Author: Mike Schumann

IU basketball was shut out of the Big Ten’s three All-Conference teams and the All-defensive team announced on Tuesday. Michigan State’s Tom Izzo was named the 2025 Coach of the Year, and Purdue’s Braden Smith the Player of the Year. Three Hoosiers did receive recognition, however.  Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau were named honorable mention All-Big Ten, and Anthony Leal won sportsmanship recognition. Releases from both IU and the Big Ten regarding all of the league’s 2025 All-Conference honors are below. RELEASE FROM IU ATHLETICS: Indiana sixth-year center Oumar Ballo, junior forward Malik Reneau, and fifth-year senior guard Anthony Leal…

Among the fans, one of the most controversial aspects during a coaching search is agreeing on what qualifications the new coach should have. The opinions run the spectrum, from only former Villanova head coach Jay Wright and his two national titles will do, to hiring a winner like Drake’s Ben McCollum and his one season at Division I is the move. So where do high-major’s top college coaches actually come from? Chosen mostly from today’s KenPom top-30, with a few notable exceptions and additions, here is where 32 of the most prominent coaches in college basketball came from. What does…

As one of the state’s top high school players in the late 80’s, Calbert Cheaney just wanted a chance to play for the legend. “Everybody wanted to play for Coach (Bob) Knight and play for their state back when I was growing up,” Cheaney said in Nov. 2023 when Knight passed.  “To have an opportunity to play for the man and to be recruited by him, I think that’s unbelievable. During that time, it was all about playing for your home state and playing for your home school and having Coach Knight coach you.” Cheaney got that chance as part…

Anthony Leal has become “that guy” for Indiana. What guy? You know that guy.  Brad Davison at Wisconsin.  Aaron Craft at Ohio State.  Brian Cardinal at Purdue. Yeah.  That guy.  You love him on your team, hate him on the other team. During the IU pregame radio show ahead of their contest at Oregon last week, color commentator and former Hoosiers guard Errek Suhr made just that observation about Leal. “I’ve been saying for years, Indiana needs a guy the other teams absolutely hate,” Suhr said. In Leal, they’ve got that guy. With Indiana down 49-45 Saturday with less than…

Indiana gave its NCAA Tournament resume a major boost with their 66-60 win over Ohio State Saturday. And with just the Big Ten Tournament remaining ahead of Sunday’s Selection Show, it appears unlikely at this point the Hoosiers will miss the 2025 Big Dance. But that’s not entirely free from doubt. As of Monday morning, IU is in 98 of the 103 brackets at Bracket Matrix.  Their average seed there is 11.08, with a range of No. 10 to No. 12.  There are two brackets updated since Saturday’s Ohio State game that continue to leave the Hoosiers out. Looking at…

Did you notice that word IU wing Luke Goode included in his senior day video? “I just want everybody to know that I gave my all this year, as it could be my last year,” he said. Could be? This is Goode’s fourth year of college basketball, three with Illinois and this year with Indiana.  But he only played 10 games during Illinois’ 2022-23 season.  And it’s that season that creates the possibility of a fifth year of college basketball for the Fort Wayne, Ind. native. Players who suffer injuries that force them to miss a significant portion of a…

Indiana’s first Big Ten Tournament game was locked in with their 66-60 win over Ohio State Saturday. The Hoosiers will be the No. 9 seed next week and will face No. 8 Oregon in a rematch of a game played earlier this week in Eugene. IU and the Ducks will tip at Noon ET Thursday on BTN.  It will be a 9 a.m. PT tip for Oregon.  The IU women’s team defeated Oregon earlier this week in the same 8/9 game and time slot. Oregon defeated IU 73-64 Tuesday in a game the Hoosiers led 64-63 with less than two…

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana defeated Ohio State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 66-60. Ohio State led 29-25 at halftime.  The Hoosiers were led in the game by Trey Galloway and Malik Reneau with 16 points apiece. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. Indiana (19-12, 10-10) will play as the No. 9 seed next week at the Big Ten Tournament against No. 8 Oregon at Noon ET on Thursday in Indianapolis. See also:  Senior Day videos For Ohio State’s Jake Diebler and Micah Parrish, GO HERE. THREE KEYS TO…

After a solid college career, Justice Ellison appeared to have a shot to get some consideration for a role at the professional level. He rushed for 848 yards (5.3 ypc) and 10 scores in his lone season as Hoosier.  All together over five seasons, he gained over 3,000 yards from scrimmage and amassed 26 total touchdowns.  And with all of that production, an NFL training camp invite didn’t seem out of the question. But at some point since Indiana’s final game at Notre Dame in mid-December, Ellison decided he’d had enough on the gridiron. So Ellison picked up the phone…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti is always on the hunt for complacency in his program. And coming off a record setting season, he knows better than anyone there is a risk his players won’t enter 2025 spring practice with the same focus and determination they had a year ago. Last year Indiana was coming off a 9-27 record over the three prior seasons.  With a new coach and overhauled roster, everyone top to bottom was focused on quieting the doubters and making a statement:  This is the new Indiana. The way Cignetti operates, every year is the new Indiana.  Every…