Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana has made their first formal scholarship offer in the class of 2027. Baba Oladotun announced an offer from IU on his X page on Wednesday afternoon. Listed at around 6-foot-9 and 175 pounds by most outlets, Oladotun hails from Silver Springs, Md. (James Hubert Blake H.S.) Oladotun plays for Team Durant on the Nike EYBL Circuit.  As is the case with most recruitments in the Washington D.C. metro area, look for IU assistant coach Kenya Hunter to take the lead. While there are no official rankings yet for the class of 2027, Oladotun is widely viewed as a likely…

As the Indiana football program and first-year head coach Curt Cignetti inch closer to the start of the 2024 season and a new-look Big Ten schedule, Memorial Stadium will undergo some enhancements to its gameday experience prior to the opening kickoff versus FIU on Aug. 31. Some of the upgrades have been covered here and will include a new team entry, upgraded dining options via IU’s partnership with Levy, the addition of more outdoor suites, relocation of Memorial Stadium’s in-house DJ and a more fan-accessible location for The Rock. Relocation of Hep’s Rock With approval from the Hoeppner family, Hep’s Rock, a…

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Class of 2025 big man Malachi Moreno will have things figured out in a few months. The national top-25 4-star center announced his final eight schools a couple weeks ago — Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. There are many who believe there are two schools who stand out above the rest for the 7-footer from Georgetown, Ky. — Kentucky and Indiana. The Wildcats are the home team for Moreno.  Georgetown is less than a half an hour from Lexington, and he’ll tell you UK is a program that he followed…

In 2024-25, Indiana will have the exact same number of nonconference games against mid and low-major opponents that they’ve had in each of Mike Woodson’s previous three seasons as head coach: seven. But somehow this edition of the Hoosiers’ nonconference slate announced on Tuesday has the fan base a bit more restless than in years past. We suspect that’s in part due to a vocal minority of Hoosier fans who aren’t happy with anything Woodson touches right now.  Only winning will solve that. And it’s also likely due to the fact that there isn’t a marquee nonconference home game on…

Indiana picked up a commitment from class of 2025 interior offensive lineman Baylor Wilkin on Tuesday evening. He announced the decision on his social media pages. Wilkin was at IU on multiple occasions in June, both for a camp and later in the month for an official visit.  Indiana was his first Power Four offer. The 6-foot-4 and 275-pound Findlay, Ohio product has a 3-star ranking at 247Sports. Last month, Wilkin told 247Sports national reporter Allen Trieu IU offensive line coach Bob Bostad, and the business school stood out to him. Wilkin has been a bit of a late bloomer. …

Indiana’s two programs that generate the most profit for the athletic department are likely to be impacted by upcoming changes to the name, image and likeness rules in different ways. The most notable prospective change fueled by a lawsuit settlement agreed to by the NCAA is expected direct payments by schools to athletes beginning in 2025. In the first year of the settlement, it’s expected that each school can share 22% of the average Power 5 school’s revenues, which is currently projected to be significantly more than $20 million per school, per year. And it isn’t clear yet how those…

Make that four former IU basketball players on an NBA Summer League roster this month. Forward Miller Kopp is with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team announced. He’s listed at 6-foot-7 and 215 pounds and will wear No. 42. The Thunder will be playing summer league games in both Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Kopp played the 2023-24 season for the Oklahoma City Blue in the NBA’s G League. That team won the league title with Kopp averaging 6.3 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 31.1 percent from three. Kopp is also expected to play for Assembly Ball, the…

Indiana swimming and diving senior Ching Hwee Gan will be one of five swimmers to represent Singapore at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Singapore Aquatics announced on Monday. Gan received an Olympics Consideration Time (OCT) invitation based on her best time in the 1,500-meter freestyle, swimming a national record 16:10.61 in June. She also posted an OCT in the 800-meter freestyle, setting another national record in 8:34.01, and will get to compete in the second individual event. Gan will also participate in the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay. Gan has medaled in the 1,650-yard freestyle event at each of the last two…

Indiana has picked up a commitment from highly sought after class of 2025 athlete/cornerback Seaonta Stewart. The Cincinnati, Ohio product announced his decision at his high school on Monday afternoon. Stewart took an official visit to IU a couple weeks ago.  The Hoosiers offered in January, and he also visited around that time. “I feel like it was the right place for me. I like what the new staff has in plan for the future,” Stewart told Allen Trieu, a national reporter for 247Sports. At 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, Stewart is listed as an athlete by most recruiting sites.  He’s…

Former IU baseball pitcher Tanner Gordon made his Major League Baseball debut on Sunday afternoon in Denver. Throwing for the Colorado Rockies, Gordon got off to a good start, with two strikeouts and a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first. But Kansas City posted four runs against Gordon, all earned, in the second. Gordon settled in from there, throwing four straight scoreless innings.  He was chased out in the top of the 7th with one out after giving up a solo home run.  Colorado’s hitters provided no support, producing no runs during Gordon’s time on the mound. In…