Author: Mike Schumann

IU basketball has a chance to add to its 2026 class this week. 4-star forward Trevor Manhertz will announce his college decision tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. ET. Manhertz is currently in the class of 2027 but he’s expected to reclassify back to his original 2026 class. There are national analysts predicting Manhertz will end up at Indiana. The 6-foot-8 Manhertz is the the No. 52 overall player in the 2027 class according to the 247Sports Composite.  He recently reclassed up to 2027. The Christ School H.S. (Cary, North Carolina) product recently narrowed the focus of his recruitment to Indiana,…

Here we go again. Another season, another year with Indiana on the NCAA Tournament bubble. With Selection Sunday just over six weeks away, we will once again begin taking a weekly look at the Hoosiers’ chance to make the Big Dance. And this is an appropriate day to commence the process, because IU’s game Tuesday evening in Bloomington against Purdue represents something they desperately need — a high profile win. Once again, the NET rankings serve as the primary sorting tool for Division I men’s basketball, and they play an important role in establishing a team’s resume. The 2025-26 men’s…

Indiana is hoping for its biggest, most engaged crowd of the season when Purdue arrives in Bloomington. And to help create more energy, IU is bringing back the stripe out concept to the stands for their home game against the Boilers Tuesday evening. Fans are being asked to wear red or white in alternating sections to create a striping effect that mimics the program’s legendary candy stripe pants. Indiana first held a stripe out in 2008 when the Hoosiers hosted Michigan State, and they’ve done it multiple times since, including the home game against Kansas in 2023, and last year against…

After four seasons in Bloomington, redshirt junior wideout Omar Cooper, Jr. is headed to the NFL. Cooper, Jr. made it official on his Instagram account Monday morning. Cooper, Jr. committed to former Indiana coach Tom Allen as a 4-star class of 2022 prospect out of Lawrence North H.S. in Indianapolis. In four seasons with IU he caught 115 passes for 1,798 yards and 22 touchdowns.  He had one season of eligibility remaining. Cooper, Jr. improved each season in Bloomington. After redshirting as a freshman, he came back in 2023 and caught 18 passes for 267 yards and two scores. In…

At Indiana’s national championship celebration at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, AD Scott Dolson recalled his call to Curt Cignetti in late November, 2023. It was a prophetic moment, that call to Cignetti. “Two years ago, on a Wednesday at about 10:15 at night, I called Curt Cignetti on the phone.  And I said ‘Coach, you’re going to be the next head football coach at Indiana University, and we’re going to shock the world.’ “And there was a pause. “And he said ‘You’re blankety blank right we’re going to Scott.  Let’s go!'” But it wasn’t that simple. Before that call from…

A week removed from the program’s first national title, Indiana fans can begin thinking about another first:  A repeat. IU coach Curt Cignetti’s emphasis on production over potential has the Hoosiers in reload mode as they aim to do it again in 2026. Multiple national outlets project Indiana has a top-10 national transfer portal class ahead of the 2026 season. At 247Sports, Indiana’s 17 player incoming portal class ranks No. 7 nationally.  That outlet says the Hoosiers are adding five 4-stars and nine 3-star transfers.  The 4-stars at 247 are receiver Nick Marsh (Michigan State), edge rusher Tobi Osunsanmi (Kansas…

Indiana’s defensive line got a major boost on Saturday when Tyrique Tucker announced he was returning to the Hoosiers for his final year of eligibility. The 6-foot and 302-pound Tucker earned third-team All-America by the Associated Press in 2025, and was tabbed first-team All-Big Ten by the conference media and coach panels. After playing in a reserve role in 2024, Tucker started all 16 games for the national champs in 2025. Tucker had six sacks and 12 tackles for loss from his interior position in 2025.  He had 40 total tackles and two pass breakups. Tucker’s return ensures continuity in…

Indiana needs a lot more of where that came from. This might have been Indiana’s most complete game of the season.  The Hoosiers never trailed, and they never led by less than double-digits in the second half. Let’s take a deeper look at how Indiana won 82-59 in Piscataway and snapped a four-game losing streak with our latest edition of The Report Card. The Hoosiers (13-7, 4-5) will return to action Tuesday evening in Bloomington when they host Purdue. —————————————- OFFENSE (A) With three knockdown shooters on the perimeter for most of the game, Indiana was hard to guard.  Tucker…

Indiana defeated Rutgers 82-59 in New Jersey Friday evening. Here’s what IU basketball coach DeVries said to Don Fischer on postgame radio: On the getting the win… “Yeah I was really proud of the guys, a Big Ten road win, they’re hard to get.  And there have been a lot of teams that have come in here and either gotten beat or had to fight it out right to the end.  And I thought our guys, from start to finish, really controlled the game, I thought they set the tone with their effort and their intentionality with some of the…

The NFL can wait. All-American left tackle Carter Smith announced Friday evening he is returning to school for his fifth and final year of eligibility. “Sorry to keep you waiting Hoosiers, I’m not going anywhere!  Year 5 let’s run it back!” Smith wrote on his X page. Smith was First Team All-Big Ten, the Big Ten’s Offensive Lineman of the Year, and a First Team All-American in 2025. He did not give up a sack all season until the national championship game. Smith provides a returning anchor to the left side of IU’s offensive line.  The Hoosiers will also return…