Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana released what it is referring to as an initial release of the 2025-26 roster on Monday morning. This announcement provided some insights after the program had gone radio silent on roster developments since the end of the 2024-25 season. The Hoosiers formally announced 11 new players.  Here are five quick things we noticed: 1. The word “initial” doing some work:  Indiana described its announcement as an “initial” release of the roster.  New head coach Darian DeVries said last week the coaching staff is still recruiting to fill at least two open spots on the roster.  What we’ve known for…

With the team on campus and beginning workouts today, IU basketball has announced what it is describing as an “initial” roster. Here is the full release from IU on who is with the team at the moment: ———————————– Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries announced the initial 2025-26 roster as summer workouts began on Monday morning. The Hoosiers brought in 10 transfers, one freshman, and retained two walk-ons from the 2024-25 roster. The portal haul was ranked 10th nationally according to 247Sports. “We like the way the roster came together,” DeVries said. “We added a lot of quality shooters,…

Devin Taylor has a year of eligibility left for Indiana, but don’t count on him making a return to Bloomington next season. After one of the best careers in IU baseball history, Taylor is set to become an early-round draft choice in next month’s MLB Draft. Taylor more than made his mark in the IU record books over his three seasons. The Cincinnati native wrapped up his collegiate career with 54 home runs (No. 1 in program history), 229 hits (No. 11 in program history), 179 RBIs (No. 7 in program history) and 191 runs scored (No. 7 in program history. He also slugged at a .672 clip over three…

Football was the sport of choice for most of the boys in the DeVries household growing up. All three of Darian DeVries’ brothers played on the gridiron in college. Jared DeVries was an All-American on the Iowa football team and played for the Detroit Lions for 12 seasons. Another brother, Dusty DeVries also played football at Iowa, while his youngest brother, Jay, played football at Wartburg College. According to the Daily Iowan, Darian played football in high school.  He was the starting quarterback for Aplington-Parkersburg H.S. in Iowa, which was ranked No. 1 in the state and went 11-1 when…

Indiana is involved with one of the top shooting guards in the class of 2026, Dakari Spear from the Dallas area. He attends The Colony H.S. in The Colony, Texas.  That’s the same school that produced former IU shooting guard Bracey Wright. The 6-foot-4 Spear is a consensus national top-60 4-star in the 2026 class.  Based on the national averages he’s the No. 33 overall player, and the No. 9 shooting guard.  For the 2024-25 high school season he averaged 23 points and seven rebounds per game on 55% shooting from the field. Spear’s sister Jewel is a star guard…

Ineffective early in the series, Thomas Bryant lost his role in the Pacers’ rotation in the Eastern Conference Finals.  He had just four points in the series going into Game 6 and didn’t play at all in Games 3 and 4. But when another opportunity arose, Bryant was more than up to the task. Now the former Hoosier star has a chance to win a second NBA Championship ring in three years. Bryant had lost minutes in the series to fellow backup center Tony Bradley, who suffered an injury in Game 5.  So when Pacers starting center Myles Turner picked…

In 2024, Indiana totaled 386,992 fans for the season, well above the previous record of 354,823 set in 2013. With just seven home games in 2025, that new record is out of reach. But after selling out the final four games of the historic 2024 campaign, Indiana football is still working to keep the momentum going. To that end, IU Athletics is offering four distinct three or four game miniseries packages for fans who are not able to buy season tickets for all seven home contests, but want to attend more than one game. Each of IU’s home games is…

Indiana continued to expand its list of targets in the 2026 class with an offer to center Collins Onyejiaka. He reported the offer Friday afternoon on his social media pages. The 6-foot-10 and 270-pound Onyejiaka is a 4-star at 247Sports, and the No. 6 overall center in the class according to that outlet. Onyejiaka is a product of Nigeria.  Playing for Newman H.S. in Boston, he averaged 9.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks as a high school junior. 247Sports national analyst Dushawn London wrote this about him as that outlet moved him up 23 spots in the rankings in…

For the most part, coach Darian DeVries says he likes the positional size on his first IU basketball roster. But he acknowledged on Wednesday what has been discussed for weeks by Indiana fans and media alike — the Hoosiers are undersized at center. IU has a couple open roster spots and could make a late addition or two, but based on the current team as assembled, the Hoosiers appear to have three players who could man the five next season. The most likely candidate to start at center is 6-foot-10 and 230-pound Reed Bailey, who arrives from Davidson.  Also in…

Indiana offered one of the top spring risers in the class of 2026 on Thursday. Texas-based shooting guard Bryson Howard announced an offer from the IU staff on his social media pages. He attends Heritage H.S. in Frisco, Texas. The 6-foot-4 Howard is currently ranked No. 60 overall at 247Sports and a 4-star after their recent rankings update.  He’s expected to move up the rankings at all of the national outlets in the weeks to come. Playing for Pro Skills this spring on the Nike EYBL Circuit, Howard is averaging 20.9 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 52.8% overall including…