Indiana formally jumped into the recruitment of a late bloomer in the class of 2022 on Monday. IU joined several schools that have offered a scholarship to Orlando, Florida based wing Brice Sensabaugh this month. Sensabaugh announced the Indiana offer on his Twitter page on Monday evening. https://twitter.com/bricepsensa/status/1409649905698709507?s=20 The 6-foot-6 Sensabaugh is a 3-star prospect according to Rivals. He is not ranked nationally by the major outlets, but he is trending towards breaking through in the rankings when they are updated. In just the last few days Sensabaugh has been offered by Northwestern, Xavier, Vanderbilt, and Georgia Tech along with…
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Class of 2023 forward Owen Freeman had been hearing from Indiana going back to the prior coaching staff, but like a lot of schools, IU has picked up its interest in the rising incoming junior significantly this summer. Assistant coach Dane Fife came to an event to watch Freeman recently, and that led to his unofficial visit to Bloomington on Monday. “They showed some interest after they watched me play last weekend, and I’m definitely interested in them, so I decided it would be great for me to come out and take an unofficial visit there,” Freeman told The Daily…
With Indiana’s main class of 2022 targets beginning to come into focus, it is time to bring back our annual profile pages for the priority prospects. These pages are a one-stop shop for all the latest information on the key IU basketball recruits you want to know about. To help you stay abreast of all of the latest news for Indiana’s top 2022 recruiting targets, you can refer back to all of our recruit profile pages from our recruiting drop down menu. At the bottom of each profile page is all recent coverage of the individual player, including both original…
Indiana assistant coach Kenya Hunter delivered Parker Stewart and Xavier Johnson to the current roster, and he played a major role in IU landing 2021 5-star Tamar Bates, but a pair of his main 2022 targets officially came off the board on Saturday. Virginia based small forward Just Taylor announced on Saturday he has verbally committed to play at Syracuse. The 6-foot-6 Taylor had visited IU ten days ago and quickly moved to wrap up his recruitment. Earlier in the day, DeMatha Catholic shooting guard Rodney Rice announced a top six list that did not include IU. The 6-foot-4 Rice…
Indiana class of 2022 verbal commit CJ Gunn spoke with The Daily Hoosier on Saturday afternoon at the Charlie Hughes Shootout in Carmel, Ind. The 6-foot-5 Lawrence North High School shooting guard spoke about his development, early impressions of the new IU staff, plans to visit Bloomington, and more. Gunn committed to IU in February and confirmed his commitment after the hiring of Mike Woodson. For more coverage of Gunn by The Daily Hoosier, GO HERE. https://youtu.be/PiCPUtq9UrQ Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven…
Mike Woodson and his staff haven’t won a game yet on the basketball court. But off it, the feedback has been consistently positive, and the good vibes have been amplified since in person visits opened back up this month. The bottom line? This staff seems to make connections and lasting impressions to a much greater extent than what we’ve seen recently at IU. Whether it was re-recruiting his own team, winning in the transfer portal, or landing a five-star high school product like Tamar Bates, Woodson has shown the ability to win and win big off the court. And the…
Kyle Schwarber’s 12 career stolen bases don’t scream leadoff hitter. Neither does his .232 career average at the plate. But his month of June calls for as many at-bats as possible, and the decision to put Schwarber in the leadoff spot now looks like a stroke of genius. The former IU slugger has been on a record-breaking run in June for the Nationals since he was moved to the top of the order recently. On Thursday Schwarber became the first player in baseball history to homer 12 times in the leadoff spot across 13 games. Schwarber hit a leadoff homer…
Indiana has seen significant roster turnover since its historic Elite Eight run in March. While the Hoosiers anticipate the return of their starting lineup from the 2020-21 season, transfers out of the program created several roster openings and some questions about depth below the first five. IU has made a major move to upgrade its roster with the addition of transfer Caitlin Hose. The Hazel Green, Ala. product comes to Bloomington from Georgia where she played in 60 games and made 13 starts in her three-year career. The 5-10 guard was part of a program that advanced to the 2021…
IU basketball legend Keith Smart joined our friends at the 1 Star Recruits podcast earlier this week. Smart started 52 games for the Hoosiers, averaging 13.2 points as a senior and 11.2 points as a junior. He was named Co-MVP of the team in 1988 and is tied for the IU single-game record with 15 assists which he recorded in an NCAA tournament game win over Auburn in 1987. Smart talks about his 1987 national championship game winning shot, the 2020 Bob Knight reunion, his coaching career, and much more. The segment with Smart begins at the 16 minute mark…
New IU football punter James Evans met with the media recently to discuss his arrival in the United States and early days in the program. Evans enrolled in 2021 spring classes. He had never played football or visited the United States prior to his arrival. He was scheduled to make a trip to the U.S. in July and visit IU in December but did not due to COVID-19. Evans trained at Prokick Australia, a training ground for punters and kickers, and he becomes the second-straight Indiana punter to arrive in Bloomington via Prokick following Haydon Whitehead. Evans played rugby and…