Author: Mike Schumann

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana lost to Illinois on Tuesday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall by a final score of 94-69.  It was IU’s second worst loss ever in the building. The Illini led 60-32 at halftime.  IU was led in the game by Oumar Ballo with 16 points.  Luke Goode added 13 for the Hoosiers. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. For Mike Woodson’s postgame comments, GO HERE.  For Anthony Leal and Luke Goode postgame, GO HERE. Indiana (13-5, 4-3) will travel to Ohio State on Friday evening. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME…

Four of Indiana’s scholarship players appeared on the Big Ten’s pregame availability report Tuesday afternoon. The Hoosiers are listing sophomore guard Gabe Cupps and junior forward Malik Reneau as both OUT tonight. Reneau has now missed four straight games with a right knee injury suffered Jan. 2 vs. Rutgers. In encouraging news, redshirt freshman guard Jakai Newton has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE, but he’s joined in that designation by sophomore guard and Kanaan Carlyle. UPDATE: Carlyle and Newton are both in uniform warming up. For Illinois, star freshman Kasparas Jakucionis is QUESTIONABLE. The Illini point guard has missed the last…

The IU football program picked up a commitment from NC State transfer defensive back Devan Boykin on Tuesday, multiple national outlets announced on X. Boykin is expected to fill a void at the safety position for the Hoosiers.  He could also play the rover position and has done so during his college career. The 5-foot-10 and 195-pound Boykin started at least one game in each of his first three years in Raleigh before missing the 2024 season due to a knee injury. The product of Greensboro, N.C. has played in 45 games from 2020 to 2023 and amassed 117 career…

Former IU basketball stars are continuing their pro careers across the globe this season. Below we take a look at the former IU basketball players who are still competing professionally during the 2024-25 season, either in the NBA’s G League or overseas. NBA G League Race Thompson:  After sitting out a year with an injury, Thompson is with the Memphis Hustle.  He has played in 16 games and is averaging 8.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21.5 minutes per contest.  He’s shooting 47.8% from the field and 34.1% from three. Xavier Johnson:  Johnson is a teammate of Thompson on the Memphis Hustle. …

Tuesday evening will be Luke Goode’s lone chance to face his former team as Indiana welcomes Illinois to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The 6-7 Goode, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten performer, was one of six players to appear in all 38 games during the Illini’s run to the 2024 Elite 8. He averaged 5.7 points and 3.6 rebounds in 20.2 minutes per game. He shot 38.9% (61-of-157) from behind the 3-point line and made 1.6 triples per game. In three seasons in Champaign, Goode appeared in 76 career games for Illinois and made seven starts. On Monday, Illinois coach Brad…

Job one on the defensive end at Iowa City on Saturday was taking away the three-point shot.  The Hawkeyes are one of the best perimeter shooting teams in the nation, and look for every opportunity to punish teams from behind the arc. But Indiana allowed nine Iowa made threes in the first 26-plus minutes of the game, a point by which the Hawkeyes had put the game away. Below we take a look at six of the Hawkeyes first seven makes, and what went wrong for the Hoosiers. DRAW AND KICK You’ll often hear Indiana coaches talk about “get in…

Indiana will play at Penn State in 2025, but they won’t have to face the defense of their former head coach when they make that road trip. According to multiple reports, Tom Allen is making a lateral move to become the new defensive coordinator at Clemson after one season in the same role at Penn State. Allen was fired in 2023 after seven seasons as Indiana’s head coach, which cleared the way for the Hoosiers to hire Curt Cignetti.  Allen went on to become the defensive coordinator for James Franklin at Penn State.  Both Indiana and Penn State made the…

If you did any scoreboard watching over the weekend you might have noticed a shocking result at Illinois, Indiana’s opponent on Tuesday (7 p.m. / Peacock). And that result came via IU’s last home opponent, the USC Trojans. USC went to Champaign just a couple days after losing 82-69 in Bloomington, and handed the No. 13 Fighting Illini an 82-72 home loss after outscoring them by 13 in the second half. Illinois head coach Brad Underwood was frustrated with his team’s effort and mental sharpness in his postgame comments, but another factor was clearly who wasn’t available. The Fighting Illini…

Can we get that two hours back? Save for a brief first half glimmer, this one was never a contest.  Iowa opened with a 21-8 run to start the game.  Indiana did respond with a 20-4 run of their own to take a 28-25 lead with 6:38 left in the first.  But it was all Hawkeyes from there.  They closed the half on an 18-5 run, and opened the second with another 21-7 outburst.  Game, set, match. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU lost 85-60 with our latest edition of The Report Card. Indiana (13-4, 4-2) will next…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Indiana lost to Iowa at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Saturday evening by a final score of 85-60. The Hawkeyes led 43-33 at halftime.  Indiana was led in the game by Myles Rice with 12 points.  Oumar Ballo added 10. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below. For Mike Woodson and Myles Rice postgame, GO HERE. Indiana (13-4, 4-2) will host Illinois on Tuesday evening in Bloomington. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Turnovers plague the Hoosiers.  Indiana played right into Iowa’s hands with careless basketball.  The Hawkeyes aren’t a good defensive team,…