Author: Mike Schumann

If Tony Perkins stays in the Big Ten, there’s a good chance he’ll return home and be a Hoosier. Indiana is in a group of six schools the Iowa transfer point guard will consider for his final season of college basketball. According to his Instagram page, Perkins is down to Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Oregon, Oklahoma and Ole Miss. Perkins took a visit to Missouri over the weekend. Perkins enjoyed a breakout senior season, after which he was named second-team All-Big Ten.  He ranked in the top 17 in the league in scoring (14.5), assists (4.6) and steals (1.7). He was…

As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Belmont forward Cade Tyson. Tyson, named All-Missouri Valley Conference for a second consecutive season, averaged 16.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in leading Belmont to a 14th consecutive 20-win season. The 6-7 guard/forward posted 25 double figure scoring games, including nine games of 20 or more points. Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team, Tyson scored a career-high 31 points at Samford…

New Indiana class of 2024 commit Bryson Tucker will play in Tuesday’s McDonald’s All-American game. The game tips tonight at 9 p.m. ET at the Toyota Center in Houston, and will air on ESPN. Indiana’s 34th McDonald’s All-American, Tucker has been in Houston the last few days and caught up with multiple media outlets.  Here are a few snippets from those reports. —————————————– TUCKER ON WHY HE CHOSE INDIANA Tucker spoke with 247Sports national analyst Eric Bossi on his decision to attend Indiana. “They’ve always been recruiting me but it just took me longer to do the visit,” Tucker said.…

As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Washington State transfer point guard Myles Rice.  He currently lives in Atlanta and has ties to IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond. The 6-foot-3 and 180 pound Rice was named to the 2024 Kyle Macy National Freshman All-America Team. Rice, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, became the first Cougar since Klay Thompson was named an honorable mention in the 2009 All-Freshman Team and the…

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, we barely knew you. So far getting transfer portal prospects on campus in Bloomington has been a challenge. Huntley-Hatfield joins Leland Walker and Connor Hickman as reported portal visitors who have at least postponed if not outright cancelled their planned Indiana visits. In the case of Huntley-Hatfield, Joe Tipton of On3 is reporting Monday a visit to IU just announced on Friday has now been cancelled. Tipton is reporting the Louisville transfer center will focus instead on UConn, Pittsburgh, N.C. State or a return to Louisville. The Hoosiers are in need of a center after Kel’el Ware announced…

For the third straight offseason, Indiana’s core group of players who could return will return. Coach Mike Woodson still has plenty to prove, including better roster construction and a higher level of success on the court, but it seems clear the main players who see the floor and experience success under this staff are happy to come back. And in this era of unrestricted player mobility, that’s no small thing. Following the 2021-22 season, reserves Michael Durr, Khristian Lander and Rob Phinisee all transferred.  And while he started for a season at IU, Parker Stewart only averaged 6.2 points per…

A year before Purdue head coach Matt Painter was born in 1970, the Rolling Stones released the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” In many ways that song became his anthem, not the least of which was Painter’s college basketball recruitment that led him to Purdue and set the stage for his tenure as head coach of the Boilermakers. Painter has been open for years about the fact he was an IU fan growing up, and he spoke about that again on Saturday at a press conference as his team prepares for an Elite Eight matchup against Tennessee.…

Louisville transfer forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield will visit Indiana April 12-14, Joe Tipton of On3 is reporting. In his second season at Louisville, the 6-foot-10, 240-pound big man averaged 12.6 points and 8.4 rebounds on 56.7 percent shooting from the field.  He made 9-of-21 from three and 67.2 percent from the free throw line. Huntley-Hatfield earned All-ACC Third Team honors and finished in fifth place in Most Improved Player votes. Huntley-Hatfield is also planning to visit N.C. State, according to reports. Prior to two seasons at Louisville, Huntley-Hatfield transferred from Tennessee where appeared in all 35 games with 13 starts as…

As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is another Indiana product, Evansville forward Ben Humrichous. In his first season at UE, Humrichous established himself as one of the best players in the Missouri Valley Conference. He completed the season averaging 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while shooting 48.4% from the field. The 2024 MVC Scholar-Athlete of the year finished the season ranked in the top ten in the league in…

There will be a Big Ten reunion in Chicago. C.J. Gunn had one of his better games with Indiana against Ohio State and then head coach Chris Holtmann in January. Now both Gunn and Holtmann are set to join forces at DePaul next season. Gunn announced his transfer to the Chicago-based Big East school on his social media accounts Friday morning. 100% locked in…#bluedemon #escapetheordinary pic.twitter.com/yEHfJUXE4P — CJ Gunn (@CJ_Gunn22) March 29, 2024 The 6-foot-6 Gunn averaged 3.9 points and shot 34.2 percent from the field this season. Gunn delivered some key performances, including an eight-point, four-steal game in a…