Author: Mike Schumann

When IU and Kentucky play this December, Lamar Wilkerson will be playing for one of the teams. Which team is still to be determined. According to multiple Monday evening reports, the Sam Houston transfer sharpshooter is down to the Hoosiers and Wildcats after cancelling visits to Auburn and Ole Miss. The 6-foot-5 Wilkerson visited Indiana then Kentucky over the weekend.  He is expected to announce a decision this week. The Ashdown, Ark. product was one of the best shooters in college basketball this season. He ranked sixth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.41) and eighth in three-point percentage (44.5). For…

The 2024-25 NBA regular season has come to an end for six former Hoosiers who saw action in the league. Here’s a quick overview of how it went for all six, and the outlook for four who continue into the postseason. OG Anunoby, New York Knicks In his eighth season, Anunoby had his best professional campaign.  An NBA All-Defensive Team candidate, he averaged a career-high 18.0 points per game to go along with 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.5 steals per contest while playing 36.6 minutes a night. He started all 74 games he appeared in and shot 47.9% from…

Could new IU basketball coach Darian DeVries utilize the transfer portal to reunite with another one of his former Drake players? Texas Tech sophomore guard Kevin Overton is entering the transfer portal according to multiple Sunday evening reports.  He played for DeVries at Drake as a freshman where he was a teammate of new IU guard Conor Enright and forward Tucker DeVries. Through two collegiate seasons, Overton has 676 points (9.5 ppg), 249 rebounds (3.5 rpg), and 70 assists (1.0 apg) through 71 career games.  His career shooting splits are 43.2 percent overall, 34.4 percent from three on 297 attempts,…

Darian DeVries’ quest to build out the 2025-26 roster now includes the junior college ranks. On Sunday evening, Indiana offered a scholarship to Butler Community College big man Emeka Opurum.  New IU staff member Mike Bargen coached for a long time at the Kansas-based school. A product of Lagos, Nigeria, Opurum has only been in the U.S. since August.  As a freshman in 2024-25, Opurum played in 33 games with 25 starts for Butler. In just 22 minutes per contest, he averaged 9.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks while shooting 67.2 percent from the field.  He was 0-of-4 from…

When Darian DeVries added Kenny Johnson to his staff, he gained immediate connections in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. And in just the few days since the news of Johnson’s hire broke, three prospects from the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) have been mentioned as Indiana targets. Here’s some quick background on all three. We’ll have more coverage of these players if any of them develop into significant pursuits by Indiana. TYRELL WARD Ward is a transfer wing from LSU who was an Indiana recruiting target out of DeMatha H.S. in Washington D.C.  Reports on Saturday indicated IU involvement. The 6-foot-6…

A second college football transfer portal window is set to begin April 16-25, and that lines up with IU concluding spring practice April 17. So a second wave of activity is coming. Below we take a position-by-position look at which players are out of eligibility, who is eligible to return, transfers in and out, and freshmen in 2025. Scholarship players and notable walk-ons are included. Players marked with a (*) started during the 2024 season or otherwise had a significant role. Check back for updates. UPDATED 4/13/25 QUARTERBACK Out of eligibility: Kurtis Rourke* Transferring out:  Tayven Jackson ————- Returning: Alberto Mendoza,…

Dylan Darling, the Big Sky Player of the Year from Idaho State, is a name to know in the transfer portal. On3 national analyst Jamie Shaw is reporting IU is in contact with the Washington native. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged 19.8 points per game while shooting 44.1% from the field overall and 35.6% from three.  He was 81% from the free throw line.  Darling added 5.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game. In Big Sky games, Darling averaged 23.2 points per game and 5.9 assists through the 18 contests. Darling was also unanimously selected as the league’s Newcomer…

Former Troy guard Tayton Conerway is a new name to know in the transfer portal. Multiple outlets have reported Conerway is planning to visit Indiana.  The 247Sports Indiana site appeared to report that news first. The 6-foot-3 and 185-pound Texas native has averaged 13 points, 3.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.5 steal per game over two seasons at Troy since arriving there from the junior college ranks.  He has shot 47.3 percent overall, 29.2 percent from three, and 68.9 percent at the stripe during his two seasons at the Division I level. With Conerway leading the charge, Troy went 23-11…

Two more former members of Mike Woodson’s IU staff have found new homes this week. According to a report by Jeff Goodman of Field of 68, outgoing IU assistant coach Kenya Hunter will join Sean Miller’s staff at Texas as an assistant coach.  Hunter’s five-year tenure at IU started under Sean’s brother Archie. Hunter has been connected to the Miller family for a long time.  He was the Director of Basketball Operations at N.C. State when Archie played there, and he worked on Sean’s staff at Xavier from 2004-07. During his time at IU, Hunter played a key role in…

With the news Darian DeVries is hiring Kenny Johnson to be an assistant coach on his staff, IU basketball now has three assistants available to recruit the transfer portal and high school ranks as they look to rebuild the roster. Johnson will join Nick Norton, who followed DeVries from West Virginia and Drake and has been confirmed by Indiana, and former Cincinnati assistant Drew Adams, who has not been confirmed but has been reported to be leaving the Bearcats and has been seen out on the road recruiting with DeVries. A later Friday report after this story was published indicated…