Author: Mike Schumann

Dylan Darling, the Big Sky Player of the Year from Idaho State, is a name to know in the transfer portal. On3 national analyst Jamie Shaw is reporting IU is in contact with the Washington native. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged 19.8 points per game while shooting 44.1% from the field overall and 35.6% from three.  He was 81% from the free throw line.  Darling added 5.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game. In Big Sky games, Darling averaged 23.2 points per game and 5.9 assists through the 18 contests. Darling was also unanimously selected as the league’s Newcomer…

Former Troy guard Tayton Conerway is a new name to know in the transfer portal. Multiple outlets have reported Conerway is planning to visit Indiana.  The 247Sports Indiana site appeared to report that news first. The 6-foot-3 and 185-pound Texas native has averaged 13 points, 3.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 steal per game over two seasons at Troy since arriving there from the junior college ranks.  He has shot 47.3 percent overall, 29.2 percent from three, and 68.9 percent at the stripe during his two seasons at the Division I level. With Conerway leading the charge, Troy went 23-11…

Two more former members of Mike Woodson’s IU staff have found new homes this week. According to a report by Jeff Goodman of Field of 68, outgoing IU assistant coach Kenya Hunter will join Sean Miller’s staff at Texas as an assistant coach.  Hunter’s five-year tenure at IU started under Sean’s brother Archie. Hunter has been connected to the Miller family for a long time.  He was the Director of Basketball Operations at N.C. State when Archie played there, and he worked on Sean’s staff at Xavier from 2004-07. During his time at IU, Hunter played a key role in…

With the news Darian DeVries is hiring Kenny Johnson to be an assistant coach on his staff, IU basketball now has three assistants available to recruit the transfer portal and high school ranks as they look to rebuild the roster. Johnson will join Nick Norton, who followed DeVries from West Virginia and Drake and has been confirmed by Indiana, and former Cincinnati assistant Drew Adams, who has not been confirmed but has been reported to be leaving the Bearcats and has been seen out on the road recruiting with DeVries. A later Friday report after this story was published indicated…

Kenny Johnson is coming back to Indiana as an assistant coach, a source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier. The news appears to have been first reported by Zach Osterman of the Indy Star. The former Tom Crean assistant will be part of Darian DeVries’ first staff in Bloomington.  He was on the IU staff during the 2013 outright Big Ten title season. Johnson was most recently with Georgetown for the 2024-25 season. Prior to Georgetown, Johnson spent two seasons at Rhode Island on Archie Miller’s staff.  In 2022 at the start of that stint at Rhode Island, Johnson was handed a…

Syracuse transfer center Eddie Lampkin has become a player to keep an eye for a couple reasons. According to reports, IU has been in contact with the big man through the transfer portal. It isn’t clear just yet how serious of a pursuit this is for Indiana, and part of the reason why is it isn’t clear how Lampkin could have any eligibility remaining. Both variables — his eligibility and whether things go anywhere with IU — will be interesting to watch unfold.  And for now, we’re covering him as much as a proxy for the state of college basketball…

A third high caliber nonconference game on IU basketball’s 2025-26 schedule has been reported. Indiana and Louisville will play at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, Jeff Goodman of Field of 68 is reporting. Led by new coach Darian DeVries, Indiana already has challenging out of league games set against Marquette in Chicago on Nov. 9, and at Kentucky on Dec. 20.  Both of those were in place before DeVries arrived.  Now the Louisville game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse will end up being at least the third high-major foe on the nonconference slate. At his introductory press conference last month,…

Slowly but surely more players in the transfer portal are being tied to Indiana as new head coach Darian DeVries continues to get his footing in Bloomington. Here are three additional prospects Indiana has been reported to have at least made contact with.  We’ll see if things progress with any of them. Ante Brzovic (College of Charleston) Brzovic (pictured above) was All-CAA First Team, NABC All-District Second Team.  He averaged 18.3 points per game on a league best 54.4 percent shooting percentage while registering 8.1 rebounds per game, good for fourth in the league.  He produced double-digit scoring in 29…

Indiana is expecting a visit from one of the most coveted shooters in the transfer portal. According to a report by On3’s national analyst Joe Tipton, Sam Houston shooting guard Lamar Wilkerson intends to visit IU, along with Kentucky, Ole Miss and Auburn. The 6-foot-5 and 205-pound Wilkerson was one of the best shooters in college basketball this season. He ranked sixth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.41) and eighth in three-point percentage (44.5). He is the first Sam Houston player to average more than 20 points in a season since the program moved up to the Division I level…

Indiana demonstrated once again in 2024-25 they’ll support the program through tough times. Based on NCAA data, the IU men’s basketball program ranked sixth nationally this past season in total attendance and first in the Big Ten  with 296,046 cumulative seats sold over 18 games. The five programs ahead of IU in total attendance were Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Syracuse and North Carolina, in that order. Indiana reports sold out crowds (17,222) for most of their home games when the students are on campus.  For games when the student section is opened up to the general public, crowds less than capacity…