Indiana will have a chance to make it a trifecta with national prep school powerhouse Montverde Academy this summer. Class of 2023 5-star forward Kwame (K.J.) Evans told Rival’s national analyst Rob Cassidy over the weekend he plans to take an official visit to Bloomington in June. “Arizona is next up in June. After that, it’s Indiana,” Evans told Cassidy, discussing his visit plans for the group of schools he is considering. Evans named a top-five earlier in the spring of Oregon, Kentucky, Indiana, Auburn and UCLA, but that list has since expanded to include Arizona, a program Evans is…
Author: Mike Schumann
Indiana entered the offseason knowing it would have some attrition via the transfer portal. With 16 players signed when the season ended and just 13 scholarships available, something had to give prior to the 2022-23 season. And it did. Four from this past season — Khristian Lander, Michael Durr, Parker Stewart and Rob Phinisee joined the around 1,500 college basketball players who hit the transfer portal this spring. All four were in the portal soon after the season, signaling decisions that didn’t require a lot of deep thought. Were they forced out? Again, something did have to give, but we’ll…
Indiana had a visitor from the Bluegrass State on Friday. Hailing from a high school of just 260 students, Lyon County, Ky.’s Travis Perry is on pace to become the state of Kentucky’s all-time leading scorer. “Had an awesome time on my unofficial visit to Indiana University!,” Perry wrote in a Twitter post on Friday. “Great day meeting all the coaches and seeing the beautiful campus and facilities. Thank you to the coaches for the invite and hospitality!” Although he will just be entering his junior year of high school, Perry has already scored over 3,000 points during his prep…
Indiana big man Trayce Jackson-Davis received an important invite in his quest to play in the NBA. The All-Big Ten performer was invited to participate in the 2022 NBA Draft Combine May 16-22 according to multiple reports. The combine will include executives and scouts from all 30 teams. Each year each NBA team submits a list of the players they would like to see invited, typically those with the highest odds of getting drafted. Players who are invited to the Combine see their odds of being drafted go up substantially. According to a 2019 report by Syracuse.com, an average of…
Watch Below as former Indiana guard Matt Roth spoke with WANE 15 News about accepting the head coach position at Blackhawk Christian in Fort Wayne, Ind. Roth came to IU from Washington Ill. and played in Bloomington from 2008 to 2012 under Tom Crean. During IU’s 2011-12 season he shot a Big Ten best 54.5 percent from 3-point range (2nd best ever at IU) and 59.2 percent in league games (an IU record). He tied for 10th all-time in IU career 3-point field goal percentage (41.4 percent). Further below is a video compilation of Roth making 3-pointers for IU. He…
The Daily Hoosier caught up with class of 2023 forward JQ Roberts at the Bill Hensley Run-N-Slam in Fort Wayne, Ind. over the weekend. As a junior, the Bloomington High School North product averaged 14.4 points and a team high 9.1 rebounds per game during the 2021-22 season, as he helped lead the Cougars to the semistate round of the Indiana Class 4A tournament in March. This spring Roberts is running once again with the 2023 Indiana Elite program on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit. Indiana offered Roberts in October and they have stayed in contact. Here’s the latest with the…
After six weeks of chaos, Indiana’s 2022-23 roster seems to be down to just a couple moving parts, the most significant of which is Trayce Jackson-Davis’ NBA Draft decision. The Greenwood, Ind. product put his name in the Draft last month, and he has since been preparing in California for the opportunity to show NBA teams what he is capable of at the next level. Jackson-Davis was invited to the NBA Draft Combine, which runs from May 16-22 in Chicago. He will have until June 1 to decide whether to stay in the Draft or return to college for his…
Jonathan Powell’s breakout spring continued in Bloomington on Thursday with an offer from Indiana while he was in town for an unofficial visit. Powell posted the news on his Twitter page and included some photos from his visit. https://twitter.com/jonathanp0well1/status/1522274735895330818?s=20&t=QYDO9LbhW4_bOtXQv2tDwA Playing for Adidas sponsored Wildcats Select, Powell has made a big impression this spring with several high-level scoring performances including a 45-point game during the first live period. Indiana assistant coach Brian Walsh was there for that performance and began pushing for a visit right away. On Thursday it was the IU staff who made a strong impression on Powell. “What…
It won’t be Archie vs. Sean, but according to a report Indiana is a finalizing a deal to play Arizona in Las Vegas in December. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein is reporting via multiple sources the two schools are finalizing plans to play at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 10. An IU spokesperson confirmed with The Daily Hoosier that discussions have taken place but nothing has been finalized at this time. The move is part of an effort by Indiana to improve the caliber of its non-conference schedule. Arizona finished 33-4 last season in its first year under head…
Gabe Cupps isn’t scheduled to arrive at Indiana for more than a year, but already his spring schedule has sent him to the Hoosier State on multiple occasions. Playing for the Midwest Basketball Club, Cupps has spent two weekends in Fort Wayne and another in Noblesville over the last month. The Centerville, Ohio point guard has been a vocal supporter of IU basketball since he committed to the program in November, and when he finds himself in Indiana, he has noticed that love is reciprocated. “It’s awesome,” Cupps said of the support he is receiving from IU fans while on…