Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana’s all-time assist leader is going to give it another go in Slovenia. Point guard Yogi Ferrell has re-signed with Cedevita Olimpija, a top Slovenian team he joined midseason in 2021. The 29-year-old Ferrell averaged 15.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.7 assists, over 15 EuroCup games last season. Ferrell arrived in Cedevita after a brief stint with Panathinaikos OPAP Athens where he started the 2021-22 season.  Last season was his first experience playing overseas. The 6-foot Ferrell won a pair of Big Ten titles (2013, 2016) at IU in connection with his freshman and senior seasons. He is Indiana’s all-time…

When it comes to the reasons why he returned to Bloomington rather than enter the transfer portal, it isn’t enough to just say Jordan Geronimo is working on moving his game out to the perimeter where the hope of more playing time with Indiana awaits. Truth be told, Geronimo could have secured more assured playing time at a number of places who would have welcomed him with open arms, whether he played the three or the four. With three more years of eligibility remaining, Geronimo still has plenty of time to reach his sky-high ceiling fueled by his NBA-level athleticism.…

Watch as Indiana junior forward Jordan Geronimo met with the media on Tuesday afternoon via Zoom. Geronimo played in 34 games off the bench in 2021-22, missing just the Big Ten Tournament semifinal contest against Iowa after suffering an injury the day before. The New Jersey product averaged 4.4 points and 3.6 rebounds while playing 12.6 minutes per contest. He tied for second on the team with 24 blocked shots. Perhaps most noteworthy, Geronimo was seventh in the Big Ten in blocks and rebounds on a per-40 minute basis.  Geronimo also had the highest offensive rebounding rate on the team,…

Each year Indiana chooses the players who will represent the program at the Big Ten’s media day in late July. This year two defenders and one offensive player will be the face of IU football along with head coach Tom Allen in Indianapolis on July 26. Senior cornerback Tiawan Mullen will be one of the two defensive players at the event.  He is looking for a bounce-back season after an injury-riddled 2021 campaign.  He was named first-team All-American in 2020 by multiple outlets.  He has 86 tackles, three interceptions, eight tackles for loss, 23 passes defended, three forced fumbles and…

Indiana baseball righthander Jack Perkins was selected by the Oakland A’s in the fifth round of the MLB Draft on Monday afternoon. The 6-foot-1 Kokomo, Ind. product became the 11th pitcher in Indiana history to reach the 90-strikeout mark in 2022.  He appeared in 16 games with 15 starts on the mound and collected three wins on the 2022 season.  He was the No. 2 starter for first three starts then moved into Friday night role. Perkins finished No. 10 on the IU single season charts in strikeouts (91) after transferring from the University of Louisville. Perkins was the No.…

Length and athleticism on the wings has proven to be an early point of emphasis for IU head coach Mike Woodson. Above all, the Hoosiers head coach values those attributes for the way they allow him to play on the defensive end. Georgia based 6-foot-4 class of 2025 guard Akai Fleming has known IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond since doing workouts with him before he joined the IU staff. When Rosemond circled back and watch Fleming this spring and summer, it was his play on the defensive end that led IU to offer. “They (Indiana) like that I play defense,…

Maintaining success has never been more difficult in college basketball.  The combination of the transfer portal and the NBA Draft makes each offseason both eventful and potentially transformative for most programs. Now that the smoke has mostly cleared following the 2021-22 season, we’ll go team-by-team in the Big Ten to assess which programs are set up for success, and who might take a step back. ———— Next up is Penn State.  In his first season head coach Micah Shrewsberry led the Nittany Lions to 14-17 record overall and a 7-13 mark in the Big Ten.  Overall Penn State has had…

We have hit the home stretch with the class of 2023, and a pair of Indiana targets have scheduled late July official visits to Bloomington. Forward/Center Arrinten Page and combo-guard DeShawn Harris-Smith are both coming at the end of the month according to multiple reports (Page, Harris-Smith) by 247Sports.  The Daily Hoosier is able to confirm both reports. Page is a 6-foot-9, top-50 4-star prospect out of Georgia.  Indiana offered him a scholarship in April.  For more background on Page, GO HERE. Harris-Smith is a 6-foot-4, top-125 4-star prospect out of Virginia.  Indiana offered him a scholarship last weekend.  For…

One of the most iconic figures in the history of IU Athletics and the sport of diving passed away on Saturday morning. Indiana Athletics and its swimming and diving program announced the passing of legendary IU and USA Diving coach Hobie Billingsley. He was 94 years old. Billingsley’s legacy is that of one of the most important and influential personalities to grace the sport of diving while earning the reputation as one of the sport’s greatest ever coaches. Billingsley coached at Indiana from 1959-89, winning six NCAA and 23 Big Ten team championships in that span. He coached individuals that…

With Indiana’s offseason roster changes behind us, we bring back our annual tradition of taking a closer look at the players expected to return to the program. Next up is point guard Xavier Johnson, who is training for his fifth year of college basketball and second with IU. THE 2021-22 NUMBERS After transferring to IU from Pittsburgh, Johnson started all 34 games he played in during the 2021-22 season. The Virginia product finished second on the team averaging 12.1 points, and led the team in assists (172, 5.1 per game) and steals (40, 1.2 per game).  He was also second…