Author: Mike Schumann

Back in August of 2015, Indiana University donor Mickey Mauer contacted Louisville Athletics Department personnel via e-mail.  That e-mail was first channeled through the IU Athletic Department, and its content alerted Louisville of a scandal involving its basketball program.  That scandal, involving the Louisville basketball program’s use of strippers and prostitutes to entice recruits, resulted in significant ridicule and shaming of its head coach Rick Pitino. The scandal broke in October 2015 when Katina Powell, an escort that was central to the matter, wrote a book detailing her relationship with the Louisville basketball program.  In the book she alleged that…

The Nike EYBL circuit was in Atlanta over the weekend, with several Indiana class of 2019 targets in action.  Take a look at the news and notes that emerged from the weekend related to the players that the Hoosiers are the most closely connected. (Click on each player’s name for all of our coverage including videos, stats and more) TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS While widely viewed as headed to Indiana, he continues to say in interviews that he is going through the process and will take multiple visits.  It appears that it will at least be a couple months before he announces…

Based on multiple reports, Indiana will host Marquette on November 14th in the first week of the 2018-19 basketball season.  The contest will be part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, which is an annual eight game series played between the Big Ten Conference and the Big East Conference to tip-off the college basketball season. The series is named in honor of the late Dave Gavitt, former athletic director at Providence College and the first commissioner of the Big East Conference. Marquette is led by head coach Steve Wojciechowski, who will be entering his 5th season at the helm of the Golden Eagles.  The former Duke star has a 73-58 record…

Another year, and another 5-star player in the state of Indiana is attracting all of college basketball’s blue bloods.  With a limited time frame, Archie Miller, Ed Schilling and the rest of the Hoosier coaching staff worked miracles to get Romeo Langford to stay in-state and come to Bloomington. Now Keion Brooks, Jr. a small forward in the Class of 2019 from Fort Wayne, has a growing offer list that includes the best of the best.  Brooks is ranked as the No. 16 overall player and 5th best small forward in the Class of 2019 according to 247Sports.  Both of those…

Over the last few weeks, Hoosier Nation has shifted from hoping that one of the best high school players in the history of the state of Indiana would “stay home”, to dreaming about what he might be able to accomplish in Bloomington. Some will say that Romeo Langford is just one guy, and he will likely only be on Indiana’s campus for months, not years.  How much can he really accomplish? Others will say that he is a once-in-a-generation talent.  Even if he is a so-called one-and-done, he will have one big year and create momentum for the future. How…

Here is the final Indiana University men’s basketball class of 2018. You can review class rankings here. DAMEZI ANDERSON Hometown – South Bend, Indiana (Riley) Position – Small Forward Height – 6-foot-6 Weight – 190 247 Sports Composite Rating – 4-star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGeZZBTWis JAKE FORRESTER Hometown – Norristown, Pennsylvania (Westtown) Position – Power Forward Height – 6-foot-8 Weight – 220 247 Sports Composite Rating – 3-star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgRc_WdSbUc JEROME HUNTER Hometown – Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North) Position – Small Forward Height – 6-foot-7 Weight – 195 247 Sports Composite Rating – 4-star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lcZSJb98LM ROMEO LANGFORD Hometown – New Albany, Indiana (New Albany)…

Class of 2019 and Bettendorf, Iowa based 4-star point guard D.J. Carton announced the final six schools that he is considering via Twitter last night: https://twitter.com/DJCarton/status/994759961522659331 Carton, who is ranked in the top 50 nationally by 247 Sports, had offers from at least 19 programs, but the final six seems generally consistent with expectations. In an interview with Adam Zagoria of Zags Blog, Carton discussed each of his six remaining options and had this to say about Indiana:  “I feel like Indiana has made me a big priority. I feel like they really expressed their interest all along when they’ve…

It was a hot college basketball recruiting story in the summer of 2017.  Fellow 5-star targets Zion Williamson and Immanual Quickley were known to be good friends, and rumored to be considering going to the same school as a so-called “package deal”.  And then Williamson said this: “There’s a lot of truth to that,” he said. “Me and Immanuel are good friends. … I just love the way he plays point guard. That’s the type of point guard I want to play with.” And Quickley said this: “That was what we talked about after the game.  “He said he was…

We touched on it on Monday in our weekly Hoosier Baseball Report, and really, there is no way around it — it has been a less than pleasant few weeks for the Indiana baseball program.  After surging into the Top 10 in multiple national polls, IU can’t seem to get out of its own way. After completing a 3-game sweep of Northwestern on April 15 by a combined score of 40-4, the Hoosiers appeared to be on top of the world.  A few folks might have even purchased tickets for the College World Series at Omaha in June.  The combination…

The 2017-18 NBA season has ended for seven of the eight former Indiana Hoosiers that registered statistics in the league this year.  Today marks the seventh in a series of more in depth reviews of their respective seasons as we discuss former Hoosier phenom OG Anunoby. That Ogugua “OG” Anunoby Jr. ever made it to Bloomington was something of a fluke.  You likely know the story.  Tom Crean was out recruiting some other guys when this unknown physical specimen that could defend with the best of them caught his eye. Crean developed somewhat of a reputation for finding “diamonds in the rough” like Anunoby,…