Author: Mike Schumann

IU football coach Curt Cignetti has been asked multiple times since the 2024 season whether his team’s success has introduced the opportunity to recruit higher caliber players. Cignetti has won everywhere he’s been, so if young players were only evaluating him and his staff, not much would need to change. But there’s also the stigma at Indiana, the college football program with the most all-time losses. Young players want to be part of winning programs and play in important games and moments.  That provides a better experience, and a better proving ground for the next level. One 11-win season and…

No. 3 seed Indiana’s season came to a close on Saturday night at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Ark. as the Hoosiers fell to No. 2 Seed Oklahoma State, 16-8 in six innings. Oklahoma State used a 12-run inning in the bottom of the third to pull ahead, 13-2.  With the loss, the Hoosiers finished the season at 34-20. Indiana competed in three-straight NCAA Tournaments for the first time in program history. Earlier in the day Saturday, Indiana edged No. 4 Seed Saint Louis, 4-2, in the day’s first elimination game at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional. The elimination games were set…

The Big Ten Conference announced Saturday the bracket for the 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament. After finishing the regular season with a 31-23 (16-14 B1G) record, Indiana is the No. 6 seed. IU finished the regular season tied for sixth in the Big Ten standings with Michigan but earned the tie-breaker after winning the final series of the season against the Wolverines. The tournament is scheduled for May 20-25 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Omaha will be hosting the tournament for the eighth time since 2014. The 12-team tournament will determine the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon…

Class of 2026 4-star defensive lineman Gabe Hill announced his commitment to Indiana Saturday on his Instagram page. The 6-foot-2 and 295-pound Hill is a 4-star, the No. 261 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 26 defensive lineman according to the average of the national recruiting outlets.  He projects to play defensive tackle but should be a versatile college defensive lineman. Based on the 247Sports Composite, Hill is one of the 15 highest-rated players to ever commit to Indiana in the rankings era. Hill attends Naperville North H.S. in Naperville, Ill.  His teammate, quarterback Jacob Bell, signed…

IU baseball remains a factor in the expanded Big Ten. Indiana will play in its 12th-straight Big Ten Tournament next week.  The Hoosiers have the longest active streak of tournaments made (12) by any team in the conference. Going into their Saturday regular season finale at Michigan, IU was in sixth place in the league.  12 teams will qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.  The field was expanded from eight after the addition of the West Coast schools. Head coach Jeff Mercer won his 100th regular season Big Ten game on Friday night in Ann Arbor. He became the fastest…

Both Thomas Bryant and OG Anunoby have NBA championship rings. Bryant won with Denver in 2023, and Anunoby with Toronto in 2019.  They are the only two former Hoosiers to get NBA rings in the last 35 years. But only one of them will be going to the NBA Finals in 2025. The former IU basketball classmates and teammates will go head-to-head in the Eastern Conference Finals as Bryant’s Indiana Pacers take on Anunoby’s New York Knicks. Here is the schedule for the series: Game 1, Wed., May 21: at Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT Game 2, Fri., May 23: at Knicks, 8…

C.J. West’s decision to transfer to Indiana for his final season of college eligibility has paid off in a big way. He has signed his first NFL contract with the San Francisco 49ers. David Lombardi is reporting West signed a 4-year deal worth $5.2 million this week.  He got a $1.01 million signing bonus. The former IU defensive lineman joins former Hoosier quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the Bay Area.  Rourke signed his deal with the 49ers last week. After an impressive season with the Hoosiers, West was chosen in the fourth round with the No. 113 overall pick by San…

Kanaan Carlyle will try to revive his career at the mid-major level. After spending a season in Bloomington, he is transferring to Florida Atlantic, he announced on Friday. The Georgia native began the 2024-25 season as the starting shooting guard in his lone season at Indiana, but soon lost that role.  Carlyle seemed to lose confidence and at times exhibited poor shot selection. For the season Carlyle made six starts in 25 games played and averaged 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game. He struggled to make shots throughout the season and produced 28.9/24.3/42.9 shooting splits. Carlyle transferred…

For the first time this year, new IU basketball coach Darian DeVries and his assistant coaches are allowed to hit the road this weekend and watch high school recruiting targets in person at non-scholastic events. Today through Sunday (May 16-18) marks the first “evaluation period” or “live period” on the NCAA’s recruiting calendar for Division I men’s basketball coaches.  It’s the only live period during the spring. This is the blocking and tackling portion of the recruiting calendar, where DeVries and his main assistants — Kenny Johnson, Rod Clark, and Drew Adams (and others on staff as needed and permitted)…

It went relatively unnoticed, but on Dec. 16, 2024, the IU Student Body Congress passed the following bill: On December 16, 2024, Congress passed Bill No. 1013, authored by Representatives Ryan Gray and Eric Cannon, which advocates for Indiana University Bloomington to Bring Back the Bison. Congress reaffirms its recognition and adoption of the Bison as the official mascot of Indiana University Bloomington as established in 1965. Reinstating the Bison mascot as a tangible symbol would enhance the sense of pride and unity among students, faculty, alumni, and other supporters of IU athletics. The December 2024 online edition of the…