BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football opened fall camp Wednesday, exactly one month away from the season-opener against Old Dominion. Here’s a collection of photos from the Hoosiers’ first practice of the 2025 preseason. For complete coverage of IU football, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.
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With football season approaching, we’re going through Indiana’s roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Curt Cignetti grabbed Kurtis Rourke out of the transfer portal to play quarterback for his first year at IU, and that match worked out very well. He’s hoping to extend that run of quarterback portal success in year two, turning to Fernando Mendoza (Cal) in 2025. The entire quarterback room looks different for the Hoosiers this season. Second-string quarterback Tayven Jackson transfer out after the season ended, and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri left to become UCLA’s offensive coordinator. Cignetti hired Chandler…
With football season approaching, we’re going through Indiana’s roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Despite losing several good, experienced players, Indiana’s safety room is in good shape entering fall camp. Just like at cornerback, Curt Cignetti and safeties coach Ola Adams have a good mix of experience and youth at safety. Junior Amare Ferrell leads the group, but several others could emerge as key pieces to this year’s IU defense by the end of the season. Roster turnover — who’s gone Shawn Asbury II (exhausted his eligibility) Terry Jones Jr. (exhausted his eligibility) Nic Toomer…
With football season approaching, we’re going through Indiana’s roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Indiana’s cornerback room has a good blend of youth and experience — and the group has a lot of talent all around. Curt Cignetti lost one starter at the position during the offseason, but he, defensive coordinator Bryant Haines, and cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong have some key transfers and promising freshmen to work with alongside first team All-Big Ten returnee D’Angelo Ponds. Roster turnover — who’s gone Cedarius Doss (exhausted his eligibility) Jamier Johnson (transfer — UCLA) JoJo Johnson (transfer —…
With football season approaching, we’re going through Indiana’s roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. Indiana’s linebacker room suffered one major departure after the 2024 season. But with first team All-Big Ten selection Aiden Fisher back in the fold, and some promising pieces around him, the Hoosiers should be just fine in the middle of the defense. Roster turnover — who’s gone Jailin Walker (exhausted his eligibility, went to NFL) Josh Rudolph (transfer — UTEP) Nahji Logan (transfer — Nevada) Jamari Farmer (transfer — East Tennessee State) Carter Imes (walk-on, left program) Roster turnover — who’s back…
With football season approaching, we’re going through Indiana’s roster to look at each position group going into fall camp. First up in our IU football position preview series is defensive line, a group that ranked among the most consistently solid on Curt Cignetti’s team last year. Pat Kuntz and Buddha Williams did an excellent job with Indiana’s defensive line in 2024, and the Hoosiers did well in addressing vacancies in the room in the offseason. The Hoosiers have a lot of reason for optimism on the defensive front in 2025, anchored by one of the best players in the Big…
INDIANAPOLIS — Assembly Ball, Indiana’s alumni team competing in The Basketball Tournament, is going home early. The team with 11 former Hoosiers on the roster saw its game against Fail Harder slip away in the second half, ending in an 89-76 defeat at Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse on Saturday. Assembly Ball led for most of the first half, largely because of a big foul disparity — AB took a 12-2 edge in free-throw attempts into halftime. But once that started to even out in the second half, Assembly Ball’s poor shooting numbers and Fail Harder’s strong clips proved the difference. AB…
Aleksa Ristic started playing basketball at 10 years old, and began competing against professionals just six years later. Ristic, like many kids in Serbia, played soccer early on. But his dad helped him get into basketball and eventually start training with his neighbor in Niš, and the game grew quickly on him. He competed in junior leagues in Belgrade, and worked his way up to the Basketball League of Serbia at age 16. He still remembers what that first game against the pros felt like; it was intimidating. “It was pretty hard,” Ristic told The Daily Hoosier in a phone interview.…
With the college football season starting to creep up, we’re running down Indiana’s schedule to preview all 12 opponents for 2025. Indiana’s second bye week comes with just one game remaining in the regular season. The Hoosiers then wrap up, as usual, with the Old Oaken Bucket on the line at Purdue. Curt Cignetti’s debut in the rivalry game was historic, as IU demolished the Boilermakers 66-0 at a snowy Memorial Stadium. That result may have sealed Ryan Walters’ fate, as Purdue fired him and hired UNLV’s Barry Odom as its new head coach. Odom’s team ranks last in the…
Indiana men’s basketball has officially signed Serbian guard Aleksa Ristic, the program announced in a press release Tuesday. Ristic initially committed to the Hoosiers in June. He becomes the 12th scholarship player on IU’s roster for the 2025-26 season. “Aleksa is a versatile guard that can play on and off the ball,” IU head coach Darian DeVries said in the release. “He is a competitive kid that has high-level experience playing in FIBA events. We think he has the ability to handle the basketball and make plays out of the pick-and-roll while also being an efficient shooter that will add…