redshirt…

After finishing 1-13 in the Big Ten a year ago, Illinois had the look have a vastly improved team under first year head coach Shauna Green. The Fighting Illini certainly looked the part on Sunday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, as they took IU to the closing seconds. Sara Scalia made a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left to give IU a two possession lead and finally put away Illinois. The Hoosiers looked like they might run away early after they took a 19-5 first quarter lead.  But Illinois chipped away and eventually took multiple…

Indiana got punched in the mouth in their Big Ten opener on Saturday at Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights built a seven point lead with five minutes left in the first half that they carried into the break.  IU rallied early in the second half and took a two point lead with 13 minutes to go, but Rutgers responded with a decisive 17-0 run to put the game away. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers lost with another edition of The Report Card. No. 10 Indiana (7-1, 0-1) will host Nebraska on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern. OFFENSE…

For the 22nd time in 50 years, the IU men’s soccer program is headed to the College Cup. Playing on the road at UNC Greensboro, the Hoosiers started fast with a goal from Maouloune Goumballe in the 16th minute.  He took a throw-in, made a quick turn a fired a laser into the far corner. https://twitter.com/IndianaMSOC/status/1599168457114677249?s=20&t=UZXPjGZY4j1s7pnRtXTqXg The Hoosiers carried that 1-0 lead into halftime, and then extended the advantage when Sam Sarver turned a Patrick McDonald steal and a 3-on-2 advantage into a breakaway score. https://twitter.com/IndianaMSOC/status/1599188255576010752?s=20&t=UZXPjGZY4j1s7pnRtXTqXg The Hoosiers won it by a 2-0 final score. J.T. Harms saved four shots…

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Indiana lost to Rutgers on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 63-48 at Jersey Mike’s Arena. The Hoosiers (7-1) trailed 31-24 at halftime and were led in the game by Miller Kopp with 21 points. Indiana will next host Nebraska on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern (BTN). See also:  Mike Woodson post-game video. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Rutgers collapses in the paint.  The Scarlet Knights were intent on making someone other than Trayce Jackson-Davis beat them.  They doubled, even tripled the post and limited Jackson-Davis to 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting.  With all of the…

“I haven’t beat Rutgers since I’ve been here.” Say what now? It was a bit startling to hear Trayce Jackson-Davis say those words on Wednesday evening just after Indiana’s 77-65 win over North Carolina. From an IU basketball standpoint, Rutgers was a welcome addition to the Big Ten when they joined in 2014.  The Hoosiers were in between two outright Big Ten titles in four years, and the Scarlet Knights hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 1991. Rutgers looked like an easy win or two on the Big Ten slate each year, and that’s exactly what they became for Indiana. …