Author: Seth Tow

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana men’s basketball held its second open practice of the summer Thursday morning. Mike Schumann attended last week’s session for The Daily Hoosier, so this was my first chance to see the new-look Hoosiers. I’m not going player-by-player the way Mike did last week, but I do have my own observations and notes to share. As always, exercise caution in reacting to anything from a summer practice over four months away from the season-opener in November. The practice, which went roughly two hours, featured the sort of intensity and energy IU displayed in practices last season. It’s undoubtedly the…

BLOOMINGTON — Watch as Indiana men’s basketball’s Jaeden Mustaf, Trent Sisley, and Vaughn Karvala met with the media on Thursday. Sisley is the team’s lone scholarship returnee. Mustaf transferred in from Georgia Tech, while Karvala enters his freshman year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN5DJN-RWFA&pp=ygUNZGFpbHkgaG9vc2llcg%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhtSdQp2Llo&pp=ygUNZGFpbHkgaG9vc2llcg%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcnN8DPQ0z8&pp=ygUNZGFpbHkgaG9vc2llcg%3D%3D For complete coverage of IU men’s basketball, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Instagram, X, and Facebook Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

We’re going team-by-team across Big Ten men’s basketball to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out in 2026-27. Northwestern suffered its first losing season in four years in 2025-26, finishing 15-19 overall and missing the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. Chris Collins had his team fighting hard until the very end, and the Wildcats’ wins over Indiana near the end of the regular season and in the Big Ten Tournament may have been the biggest reason the Hoosiers missed the tournament as well. NU has undergone quite a bit of roster turnover this offseason and…

A former Indiana Hoosier has landed an NBA head coaching job for the second consecutive day. The Portland Trail Blazers are hiring Micah Nori as their next head coach, the franchise announced Tuesday. Nori gets his first-ever head coaching job after spending five years as lead assistant for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Middletown, Ohio native didn’t play for Indiana men’s basketball. But Nori played for IU baseball from 1994-97, and later returned in 2005 for a short stint as Indiana’s hitting coach, before eventually joining the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach in 2009. This is the less shocking move…

Class of 2027 linebacker Cain Brackney has flipped his commitment from UCLA to Indiana football, he told On3 Monday. This move was forecasted by various outlets as he took official visits to Indiana and Michigan. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/trending-for-iu-football-wave-of-national-predictions-suggest-ucla-linebacker-will-flip/ Brackney becomes Indiana’s 16th commit in the class of 2027. He’s the third linebacker in that group, joining Jalaythan Mayfield and Garyon Hobbs. 247Sports ranks Brackney as the No. 106 linebacker in the class of 2027, behind both Mayfield (No. 16) and Hobbs (No. 34). At 6-foot-1, 220 pounds, Brackney recorded 102 total tackles last season at Tulsa Union High as a junior.…

After signing the highest-rated freshman class of Teri Moren’s tenure for this year, Indiana women’s basketball is looking to keep that momentum going on the recruiting trail. The Hoosiers are entering a big week of unofficial visits with some highly-rated recruits in the class of 2028, 2029, and 2030, a source told The Daily Hoosier. The headliner of that group is guard Kristen Winston, whom ESPN rated the No. 1 player in the class of 2029. The Hoover, Ala. native is visiting Bloomington on Thursday. Indiana sees star upside in Winston, as a true three-level scorer and someone who also impacts…

We’re going team-by-team across Big Ten men’s basketball to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out in 2026-27. Buzz Williams’ first year at Maryland was, to put it mildly, a disaster. The Terrapins endured their worst season in more than 30 years, finishing just 12-12 to place 17th in the Big Ten standings. Expectations were mixed for the Terps entering the year, but things got ugly quickly. Williams overhauled a lot of his roster for this season, and will look for a turnaround. WHO’S GONE: David Coit (13.5 PPG) (exhausted his eligibility) Darius Adams (10.8 PPG) (transfer…

We’re going team-by-team across Big Ten men’s basketball to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out in 2026-27. Wisconsin had an up-and-down 2025-26 season. The Badgers handed eventual national champions Michigan its only home loss of the season — they’re one of just three teams who beat UM, at all. UW looked to be peaking at the right time going into March, but suffered another NCAA Tournament upset defeat, this time against High Point. Greg Gard continues to search for that next step for his program — he’s led Wisconsin to seven of the last 10 NCAA…

We’re going team-by-team across Big Ten men’s basketball to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out in 2026-27. USC enters its third year with Eric Musselman at the helm searching for its first NCAA Tournament appearance in four years. The Trojans haven’t won a March Madness game since 2021. The team has recorded two very similar seasons since moving to the Big Ten in 2024: 17-18 in 2024-25, and 18-14 in 2025-26, both with 7-13 conference records that tied for 12th place. USC turns over a lot of its roster yet again, though the new-look squad could…

We’re going team-by-team across Big Ten men’s basketball to assess where everyone stands and how things could shake out in 2026-27. It’s a new era in West Lafayette, Ind. Purdue men’s basketball is coming off a second Elite Eight trip in the last three years, but defeat to Arizona brought three storied careers to an end: Braden Smith, Trey Kaufman-Renn, and Fletcher Loyer are gone. Matt Painter has lost talent in the past and reloaded, but this will be a big challenge. The Boilermakers have good pieces in place, but will have to adapt without their star trio. WHO’S GONE:…