Author: Mike Schumann

Our transfer portal names to know series involves players with rumored interest or interesting connections with IU basketball. Belmont transfer forward Sam Orme is an Indiana native (Carmel H.S., Carmel, Ind.), and a name to know for IU basketball. When he was young high school prospect, Orme told TDH he comes from a big IU family.  Obviously that won’t exclusively drive his recruitment, but it’s at least an interesting side note. Orme has been with Belmont for the last three seasons and he has progressed into a potential high major player. Listed at 6-foot-9 and 220-pounds, Orme averaged 12.8 points…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti hasn’t softened his approach after winning a national championship. Just ask his new wide receiver Nick Marsh. When Marsh arrived for Indiana’s first spring practice Thursday morning in Bloomington wearing flashy cleats, the Michigan State transfer got a quick introduction to how Cignetti runs the program. “I didn’t love those gold shoes he (Marsh) came out in today,” Cignetti said when he spoke with the media after practice. “He learned what getting your ass ripped is all about. I don’t know if that happened to him very often at Michigan State. That was before practice…

Your first chance to see the 2026 Indiana Hoosiers arrives in less than a month. Indiana announced today the 2026 spring game will commence at 8 p.m. ET inside Memorial Stadium on April 23. The start of the game coincides with the start of the 2026 NFL Draft.  Former IU quarterback Fernando Mendoza is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick. Several factors could lead to a big crowd this year.  Many fans were unable to attend the national championship celebration in January due to freezing temperatures and a looming storm.  But the late April weather, ahead of IU’s…

Indiana opens spring practice on Thursday, and in advance of that we continue to examine the new look Hoosiers as they embark on a national title defense. The Hoosiers have lost several of the top players from the 2025 team, but also bring back some key contributors. And they’ve made some significant additions to the roster via the transfer portal.  IU has clear talent.  Their biggest questions center on depth and role definition. Led by Broyles Award winning defensive coordinator Bryant Haines, IU should have one of the nation’s top defenses again in 2026.  But here are some of the…

For four seasons linebackers Cam Jones and Micah McFadden were teammates in Bloomington. Both played key roles in the 2019 and 2020 seasons that saw the Hoosiers go a combined 14-7 and make back-to-back appearances in January bowl games. McFadden left IU for the NFL following the 2021 season.  He was drafted by the New York Giants and has spent the last four seasons there.  He re-signed with the franchise earlier this month. Originally a fifth-round draft choice by the Giants in 2022, McFadden has played in 48 regular-season games with 36 starts in four seasons. His career numbers include…

The quest for a repeat national title starts now. Indiana football kicks off spring practice this week in Bloomington. The Hoosiers will start practicing on Thursday, and their slate of spring practices will run through April 23. IU coach Curt Cignetti has said on multiple occasions he has never used the full allotment of practices, and this year’s schedule indicates that will continue to be the case.  Programs are allowed to conduct 15 on-field practice sessions over a 34-day period. Indiana’s spring practices are closed to the public. April 23 marks the conclusion of spring practices, and it is the…

Despite carrying the national champion title into the 2026 season, IU football enters spring practice like everyone else — full of questions. What are the biggest questions head coach Curt Cignetti and offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan face in their pursuit of back-to-back titles? Here’s our top questions confronting the IU offense in 2026. QUARTERBACK There’s no question Josh Hoover enters spring ball as the anticipated 2026 starter, but like 2025, there is a question about who will serve as the backup. Snaps in spring practice and in the spring game should provide obvious clues. Based on experience, the leading contender…

Former IU football wideout Omar Cooper, Jr. decided in January to forego his final season of eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. His draft stock has been rising ever since. Thought to be a second to fourth-rounder when he entered the NFL Draft, Cooper, Jr. has been getting first-round projections, including from ESPN’s Field Yates this week, who slotted him in as the No. 23 overall pick (to the Eagles) in his latest mock draft. At the NFL Draft Combine, Cooper ran a 4.42 40-yard dash, answering any questions about whether he has the speed for the next level.  He…

Indiana didn’t have an answer for Kent State guard Trevor Huffman as he led the Golden Flashes with 24 points in a 2001 NCAA Tournament first round upset over the Hoosiers. When Huffman hit a three-pointer to open the game for Kent State in the 2002 rematch, it looked like the Michigan native might just torture IU once again. But it would be the last lead of the day for Kent State. At a sold out Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., senior guard Dane Fife made sure the Hoosiers had a response with the Final Four on the line. And…

IU basketball coach Darian DeVries was misrepresented by the overreactive types last month when he acknowledged a shortcoming of his first Indiana team was a lack of true Big Ten size. No, DeVries didn’t have a midseason epiphany that size matters in basketball.  But the extent to which the best teams were the biggest teams, and his constructed on-the-fly roster was coming up short, both on the scoreboard and roster — yeah, that was a stark reminder. In his opening Indiana press conference a year ago, DeVries and AD Scott Dolson talked about playing a modern style.  DeVries placed a…