Author: Mike Schumann

Three of the four national outlets that cover college basketball recruiting have made updates to their class of 2025 rankings over the last month following the conclusion of shoe circuit basketball. Here is when each outlet made their most recent ranking updates: 247Sports – Sept. 2024 ESPN – Sept. 2024 On3 – Aug. 2024 Rivals – June 2024 Below is an overview of Indiana’s seven main targets in the class of 2025, and where they stand across the four outlets. The On3 Industry ranking is an average of the four outlets, providing more of a consensus view of each player.…

Indiana assistant coach Yasir Rosemond was back in his home state of Georgia on Tuesday, and one player he watched while there was class of 2026 wing Colben Landrew. Indiana offered Landrew a scholarship that same day. Landrew is ranked in the top-100 nationally in the junior class at both On3 and 247Sports, where he’s 63rd and 83rd, respectively. A product of Alabama, Landrew transferred to Wheeler H.S. (Marietta, Ga.) this summer. He played for Game Elite on the Adidas 3SSB 16U Circuit this spring and summer and averaged 15.1 points per game.  According to Synergy he was the third…

The top of our class of 2025 recruiting board hasn’t changed in a while. And the actions of the Indiana staff over the last week have only served to reinforce the Hoosiers are focused on a relatively small but still promising group at this point. Who are IU basketball’s priority targets in the class of 2025? In no particular order, Jalen Haralson, Trent Sisley, Braylon Mullins, Bryson Tiller, and Mikel Brown have been right there throughout the spring and summer.  In the last couple months we added Eric Reibe.  And since then there’s been little doubt those six comprise the…

Week one of the 2024 NFL season is in the books, and that means it’s time to check in on former IU football players in the NFL. Here’s an overview of the players on NFL rosters and practice squads, and how they did in week one: ON NFL ROSTERS: Dan Feeney, OL, Minnesota Vikings:  Now in his eighth season in the NFL, Feeney is the longest-tenured Hoosier in the league.  Playing for his fourth franchise, Feeney saw the field in week one for the Vikings on four special teams snaps.  He currently has a backup role along the interior of…

Kyle Schwarber’s home run on Monday evening was a lot like the 279 that preceded it. The Philadelphia Phillies star blasted a 447-foot long ball to deep right center field that was a no doubter the instant it left his bat. But home run number 280 carried special significance in IU circles. With his Monday evening bomb, Schwarber now has more Major League Baseball home runs than any former Indiana University baseball player.  He passed Ted Kluszewski, whose previous mark of 279 home runs stood for 63 years.  Kluszewski hit his last MLB homer on Sept. 26, 1961. The home…

As The Daily Hoosier reported last week, class of 2025 top-40 center Eric Reibe moved up his IU official visit two weeks to Sept. 20. Today, On3’s Joe Tipton is reporting Reibe will now visit Oregon the weekend previously set for the IU visit, Oct. 4-6.  That visit was moved up as well. The 7-foot Reibe visited Kansas and UConn over the last two weekends.  All of those visits were/will be full weekend official visits. Meanwhile, Jake Weingarten of Stock Risers reported on Monday IU coach Mike Woodson will visit Reibe in person this week, along with Creighton, Oregon and…

If Indiana has revenge on their minds when it comes to Nebraska, that opportunity will arrive early in the Big Ten portion of the 2024-25 season. Jon Rothstein is reporting IU’s first true road game of the season will be Dec. 13 when the Hoosiers travel to Lincoln to face the Cornhuskers.  That’s Friday the 13th if you’re the superstitious type, and keeping score at home. IU does not play any true road games during the nonconference portion of their schedule. Because the game at Nebraska falls on Friday, it should mean Indiana will host their first Big Ten game…

A coming boon for college athletes is keeping athletic department staffers up a night. Beginning in 2025, direct payments to college athletes are expected to reach around $22 million annually at a school like Indiana, and increase by percentage points over the following years. That’s as a result of a landmark legal settlement of three antitrust cases against the NCAA expected to be fully approved in court in the months ahead. Where will that money come from? “I spend probably half my time working on our budget projections, trying to make sure that we can carve that amount of money…

Preseason impressions of Indiana are rapidly evolving. The Hoosiers (2-0) will travel to Southern California this weekend as a favorite when they face UCLA at the Rose Bowl. Indiana opened as a 1.5-point favorite to beat the Bruins at FanDuel Sportsbook, and as of Sunday morning that line has moved to IU minus 3.5. Meanwhile, ESPN’s FPI currently projects IU has a 58.5% chance to win in Pasadena this weekend.  This is a massive change from the preseason projection, when FPI gave the Hoosiers just a 21.7% chance to win at UCLA. The Hoosiers opened the season ranked No. 77…

As we previously reported, top-40 class of 2026 wing Aidan Chronister was in Bloomington for a visit this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Chronister announced an offer from the Hoosiers. This was the Rogers, Ark. product’s third visit to IU.  He was at Indiana on multiple occasions last year, including a full day for Hoosier Hysteria in October. “Hearing from my dad, it has always been such a big program,” he told TDH in July.  “I’ve always heard about their fans, they’re crazy about basketball.  Indiana is known as a basketball state for sure.  And going there and seeing it definitely helped.”…