Author: Mike Schumann

Make that four double-digit losses in a row to Nebraska. IU got off to a slow start and trailed 13-3 early in Lincoln, but they found their footing.  The Hoosiers led 23-19 with 11:09 left in the first half, and neither team led again by more than five going into halftime.  Nebraska appeared to be pulling away when they took a 58-49 lead, but IU rallied to tie the game at 62 with 10:35 to go.  But it was all Huskers in the final 10 minutes, as they finished the game on a 21-4 run. Let’s take a deeper look…

Indiana lost to Nebraska on Friday evening at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. by a final score of 85-68. Nebraska led 44-41 at halftime.  The Hoosiers were led in the game by Myles Rice with 20 points.  Malik Reneau added 12. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. For Mike Woodson and Myles Rice postgame, GO HERE. Indiana (8-3, 1-1) will have the week off before hosting Chattanooga next Saturday. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Not enough stops.  Indiana was able to force some Nebraska turnovers.  14 to be precise.  But when the…

Indiana sophomore guard Gabe Cupps reported earlier this week he had repair surgery on his right meniscus. So it was reasonable to expect a relatively long recovery timeline. On his Friday evening pregame radio spot with Don Fischer, IU coach Mike Woodson said there’s a good chance Cupps won’t return by the end of the 2024-25 season. Cupps will “probably be out for the rest of the season depending on how things go,” Woodson told Fischer. IU issued a release Wednesday indicating Cupps will be out indefinitely, “after undergoing a successful surgery for a pre-existing, nagging lower body injury.” If…

It will be a homecoming of sorts for former IU basketball star Thomas Bryant. The Miami Heat have agreed to a trade to send Bryant to the Indiana Pacers, Shams Charania is reporting for ESPN. The deal comes after the Pacers lost multiple big men to injuries and began a search for depth that landed on the 6-foot-10 Bryant. The Pacers will send a future second-round pick to the Heat for Bryant, Charania says. Now in his eighth season in the league, Bryant has averaged 9.3 points and 5.4 rebounds over his career. The 27-year-old Bryant was taken in the…

Indiana took a major step towards rebuilding its running back room for 2025 with a commitment from UAB transfer Lee Beebe, Jr. That news was first reported by On3. Beebe was named third-team All-AAC following the 2024 season. As a redshirt sophomore in 2024, the 5-foot-10 and 220-pounder rushed 166 times for 884 yards and seven touchdowns (5.3 YPC).  The versatile back added 30 catches for 219 yards and led the team with 1,103 all-purpose yards.  Beebe posted a career-high 161 rushing yards against Rice. According to PFF, 648 of Beebe’s yards came after contact, and he forced 39 missed…

Indiana has a need at right tackle following the 2024 season, and they’ve got one of the transfer portal’s most prized players at that spot on campus Friday. Rivals is reporting Bowling Green offensive tackle Alex Wollschlaeger is visiting Bloomington today before heading to Kentucky tomorrow. The 6-foot-7 and 305-pounder started all 12 games at right tackle for Bowling Green in 2024 and was named first team All-MAC. Wollschlaeger earned a career-best PFF grade (76.6) in 2024.  He allowed just 15 pressures on 429 pass plays in 2024. The passer he was blocking for was none other than former IU…

Wide receiver E.J. Williams has decided to finish his college career at Indiana. The 6-foot-3 and 200-pound Williams opted to leave the team in October after playing in four games.  That decision allowed him to take a redshirt season and maintain a final season of eligibility. Shortly after the news broke two months ago, Williams said in a social media post he planned to have surgery to improve his chances to compete for a more significant role in 2025.  Williams said that decision was met by the IU coaching staff informing him he was not welcome back on the team…

Indiana continues to explore international options to add to the roster next season. Bosnian wing Harun Zrno is a player the Hoosiers have been in contact with for a while, and he now has a visit to Bloomington planned for next month. Zrno is planning a full three-day official visit to IU January 8-10 he tells The Daily Hoosier. Indiana hosts USC on January 8. The 6-foot-6 Zrno also has a visit set to Wisconsin according to multiple reports, and he could also visit Georgia Tech, Rutgers, Illinois and Baylor according to Arman Jovic of PDT Scouting, who first broke…

Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti was named the Home Depot National Coach of the Year on Thursday evening during the Home Depot College Football Awards Show broadcast on ESPN. After orchestrating one of the biggest turnarounds in FBS history, he is the fourth Indiana head coach to win a national coach of the year award . Cignetti joins the likes of Bo McMillin (1945; AFCA), John Pont (1967; AFCA, FWAA, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Foundation) and Tom Allen (2020; AFCA) to win national coach of the year. He is also a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach…

It’s looking more and more like Mike Woodson will suffer another major miss in the high school class of 2025. 5-star point guard Mikel Brown, Jr. is clearly trending towards Louisville. On3’s two top national basketball recruiting analysts — Joe Tipton and Jamie Shaw — have made public predictions this week on Brown’s profile page that he will end up at Louisville.  247Sports national reporter Travis Branham is making the same call. And these picks are coming very soon after Brown completed an official visit at Louisville. Brown had clear interest in Indiana.  He went on an official visit to…