Author: Mike Schumann

IU coach Curt Cignetti has said on multiple occasions the financial situation in the Big Ten was part of the appeal when Indiana came calling in 2023. A new report by Steve Berkowitz of USA Today highlights just how advantageous being a member of the league has become. The conference distributed approximately $63.2 million to each of its 12 longest-tenured schools including IU in connection with the 2023-24 league year ended June 30, 2024.  That represented a 4.5% increase in revenue over the prior year, but just the beginning of what’s to come under the league’s new media rights deal.…

Indiana and coach Curt Cignetti have made a major statement when it comes to how much they value strength and conditioning coach Derek Owings. According to a report by 247Sports national analyst Matt Zenitz, Owings’ new deal reported last week will be worth $900,000 per year and make him one of the top-five highest paid strength coaches throughout college football. These developments arose after USC reportedly tried to pluck Owings away from Indiana with a lucrative offer. The Daily Hoosier has made a FOIA request to confirm the details of Owings’ new arrangement. When Cignetti signed his new deal in…

Assembly Ball, the Indiana alumni team hosting The Basketball Tournament’s (TBT) Indianapolis regional alongside All Good Dawgs (Butler Alumni) at the Hinkle Fieldhouse from July 19-22, today announced the roster additions of former IU stars Yogi Ferrell and James Blackmon Jr. Ferrell and Blackmon Jr. join Assembly ball as the first two roster commitments. Additional players will be announced in the coming weeks. Ferrell returns to TBT for the second consecutive summer, leading Assembly Ball to a regional championship appearance in 2024 with 20.3 points per game. Yogi Ferrell was a four-year starter at Indiana University (2012–2016), setting program records…

Indiana continues to expand its class of 2026 offer list under the direction of the new coaching staff. On Monday evening Caleb Gaskins announced an offer from IU. According to the On3 Industry Average, Gaskins is a 5-star prospect, the No. 11 overall player in the class, and the No. 4 small forward. The 6-foot-8 Gaskins transferred to Miami, Fla. Christopher Columbus H.S. to play his junior season after transferring from Montverde Academy.  He teamed up at Columbus with five-star Duke commit Cam Boozer, his twin brother and Duke commit Cayden Boozer and 2026 five-star Jaxson Richardson. As a junior…

Indiana is already off to a strong start in the high school recruiting class of 2026. Coach Curt Cignetti and his staff have secured seven verbal commitments, and in each case the Hoosiers have beat out respectable Power Four programs to secure those pledges.  The emerging class has a chance to be special based on historic IU football recruiting norms. Based solely on the average player rating of their commits, Indiana currently has the No. 32 class in 2026 according to the On3 Industry Average. And predictions emerging over the last week suggest Indiana can keep building this class with…

Could a run of bad luck completely flip the narrative surrounding IU football in 2025? Well sure, too much bad luck can sink any ship. How much was good luck a factor in Indiana’s 11-2 season and historic run to the College Football Playoff in 2024?  A data analysis by ESPN’s resident analytics guru Bill Connelly suggests the Hoosiers were the beneficiaries of some good fortune in 2024. In general the analysis is probably solid.  It conceptually makes sense, anyway.  But below we’ll tell you why Connelly’s analysis, while looking at the complete landscape of 134 BCS teams, misses the…

Both current IU player Tayton Conerway and former Hoosier Mackenzie Mgbako placed their names in the NBA Draft early entry list. But neither was invited to next week’s draft combine in Chicago. The NBA released the list of 75 players who have been invited to the 2025 NBA Draft Combine, which will take place from May 11-18 at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago. Conerway and Mgbako will have until May 28 to formally stay in or take their names out of the draft.  Without an invite to the combine, their draft outlook doesn’t look promising.  But both…

According to a report, Mike Woodson might be not be ready to retire. He is a leading candidate to become Doug Christie’s top assistant with the Sacramento Kings, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic. It was announced the 67-year-old Woodson was stepping down from his IU post in February.  He coached the remainder of the 2024-25 season.  He coached the Hoosiers for four seasons and finished with an 82-53 record, including a 41-39 mark in the Big Ten.  His Indiana teams made the NCAA Tournament twice. Woodson coached in the NBA for 25 years before coming to Indiana in…

Indiana has found needed help at slot receiver for 2025. Cal transfer Jonathan Brady will reunite with Fernando Mendoza in Bloomington this year. Over three college seasons, the 5-foot-10 and 180-pound Brady has played 41 games. He has amassed 98 career receptions for 1,317 yards and 10 touchdowns. He had no drops on 49 targets this year, and has only has three drops on 149 career targets. A versatile weapon, Brady has also rushed 23 times for 140 yards during his career, returned 11 punts for 101 yards, and 17 kickoffs for 317 yards. In 2024, he had 36 catches,…

Indiana has one of the more accomplished defenders in the transfer portal on campus. Rutgers transfer weakside linebacker Mohamed Toure posted a photo in Bloomington on his Instagram page on Friday evening. At 6-2 and 236 pounds, the now seventh-year linebacker was on the Butkus Award preseason watch list ahead of the 2024 season. That was after Toure had 93 tackles (10 for loss) and five sacks in 2023.  He posted a career-high 11 stops versus Maryland and had an interception against Ohio State.  He was named a Comeback Player of the Year semifinalist, earned honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition…