Author: Mike Schumann

It remains to be seen who new IU basketball head coach Darian DeVries will bring along or hire to join him on his inaugural 2025-26 staff. But if he brings any of his three top assistants from this past season’s West Virginia crew, they’ll be a name likely familiar to Indiana fans. Kory Barnett capitalized on an opportunity out of high school to be a walk-on player at Indiana.  He was hired by DeVries last May as an assistant coach after spending the five prior seasons at Nevada and six seasons at UCLA, working for former IU star Steve Alford…

Bosnian shooting guard Harun Zrno has reopened his recruitment, On3’s Joe Tipton reported on Wednesday. Tipton reported on X Zrno will continue to consider IU going forward.  A recommitment by Zrno will require mutual interest from him and new IU head coach Darian DeVries. The 6-foot-7 Zrno took a visit to Indiana in January and committed later that same month.  But his commitment came just a couple weeks prior to the announcement of Mike Woodson’s planned end of season retirement. He also visited Wisconsin, Creighton and Virginia in January during a two-week stay in the United States. Indiana is now…

New IU basketball coach Darian DeVries had a top-25 class of 2025 recruiting haul at West Virginia. Two of the three players in the class, SoCal Academy teammates Trent MacLean and Kelvin Odih, have already asked out of their national letters of intent since the new broke DeVries was leaving Morgantown.  Will they follow DeVries to Bloomington? That remains to be seen. Indiana already has a signee (Trent Sisley) and a commit (Harun Zrno) in their 2025 class. Here is more background on the three 2025 West Virginia recruits signed by DeVries.  We’ll have more coverage if any of them…

Three-year IU forward Malik Reneau is in the transfer portal. “I want to thank Coach Woodson and his entire staff for giving me an opportunity to play at Indiana.  I will miss the fans and all the great people in Bloomington,” he said in an Instagram post. The 6-foot-9 Reneau started 19 of the 26 games he played in as a junior for the Hoosiers.  He averaged a team-best 13.3 points per game to go along with 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per outing.  Reneau shot 55.2% (139-of-252) from the floor and 73.3% (66-of-90) from the free throw line. In…

Indiana University Athletics has officially announced Darian DeVries is the new head coach of the men’s basketball program. A full release, including comments from AD Scott Dolson, President Pam Whitten, and DeVries, are below: Darian DeVries Named 31st Head Coach of IU Men’s Basketball Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2025 Bloomington, Ind. – IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson has hired former West Virginia and Drake Coach Darian DeVries as the new head coach of the IU Men’s Basketball program. The 49-year-old DeVries comes to Bloomington with 24 years of Division I coaching experience, including the…

Darian DeVries will be the 31st head coach of the IU basketball program, multiple outlets are reporting. Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello of ESPN first reported late Tuesday afternoon DeVries was the IU target to replace Mike Woodson. Multiple national outlets, including ESPN, followed with the news that Indiana was set to hire DeVries. An Iowa native, DeVries completely rebuilt West Virginia this past season, his lone year in Morgantown. Just one scholarship player remained from last year’s 9-23 Mountaineer squad.  With a total of 14 newcomers, including 10 transfers, DeVries led West Virginia to a 19-13 record despite star…

Multiple outlets are reporting guard Gabe Cupps has entered the transfer portal. Cupps arrived at Indiana as part of the class of 2023 and played two seasons with the Hoosiers. The 6-foot-2 Cupps was not expected to play a major role as a freshman in 2023-24, but he was thrust into significant minutes when veteran point guard Xavier Johnson dealt with multiple injuries. Cupps should be able to obtain a medical hardship waiver for the 2024-25 season, meaning he should still have three years of eligibility remaining.  He saw action in four games before being shut down with a lower…

National college basketball reporter Jeff Goodman posted on X Tuesday that “West Virginia’s Darian DeVries has emerged as one of – if not the top candidate for the Indiana job,” according to a source. But Goodman didn’t stop there, indicating that while DeVries could end up being hired by Indiana, “Drake’s Ben McCollum and a third ‘mystery’ candidate are still in the mix as well.” DeVries has long been thought to be a favorite to end up at Iowa one day.  He grew up in Iowa and his brother was a football star at the school. But ESPN’s Pete Thamel…

Drake coach Ben McCollum did the media rounds on Monday after his 30-3 team received their NCAA Tournament invitation. McCollum has been frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Indiana, Iowa and elsewhere. Here were McCollum comments during an interview with former IU player and coach Dan Dakich on Outkick when asked about dealing with job rumors as he prepares his team for the NCAA Tournament. “We’ve dealt with this at Northwest (Missouri State) for maybe six, seven, eight years when jobs started to come and go,” McCollum said. “I’ve learned through some of my…

Sunday’s news Indiana was left out of the NCAA Tournament was a heartbreaking end to several college basketball careers. And for others it marked the beginning of a new phase in their journey. Where do things stand with the 13 scholarship players on Indiana’s 2024-25 roster? Let’s quickly touch on each of them. OUT OF ELIGIBILITY Anthony Leal – The Bloomington native posted a broken heart on social media when he learned IU had been left out of the Big Dance.  This marks the end for Leal, but he finished his playing career living out a childhood dream as a…