Author: Mike Schumann

Our transfer portal names to know series involves players with confirmed/rumored interest and/or interesting connections with IU basketball. Alabama transfer power forward Aiden Sherrell is a name to know this cycle for IU basketball. The 6-foot-11 and 255-pound Sherrell is from Detroit, Mich. Indiana has been named by national reporters at On3 and 247Sports as one of the teams involved with Sherrell, who has ties to new assistant coach Thomas Carr.  The other teams involved based on those reports are Duke, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, BYU, Baylor, North Carolina, Providence and Missouri. Sherrell entered the portal with a do not…

IU basketball is set to get a visit from Duke transfer guard Darren Harris beginning on April 11. That’s according to Sam Kayser of League Ready. Harris is the second known portal visitor this cycle along with Notre Dame guard Markus Burton, whose IU visit begins on April 12. The 6-foot-5 and 195-pound Harris hails from Herndon, Va. He has a connection to IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson. Harris played in 36 games for Duke as a sophomore in 2025-26, all off the bench. He scored 3.3 points per game and added .8 rebounds and .4 assists in 9.6 minutes.…

BLOOMINGTON — Halfway through spring practice, Indiana football appears to have avoided to this point a major injury that would cost anyone the 2026 season. But like every spring, the Hoosiers are dealing with their share of postseason surgeries and bumps and bruises as they’ve returned to the field. Wide receiver Charlie Becker had a breakout 2025 campaign with 34 receptions for 679 yards and four touchdowns.  But there’s a good chance he’s done for the remainder of spring practice after suffering a hamstring injury over the weekend. “He tweaked his hammy last Saturday,” IU coach Curt Cignetti said Thursday. …

Indiana wing Nick Dorn is entering the transfer portal according to multiple reports. Dorn is the fifth member of the 2025-26 team to enter the portal this offseason, joining Aleksa Ristic, Jasai Miles, Josh Harris and Jason Drake. Dorn averaged 8.1 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in his lone season in Bloomington. He shot 38% from three point range. After transferring in from the offseason, Dorn returned midseason from a foot injury and ended up starting 12 games. Dorn looked like an emerging superstar midseason, with an electrifying seven-game stretch that saw him average 13.7 points while shooting 44.6%…

Notre Dame transfer guard Markus Burton is visiting Indiana April 12-14, Joe Tipton of On3 is reporting. He’ll also visit Houston. We previously covered Burton as a name to know this transfer portal cycle. Now let’s take a closer look at his game. Burton has played three seasons at Notre Dame, including an injury-shortened third year in which he only appeared in 10 games. He’s got at least one year of remaining eligibility, and likely two if he can get a medical hardship waiver for the 2025-26 season. He’s listed by Notre Dame at 6-foot and 190 pounds. For comparison,…

Indiana returns multiple key pieces of its offensive line from the 2025 national championship team. All-American Carter Smith is back a left tackle, and he’s joined by last year’s starting guards Drew Evans and Bray Lynch. But gone are likely NFL Draft pick Pat Coogan at center, and there’s also a void left at right tackle created by the departures of Khalil Benson and Zen Michalski. The Hoosiers made a prominent addition via the transfer portal by snagging Wisconsin’s Joe Brunner.  He’ll likely slot in as a starter alongside Smith, Evans and Lynch. But who will play where, and who…

Our transfer portal names to know series involves players with confirmed/rumored interest and/or interesting connections with IU basketball. Wake Forest transfer guard Juke Harris is a name to know for IU basketball for this transfer portal cycle. Harris is a 6-foot-7 and 200-pound wing from Salisbury, N.C.  New IU assistant Thomas Carr has deep connections in North Carolina.  Harris was also recruited heavily by Tennessee when IU assistant Rod Clark was there. He has two years of eligibility remaining. One wrinkle with Harris — he has also declared for the NBA Draft, so wherever he lands that program will have…

Our transfer portal names to know series involves players with confirmed/rumored interest and/or interesting connections with IU basketball. Duke transfer guard Darren Harris has ties to IU assistant coach Kenny Johnson.  Harris played travel basketball for Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit, a program Johnson has a long history with. The 6-foot-5 and 195-pound Harris hails from Herndon, Va.  He attended St. Paul VI H.S. Harris played in 36 games for Duke as a sophomore in 2025-26, all off the bench.  He scored 3.3 points per game and added .8 rebounds and .4 assists in 9.6 minutes.  Harris shot…

Our transfer portal names to know series involves players with confirmed/rumored interest and/or interesting connections with IU basketball. Tennessee big man J.P. Estrella could be one of multiple names to know from the Volunteers program since IU has their former assistant coach Rod Clark on staff.  Estrella announced Monday he is entering the transfer portal.  Clark was the primary recruiter of Estrella for Tennessee. The 6-foot-11 and 240-pound Estrella is from Scarborough, Maine.  He attended Brewster Academy in New Hampshire for high school. As a redshirt sophomore in 2025-26, Estrella played in 33 games with 13 starts for Tennessee, which…

Former IU basketball manager Dusty May led Michigan to the Big Ten’s first men’s basketball national title since 2000 on Monday evening in Indianapolis. The Michigan win led the conference to first time ever accomplishment. The Big Ten is the first conference in Division I history to have three different schools win national championships in football (Indiana), men’s basketball (Michigan) and women’s basketball (UCLA) in the same academic year. It’s just the second time a conference has won the football, women’s basketball, and men’s basketball national titles. The league can also claim the last three winners of the football national title,…