Indiana has had a strong run during the offseason plucking high end talent from well known programs out of the transfer portal. Could they be primed to now do the same for a second time from the high school ranks? Already IU has seen Deland’s McCullough’s class of 2022 top-50 4-star son Dasan flip from Ohio State to the Hoosiers. Now the elder McCullough is looking to add to his position room next fall. Indiana offered Little Rock, Ark. running back James Jointer a couple weeks ago. The 6-foot and 205 pound Jointer committed to Arkansas in March, but he…
Author: Mike Schumann
As a freshman at McCutcheon he had the high school gyms in North Central Indiana buzzing during a memorable 2019-20 campaign. In the summer of 2020 he put on some dazzling performances for Indiana Elite’s 2023 AAU squad, including a memorable head-to-head tussle with now Purdue 2022 commit Braden Smith. One thing was clear — there was something very different about this kid. And the results were predictable. Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn was labeled a 5-star recruit in the class of 2023, and in-state programs Indiana and Purdue offered scholarships. But since then things have gone pretty quiet. And that is in…
Phil Bova’s three decade Big Ten officiating career mostly overlapped with Bob Knight’s time at Indiana. So of course he has some stories to tell. Most notably, Bova was officiating the game on February 23, 1985 against Purdue when Knight threw a chair across the floor at Assembly Hall. He goes in depth on that moment and tells several other stories about Knight and officiating in the Big Ten on the Dennis Manoloff Show. To purchase Bova’s book “Throwing Back the Chair” discussed on the podcast, GO HERE TO BUY ON AMAZON. For a complete library of podcasts and interviews…
We continue our class of 2023 names to know series with Ohio based point guard Lawrent Rice. Indiana has been in communication with Rice for a long time, going back to last summer, well beyond when Mike Woodson took over the program in late March. After watching him last month at the Run-and-Slam in Fort Wayne, Rice’s high major trajectory was obvious. A high end athlete, Rice stands at 6-foot-3 and he has the great combination of ability to create his own shots and look for and set up his teammates. Rice has good point guard attributes as a competitor,…
New Indiana running back Stephen Carr met with the media on Tuesday. Carr came to USC as the nation’s No. 3 running back in the 2017 class, according to the 247Sports Composite. A 5-star prospect out of Summit High School in Fontana, California, Carr played for then Trojans’ and now IU running backs coach Deland McCullough during his freshman campaign in Los Angeles. Listed at 6-foot and 215 pounds, Carr has rushed for 1,329 yards on 264 carries (5.0 average) with 12 touchdowns in four seasons with USC. Also proficient as a pass catcher, he has amassed 57 receptions for…
Auburn transfer defensive end/bull Jaren Handy met with the media on Tuesday afternoon. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound junior from Hattiesburg, Miss., recorded three tackles including two for loss and a sack in limited action as a reserve for the Tigers in 2020. The sack came against Alabama and the tackle for loss came against Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl. As a true freshman in 2019, Handy recorded seven tackles in seven appearances. He was an all-state player at Hattiesburg High School. As a recruit in the class of 2019, Handy was a 4-star and ranked the No. 100 overall player in…
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…
New Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson went in depth on his basketball career and his expectations for his time at Indiana in a lengthy interview with Zach Schumaker. Johnson arrived on campus at Indiana last week after three seasons at Pittsburgh. Johnson is a native of Woodbridge, Va., and a graduate of Bishop O’Connell High School. He also played for the Team Takeover AAU program which produced former IU National Player of the Year and All-American Victor Oladipo. He originally signed out of high school with Nebraska after being recruited by current IU assistant coach Kenya Hunter. For his career…
As previously reported on Friday, the Indiana basketball program is planning a trip to the Bahamas in August to play games against Serbian team BC Mega. The games will be played on August 13 and 15 at the Atlantis Resort and fans can attend. Below is the full release from IU Athletics on the trip, including a link to purchase travel accommodations. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Mike Woodson was a star when he played for Indiana during the height of the Bob Knight era, a time when IU was the dominant power in college basketball. He left IU in 1980 for…
Mike Woodson’s lack of college coaching experience was the second thing he was asked about at his introductory press conference back in late March. His lack of experience with recruiting was the third question. The 63 year-old Woodson didn’t win the press conference that day with any awe inspiring insights into how a man who had spent the better part of his last 40 years in the NBA was going to be successful at the college game. And to be sure, Woodson hasn’t won a game yet at Indiana. But what he has done during his relatively brief stint back…