Author: Mike Schumann

According to a report, Mike Woodson might be not be ready to retire. He is a leading candidate to become Doug Christie’s top assistant with the Sacramento Kings, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic. It was announced the 67-year-old Woodson was stepping down from his IU post in February.  He coached the remainder of the 2024-25 season.  He coached the Hoosiers for four seasons and finished with an 82-53 record, including a 41-39 mark in the Big Ten.  His Indiana teams made the NCAA Tournament twice. Woodson coached in the NBA for 25 years before coming to Indiana in…

Indiana has found needed help at slot receiver for 2025. Cal transfer Jonathan Brady will reunite with Fernando Mendoza in Bloomington this year. Over three college seasons, the 5-foot-10 and 180-pound Brady has played 41 games. He has amassed 98 career receptions for 1,317 yards and 10 touchdowns. He had no drops on 49 targets this year, and has only has three drops on 149 career targets. A versatile weapon, Brady has also rushed 23 times for 140 yards during his career, returned 11 punts for 101 yards, and 17 kickoffs for 317 yards. In 2024, he had 36 catches,…

Indiana has one of the more accomplished defenders in the transfer portal on campus. Rutgers transfer weakside linebacker Mohamed Toure posted a photo in Bloomington on his Instagram page on Friday evening. At 6-2 and 236 pounds, the now seventh-year linebacker was on the Butkus Award preseason watch list ahead of the 2024 season. That was after Toure had 93 tackles (10 for loss) and five sacks in 2023.  He posted a career-high 11 stops versus Maryland and had an interception against Ohio State.  He was named a Comeback Player of the Year semifinalist, earned honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition…

Indiana picked up a commitment from in-state 3-star defensive lineman Blake Smythe on Friday evening. The Franklin Community H.S. (Franklin, Ind.) product is the No. 73 defensive lineman in the nation according to the On3 Industry average. Smythe picked IU over five other finalists — Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois, Louisville and Michigan State. Indiana offered Smythe a scholarship in January.  He made multiple visits to IU including for the 66-0 win over Purdue in November. The 6-foot-3 and 290-pound Smythe projects to play along the interior of the defensive front under the direction of assistant coach Pat Kuntz. Smythe will be…

A lot changed as Tom Allen led Indiana through two of the program’s best seasons in 2019 and 2020. Of course the transfer portal and name, image and likeness completely altered the landscape of college athletics right after those seasons. Perhaps that sea change alone would have been enough to knock Allen’s Hoosiers back down to the far from glamorous reality the program had known for most of its existence. But back down at the micro level in Bloomington, Allen couldn’t keep his coaching staff together once the rest of college football noticed what the Hoosiers were doing. Offensive coordinator…

Indiana forward Luke Goode could be finding out soon whether his request for a fifth season of college basketball has been approved. And a recent development provides a bit of optimism he’ll get a favorable result. Players who suffer injuries that force them to miss a significant portion of a season can petition the NCAA for a fifth year of eligibility via a medical hardship waiver.  Goode filed his waiver request pertaining to his sophomore season at Illinois very soon after the conclusion of the IU’s 2024-25 season. Historically there have been two key criteria to obtain the waiver. First,…

Indiana’s new staff has offered one of the top class of 2026 prospects in the state of Texas. 6-foot-8 and 205-pound Davion Adkins reported an offer from IU on his X page on Thursday afternoon. Adkins attends Oak Cliff Faith Family in Dallas. He has a profile similar to Trayce Jackson-Davis in that he’s a lefty elite athlete with a very quick second jump who can run the floor and dominate the paint area on lobs and put-backs. Adkins also shows the ability to make jump shots. He’s been reported to have a 7-foot-2 wingspan. According to the On3 industry…

The 2026 NFL Draft could be one of the best ever for IU football. And the headliner is projected to be someone who has yet to play a snap for the Hoosiers. Quarterback Fernando Mendoza has appeared as a first round draft pick in multiple mock 2026 NFL Drafts released following the conclusion of the 2025 draft. Here are four that have projected the redshirt junior as one of the top quarterbacks in next year’s cycle. No. 4 — Nate Tice, Yahoo! No. 10 — J.P. Acosta, SB Nation No. 16 — Bryan Fischer, Sports Illustrated No. 27 — Dane…

According to a school release Thursday, Indiana University’s independent review of allegations brought by former men’s basketball players against team doctor Brad Bomba Sr. has concluded Bomba did not act in bad faith. The allegations suggest the former players were subjected to inappropriate prostate and rectal exams during annual physicals. In response to learning of the allegations, the university retained Jones Day, an international law firm with experience in sensitive and similar investigations, to conduct an independent review. An IU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Bomba won football letters in 1954, 1955 and 1956 and led those teams in receiving…

Darian DeVries didn’t just have to rebuild an entire roster in his first six weeks on the job. He had to start over with most of his coaching staff too. If he needs a minute to exhale, that seems like it would be well deserved right about now. We’ll have to wait until next March for real answers, but as far as DeVries’ new staff goes, it looks on paper like he has assembled a solid staff with plenty of recruiting success and winning experience. Let’s start with this:  All four of DeVries’ assistants announced so far were assistant coaches…