Author: Mike Schumann

For the second day in a row, a Pac-12 transfer guard from Atlanta is trending towards Indiana. Coincidence? Probably not. On Friday, Stanford transfer guard Kanaan Carlyle has picked up multiple predictions to land at IU out of the portal. The developments follow a wave of Thursday predictions for Atlanta based Washington State transfer guard Myles Rice to choose Indiana.  Both players have a connection to IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond. National 247Sports analyst Travis Branham believes Carlyle will be a Hoosier, even before his scheduled April 19 visit to Bloomington. Carlyle is the No. 1 ranked combo guard in…

Class of 2024 wing Bryson Tucker committed to Indiana a couple weeks ago, and in the process became one of the program’s highest-rated recruits of all-time during the rankings era. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Tucker’s father Byron to get more background on the 5-star McDonald’s All-American. Here’s our Q&A with the elder Tucker: ———————————————— Q:  Indiana first got involved with Bryson way back in 2021.  What was the back story there? Byron Tucker — (IU assistant coach) Kenya Hunter saw Bryson when he was playing for Mount St. Joe’s up in Baltimore.  He was on to Bryson really…

IU fans will get their first look at the Curt Cignetti era in just under a week. The Indiana football program will host the IU Football Spring Game on Thursday, April 18 at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff for the event is slated for 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network with Matt Schumacker (pbp), Rhett Lewis (analyst) and Pat Boylan (sideline) calling the game for the network. The team will begin warm-ups at 7:30 p.m. The game will mark the conclusion of Indiana’s spring practice sessions. IU started spring practice on March 21.  The spring game…

Indiana appears to be trending towards capitalizing on a long-term relationship with Atlanta based point guard Myles Rice. The Washington State transfer was scheduled to visit Auburn this weekend but that has been canceled according to a report by On3 national analyst Jamie Shaw. In his report, Shaw said “a source this afternoon told me that Rice has canceled his visit to Auburn. The same source said they now suspect Rice to ultimately choose Indiana.” Shaw has placed a prediction that Rice will transfer to IU. 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham also made a prediction on Thursday that Indiana will…

Indiana will have one of the best available centers in the transfer portal on campus in a few days. Arizona transfer 7-footer Oumar Ballo will visit IU April 14-16, according to reports by Sam Kayser and others. He also plans to visit Louisville April 16th-18th and Kansas State April 19th-21st. He’ll then visit North Carolina and Florida the following week. At 7-foot and 260 pounds, Ballo was one of the best centers in the country this past season at Arizona. He averaged a double-double with 12.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game while leading the Wildcats to the…

Just a month after his fellow offensive star featured on IU’s last Rose Bowl team, Jade Butcher has passed away. Considered one of the top receivers to ever play for Indiana, Butcher was a 1969 first team All-American. Butcher was a key piece of the 1967 Hoosier squad.  He helped lead a Hoosier offense that marched all the way to the Rose Bowl and turned in a 9-2 season.  His teammate and fellow IU Hall of Famer John Isenbarger passed a month ago. A Bloomington native, Butcher was a two-time All-Big Ten selection for the Hoosiers, earning the distinctions following…

Mike Woodson has made a living at Indiana landing recruits following coaching changes and decommitments. But don’t look for that to happen following John Calipari’s decision to leave Kentucky for Arkansas. Calipari landed three class of 2024 players Indiana pursued to varying degrees. The headliner was point guard Boogie Fland, who chose Kentucky over Indiana in what was to many a surprise move in October. The Hoosiers also secured an official visit from Overtime Elite big man Somto Cyril, who letter committed to Kentucky.  And IU offered guard Travis Perry, who also later signed with the Wildcats. Fland and Cyril…

Indiana men’s soccer head coach Todd Yeagley announced Wednesday the addition of two transfer student-athletes to the 2024 roster. Virginia goalkeeper Holden Brown and Tulsa midfielder Luke Jeffus will move to Bloomington when preseason kicks off in August. Both athletes join the program as graduate transfers, with Brown retaining two years of eligibility. Indiana has brought in four newcomers via the transfer portal this offseason. Yeagley announced in January the additions of Louisville defender Quinton Elliot and Northwestern forward Justin Weiss, meaning IU has added a player with collegiate experience in each position group. Yeagley also announced a nine-man freshman…

As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Grace College center Elijah Malone, who was named the NABC-NAIA National Player of the Year.  He was also selected as the NCCAA National Player of the Year as well. Indiana had a Zoom meeting with Malone last week. Malone is from LaGrange, Ind., where he attended Prairie Heights, H.S. The senior center will graduate from Grace with four-year totals of 1,953 career points and 1,017…

As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Indiana State transfer guard and Indianapolis native Ryan Conwell.  He helped lead the Sycamore to a memorable 32-7 season that saw them just miss the NCAA Tournament, followed by a run to the NIT championship game. The 6-foot-4 Conwell was named second-team All-MVC after he averaged 16.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game.  His shooting splits were 48.2% overall, 60.7%…