Author: Mike Schumann

With Indiana’s 2025-26 season now officially over, we can confirm IU basketball forward Sam Alexis owns the program’s all-time single-season field goal percentage record. The 6-foot-9 and 240-pound forward made 68.7% (114 of 166) of his shots this season.  The IU record book requires a minimum of 100 field goals made.  He broke Thomas Bryant’s 2015-16 record of 68.3%.  Those two stand nearly six percentage points ahead of Matt Nover’s 62.8% in 1992-93. Alexis posted nine perfect games from the field, including an 8 of 8 effort against Oregon.  That performance is tied with five other former Hoosiers for the…

UMBC Athletics had a historic run in the spring of 2018. You probably remember the school became the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 that year, with a 74-54 win over Virginia. Even after the college basketball season ended, UMBC wasn’t done making headlines. The Retrievers upset No. 1 Albany in lacrosse weeks later that April. UMBC doesn’t have football team.  But feeling on top of the world at the time, the school playfully reached out to then defending national champion Alabama football on X, you know, just to say hi.  Here’s that post to Alabama in…

One thing is certain as IU basketball begins to turn its full attention to the offseason — the Hoosiers will need more players. Just how many is to be determined, but at least three will be needed to supplement the three incoming freshmen, along with the seven scholarship players who are eligible to return next season. Now, if you’ve been paying any attention at all over the last few years, you’ve get a pretty good sense all seven of those players won’t be returning to Bloomington.  But we won’t speculate on who may leave right now. You may already be…

Indiana’s run as college basketball’s last undefeated team will officially go beyond the 50-year mark. This 2025-26 IU team wore a jersey patch commemorating the accomplishment — that will now live on for at least a 51st season.  That comes after previously 31-0 Miami (Ohio) was knocked off in its MAC Tournament game against UMass Thursday afternoon. While fans enjoy the distinction of IU being the last undefeated team, the players from the 1976 squad don’t throw a party when the last unbeaten squad goes down. “We don’t celebrate,” former IU guard Quinn Buckner said.  “I have not been to…

What was accomplished in year one of the Darian DeVries era at Indiana? That’s a really good question. A lot of time and effort went into it, there’s no denying that. But was a foundation laid? Consider this:  IU is losing at least 84.1% of its scoring from this season, 94% of its starts, and 78% of its minutes played. And that’s all at least, because of course the seven scholarship players eligible to return next season are all free to leave via the transfer portal. So even if 2025-26 was a bit of a “put the roster together to…

CHICAGO — Indiana lost to Northwestern Wednesday evening in their Big Ten Tournament opener at United Center by a final score of 74-61. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. Indiana led 37-36 at halftime.  The Hoosiers were led in the game by Lamar Wilkerson with 17 points. The game likely concludes Indiana’s season with an 18-14 record, but we’ll know for sure on Sunday. For Darian DeVries, Tucker DeVries and Lamar Wilkerson postgame, GO HERE. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Another collapse.  In the first meeting in Bloomington, IU led Northwestern by 13…

Reed Bailey is back in the starting five for IU. IU basketball head coach Darian DeVries said on pregame radio he’s inserting Bailey into the starting lineup in place of Nick Dorn for the team’s opening game of the Big Ten Tournament. So Indiana’s starting five will be Bailey, Sam Alexis, Tucker DeVries, Lamar Wilkerson and Conor Enright. DeVries tinkered with playing Bailey and Alexis together in the second half of the Ohio State game on Saturday, and the team played well on the offensive end. Bailey should also allow IU to keep a taller player on Northwestern and Big…

Northwestern will be shorthanded when it faces Indiana Wednesday evening in the Big Ten Tournament. Wildcats head coach Chris Collins said 6-foot-11 center Arrinten Page, who has missed the last two games, will be unavailable against the Hoosiers. Page is Northwestern’s second-leading scorer, posting 10.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game in just 22.9 minutes per contest.  He played a key role in Northwestern’s upset win in Bloomington last month.  Against Indiana on Feb. 24, Page had 10 points, six rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in 27 minutes. Page is a player Indiana recruited out…

Big Ten Tournament Game Day Essentials No. 10 Indiana (18-13) vs. No. 15 Northwestern (14-18) Tip Time: 6:30 p.m. Eastern, Wednesday Location: United Center (20,917), Chicago, Ill. Television: Big Ten Network Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick) Stream:  FOX Sports Point Spread:  Indiana is a 5.5 point favorite KenPom Projected Score:  Indiana 75 Northwestern 72 History: Indiana leads 120-58 (Northwestern owns six-game winning streak) Last Meeting: Northwestern won 72-68 on Feb. 24 Tickets (via our StubHub affiliate link) Northwestern (14-18) is under the direction of 13th-year head coach Chris Collins, who has the second-most wins in Wildcat history (208).…

Indiana basketball guard Lamar Wilkerson earned second-team All-Big Ten honors Tuesday from the coaches.  He was voted third-team All-Big Ten by the media. In Big Ten games, Wilkerson led the conference in scoring with 23.2 points per contest.  He also set a new Indiana record for points scored in a season in league games with 464. In all games, Wilkerson is averaging 21.0 points while shooting 46.4% from the field overall including 38.3% from three.  He has added 3.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.0 steals per game. Wilkerson is the first Hoosier since Kel’el Ware (Third Team in 2024) to be voted…