Author: Mike Schumann

In 2024, Indiana totaled 386,992 fans for the season, well above the previous record of 354,823 set in 2013. With just seven home games in 2025, that new record is out of reach. But after selling out the final four games of the historic 2024 campaign, Indiana football is still working to keep the momentum going. To that end, IU Athletics is offering four distinct three or four game miniseries packages for fans who are not able to buy season tickets for all seven home contests, but want to attend more than one game. Each of IU’s home games is…

Indiana continued to expand its list of targets in the 2026 class with an offer to center Collins Onyejiaka. He reported the offer Friday afternoon on his social media pages. The 6-foot-10 and 270-pound Onyejiaka is a 4-star at 247Sports, and the No. 6 overall center in the class according to that outlet. Onyejiaka is a product of Nigeria.  Playing for Newman H.S. in Boston, he averaged 9.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks as a high school junior. 247Sports national analyst Dushawn London wrote this about him as that outlet moved him up 23 spots in the rankings in…

For the most part, coach Darian DeVries says he likes the positional size on his first IU basketball roster. But he acknowledged on Wednesday what has been discussed for weeks by Indiana fans and media alike — the Hoosiers are undersized at center. IU has a couple open roster spots and could make a late addition or two, but based on the current team as assembled, the Hoosiers appear to have three players who could man the five next season. The most likely candidate to start at center is 6-foot-10 and 230-pound Reed Bailey, who arrives from Davidson.  Also in…

Indiana offered one of the top spring risers in the class of 2026 on Thursday. Texas-based shooting guard Bryson Howard announced an offer from the IU staff on his social media pages. He attends Heritage H.S. in Frisco, Texas. The 6-foot-4 Howard is currently ranked No. 60 overall at 247Sports and a 4-star after their recent rankings update.  He’s expected to move up the rankings at all of the national outlets in the weeks to come. Playing for Pro Skills this spring on the Nike EYBL Circuit, Howard is averaging 20.9 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 52.8% overall including…

The highly anticipated 2025 IU football season begins in just over three months, and significant aspects of the schedule were revealed on on Thursday afternoon. Indiana will open the 2025 season at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday Aug. 30 in Bloomington. They’ll conclude the regular season on a Friday evening at Purdue.  That will be the second straight year the battle for the Old Oaken Bucket will be played in the evening, and it will be the second Friday game of the season for IU. The Hoosiers also face Indiana State in week three on a Friday.  That will give IU…

At least two Indiana basketball players will begin summer workouts with some degree of limitations on the extent of their participation. But those restrictions should be lifted relatively quickly, and at least in the case of anticipated star wing Tucker DeVries, perhaps as soon as next week. IU’s players are arriving on campus this weekend and will begin organized team activities next week, including on the court workouts. DeVries suffered a shoulder injury in December that ultimately required surgery in February.  He’s now at the end of the roughly three month recovery window his father, IU head coach Darian DeVries,…

Indiana basketball is still waiting for clarity as the programs completes its roster rebuild. New head coach Darian DeVries has 11 scholarship players on board so far, but getting to the target of 13 has been complicated as two players from last year’s team attempt to return. Both Luke Goode and Anthony Leal filed hardship waiver requests to obtain an additional year of eligibility, but as of late May, both are still awaiting a verdict. “Their waivers are still in process,” DeVries said Wednesday evening at an alumni event.  “My understanding, as you probably all know, is a ton of…

Based on a report by Jeff Goodman, Indiana is expected to hire former Sam Houston assistant Justin Bailey as the director of player personnel. Indiana has not yet confirmed the report. Bailey had the title of associate head coach at Sam Houston, where he coached incoming transfer guard Lamar Wilkerson.  He was tasked with overseeing defensive responsibilities at Sam Houston. Before Sam Houston, Bailey spent two seasons an assistant coach for Pittsburg State and was promoted to associate head coach during the 2020-21 campaign. Bailey was the head coach at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith during the 2018-19 season…

Volleyball in Indiana will take center stage at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as the state’s two premier programs meet for the 45th edition of the Monon Spike Match on Thursday, October 16th. Indiana will be the designated home team in the first meeting of the year between the two sides. “We are honored to be playing a match this season at Gainbridge Arena,” head coach Steve Aird said in a release. “I felt it was a great opportunity for our program, great for the sport and just the right thing to do. We invite Hoosier fans from all over to…

Troy transfer guard Tayton Conerway will withdraw his name from consideration for the NBA Draft ahead of the early entry withdrawal deadline on Wednesday.  He’ll finish his college career at IU. That expected news came according to a Monday report by Jon Rothstein. Conerway was the Sun Belt Player of the Year in 2024-25, averaging 14.2 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 steals on 47.1% shooting from the field in 34 games. He helped lead Troy to the NCAA Tournament.  Conerway ranked third in the country in steals, setting a single-season program record with 98. He was not invited…