Author: Mike Schumann

Kenny Johnson is coming back to Indiana as an assistant coach, a source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier. The news appears to have been first reported by Zach Osterman of the Indy Star. The former Tom Crean assistant will be part of Darian DeVries’ first staff in Bloomington.  He was on the IU staff during the 2013 outright Big Ten title season. Johnson was most recently with Georgetown for the 2024-25 season. Prior to Georgetown, Johnson spent two seasons at Rhode Island on Archie Miller’s staff.  In 2022 at the start of that stint at Rhode Island, Johnson was handed a…

Syracuse transfer center Eddie Lampkin has become a player to keep an eye for a couple reasons. According to reports, IU has been in contact with the big man through the transfer portal. It isn’t clear just yet how serious of a pursuit this is for Indiana, and part of the reason why is it isn’t clear how Lampkin could have any eligibility remaining. Both variables — his eligibility and whether things go anywhere with IU — will be interesting to watch unfold.  And for now, we’re covering him as much as a proxy for the state of college basketball…

A third high caliber nonconference game on IU basketball’s 2025-26 schedule has been reported. Indiana and Louisville will play at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, Jeff Goodman of Field of 68 is reporting. Led by new coach Darian DeVries, Indiana already has challenging out of league games set against Marquette in Chicago on Nov. 9, and at Kentucky on Dec. 20.  Both of those were in place before DeVries arrived.  Now the Louisville game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse will end up being at least the third high-major foe on the nonconference slate. At his introductory press conference last month,…

Slowly but surely more players in the transfer portal are being tied to Indiana as new head coach Darian DeVries continues to get his footing in Bloomington. Here are three additional prospects Indiana has been reported to have at least made contact with.  We’ll see if things progress with any of them. Ante Brzovic (College of Charleston) Brzovic (pictured above) was All-CAA First Team, NABC All-District Second Team.  He averaged 18.3 points per game on a league best 54.4 percent shooting percentage while registering 8.1 rebounds per game, good for fourth in the league.  He produced double-digit scoring in 29…

Indiana is expecting a visit from one of the most coveted shooters in the transfer portal. According to a report by On3’s national analyst Joe Tipton, Sam Houston shooting guard Lamar Wilkerson intends to visit IU, along with Kentucky, Ole Miss and Auburn. The 6-foot-5 and 205-pound Wilkerson was one of the best shooters in college basketball this season. He ranked sixth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.41) and eighth in three-point percentage (44.5). He is the first Sam Houston player to average more than 20 points in a season since the program moved up to the Division I level…

Indiana demonstrated once again in 2024-25 they’ll support the program through tough times. Based on NCAA data, the IU men’s basketball program ranked sixth nationally this past season in total attendance and first in the Big Ten  with 296,046 cumulative seats sold over 18 games. The five programs ahead of IU in total attendance were Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Syracuse and North Carolina, in that order. Indiana reports sold out crowds (17,222) for most of their home games when the students are on campus.  For games when the student section is opened up to the general public, crowds less than capacity…

Roman Hemby arrived at Maryland in 2021, right after Tom Allen led IU through two of their best seasons in program history — to that point. The Indiana Hemby saw his first three seasons left much to be desired.  The Hoosiers went 9-27 over that span.  The Terps beat IU in each of Hemby’s first three seasons playing for Maryland, including a dominant 44-17 win at College Park in 2023. Of course you know what happened next.  Allen was fired, Curt Cignetti was hired, and a switch was flipped. Indiana snapped their three-game losing streak to the Terps in 2024…

Indiana is still looking to make spring roster additions via the transfer portal. Curt Cignetti and staff got a massive spring commitment a year ago along the defensive line from the MAC Conference in C.J. West. Can they repeat the feat in 2025? Ohio transfer defensive tackle Cam Rice is a name to know, and it won’t come as a surprise if IU gets traction here. Rice is a graduate transfer who entered the portal last week.  Indiana was one of several Power Four programs that offered last week. Rice began his career at West Virginia in 2021 as a…

Despite disappointing results on the court, the men’s IU basketball program remains one of the nation’s most valuable. That’s according to a new study by Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus, reported on by the Wall Street Journal. Brewer’s analysis finds Indiana has the third highest enterprise value ($279 million) in the nation among all men’s college basketball programs.  At $34 million, his data indicates IU has the sixth most revenue, while its $12.9 million of cash flow ranks eighth. Indiana ranks behind North Carolina and Duke, and ahead of Ohio State and Louisville to…

Florida coach Todd Golden’s age immediately became a topic of conversation when he hoisted the NCAA Championship trophy Monday evening in San Antonio. At 39, Golden is the youngest coach to win the tournament since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. But did you know — two of the youngest coaches to ever win the NCAA Tournament were running the IU program? At 35, Bob Knight is tied for the third youngest coach to win the title when he led the Hoosiers to their undefeated season in 1976.  He also led Indiana to an undefeated regular season a…