Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana will have Kamaras on two levels of their defense in 2025. The program announced Wednesday morning the signing of linebacker Amari Kamara, the younger brother of All-American edge rusher Mikail Kamara. Amari attends Stonebridge H.S. in Ashburn, Va. and is around 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds according to his X profile.  His MaxPreps page says 6-foot-1 and 210 pounds. He visited IU in November when the Hoosiers hosted Michigan, and also camped in Bloomington over the summer. Like his brother, Amari was not heavily recruited out of high school.  He is not listed on the national recruiting sites.  Amari has…

Indiana did the unthinkable on Tuesday in Madison. They found a way to get off to an even worse start than they did at home against Illinois a few weeks back. Perhaps they were just being generous to IU fans who don’t like 9 p.m. tips.  Because IU pressed the awful turbo button from the jump. The Hoosiers somehow managed to fall behind by 22 just 7:22 into a high major college basketball game.  There’s your evening back, IU fans.  Have a good night’s sleep. In what felt like the worst display of basketball in a generation, Indiana was only…

MADISON, Wisc. — Indiana lost to Wisconsin Tuesday evening at the Kohl Center by a final score of 76-64. Wisconsin led 40-28 at halftime.  The Hoosiers were led in the game by Mackenzie Mgbako with 15 points.  Luke Goode added 11 and Myles Rice posted 10. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. For Mike Woodson’s postgame comments, GO HERE. Indiana (14-9, 5-7) will next host Michigan on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. A ridiculous start.  The game was over before Indiana knew what hit them.  Wisconsin jumped out to…

Indiana has some key guards listed as questionable ahead of its Tuesday evening game in Madison. Both Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle carry the questionable tag, while Jakai Newton and Gabe Cupps continue to be out. Carlyle missed IU’s Friday evening game at Purdue with an illness.  He did not travel with the team to West Lafayette, but he has made the trip to Wisconsin and participated in the team’s shootaround at the Kohl Center. Rice played at Purdue and did not suffer any injuries against the Boilermakers, so the reason for his questionable status is unknown. Rice and Carlyle…

Based in Miami, the Mendoza family will be able to focus all of their energy on Saturdays toward Bloomington in 2025. That wasn’t the case last year, with one son playing quarterback at California and the other at Indiana. One reason why redshirt junior quarterback Fernando Mendoza chose to transfer from Cal to IU was to unify his family on multiple fronts. That starts with once again living under the same roof with his brother, IU redshirt freshman quarterback Alberto Mendoza. “To be able to play with my brother for one or two years, and be able to live with…

With losses in five of their last six games, IU basketball’s chances of playing postseason basketball are on the decline six weeks ahead of Selection Sunday. Let’s start with the Big Ten Tournament first this week.  That field will be fully determined in less than five weeks. As a reminder, only the top 15 teams in the 18-team conference will make the field for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. IU has slipped to 11th in the conference standings through Sunday action, and they face five of the top six teams over their next five games.  So if the…

Before this 2024-25 IU basketball season started there was healthy debate among both the fanbase and the media about how a group of talented players would fit together to form a functioning basketball team. The most common question was whether Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers would be able to play effectively with transfer center Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau both on the floor. We’re to the point in the season where we’ve got a healthy amount of lineup data to probe into this further. Lineups with Ballo and Reneau together have played 452 possessions and 265 minutes, according to CBB Analytics.  Those…

Indiana landed a commitment from 6-foot-4 class of 2026 Australian center Zoe Jackson over the weekend. She announced the news on her Instagram page. “I am so beyond blessed and excited to announce my commitment Indiana University,” Jackson said.  “I first just want to thank Coach Moren and her staff for believing in me and allowing me to continue my basketball journey at Indiana University.” The 17-year-old Jackson has played on the Australian national team for her age group for each of the last three years.  She also played in the U.S. at the Nike Tournament of Champions recently against…

Former IU basketball star Jalen Hood-Schifino will go down as part of one of the biggest trades in NBA history. Hood-Schifino is headed to the Utah Jazz as part of a deal that sees the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz agree to swap Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported late Saturday. As part of that blockbuster headline, the Jazz will receive Hood-Schifino, the LA Clippers’ 2025 second-round pick and the Mavericks’ 2025 second-round selection.  The Lakers will also receive Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris from the Mavericks, ESPN says.  And Dallas will also receive…

Curt Cignetti and the IU football program have landed their first commit in the class of 2026. Three-star interior offensive lineman Samuel Simpson has committed to Indiana, he announced on Saturday. The River Falls, Wisc. product chose the Hoosiers over Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, and others. Simpson is the No. 488 overall prospect and No. 47 IOL in the 2026 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also ranks as the No. 1 player in Wisconsin. “I want to start by thanking my family, friends, teammates,…