Indiana head coach Archie Miller and assistant Bruiser Flint reached back into their home state when IU offered class of 2021 shooting guard Jordan Longino on Wednesday. The 6-foot-4 Philadelphia area product is the No. 61 player in the junior class and the No. 12 shooting guard according to the 247Sports Composite. Pat Lawless was the first to report the news on Twitter. Longino plays high school basketball at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Penn. where he averaged 22.9 points per game as a junior. A highly efficient scorer, Longino shot 54.4 percent from the field overall for Germantown, including…
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IU head coach Archie Miller has reached back into his old stomping grounds to make Indiana’s third scholarship offer in the class of 2022. Dayton, Ohio based center Shawn Phillips, one of the top sophomores in the country, unofficially visited Indiana for their home game against Maryland in January. Today, the 6-foot-10 Phillips received an offer from Miller and IU. Phillips’ AAU coach David Ramey appears to be the first to have reported the news. https://twitter.com/CoachDRamey613/status/1247934213783007235?s=20 According to Ramey, Indiana has been in regular communication with Phillips since the visit and communicated on Tuesday that they were ready to move…
New Indiana basketball commit Logan Duncomb joined Moeller High School Director of Alumni and Athletic Engagement Barrett Cohen to discuss his decision to play for IU. The junior helped lead the Cincinnati high school to a 26-1 record for the 2019-20 season before it was canceled. Moeller was the defending Ohio Division One state champion. Duncomb averaged 13.8 points and 8.5 rebounds for Moeller as a junior. He shot 70 percent from the field on the season and also made 3 of his 7 three-point attempts. From the free throw line Duncomb converted at a 67.3 percent rate as a…
After a string of frustrating injuries, Indiana head coach Tom Allen had a plan for his starting quarterback going into the offseason. And much like he did on the field when healthy in 2019, Michael Penix was executing on that plan at a very high level. At its core, the idea was that Penix needed to get bigger and stronger to help him endure the physicality of Big Ten football. “We set out a plan for him and his weight has increased quite a bit since the end of the season,” Allen said in February as the team was getting…
IU has never successfully recruited three straight Indiana Mr. Basketball winners, but that could be about to change. Class of 2020 IU signees Trey Galloway and Anthony Leal are on the list of the five finalists for the prestigious honor set to be announced on Friday by the Indianapolis Star. Joining Leal and Galloway on the list of finalists are Dre Davis from Lawrence Central (Louisville), Johnell Davis from Gary 21st Century (Florida Atlantic), and Tony Perkins from Lawrence North (Iowa). Galloway averaged 20.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 2.3 steals per game for Culver Academies. After missing a…
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Two unofficial visits were enough for the top center on the board for Indiana. Cincinnati based class of 2021 center Logan Duncomb has committed to Indiana. The 6-foot-9 Duncomb announced his decision on Twitter on Tuesday morning. https://twitter.com/LoganDuncomb/status/1247545774306721794?s=20 Duncomb had previously told the 247Sports Wisconsin site that he planned to take an official visit to Indiana this spring, but with the recruiting restrictions in place due to COVID-19, that visit never happened. Duncomb was on campus for the Jan. 26 game in Bloomington against Maryland and had previously visited IU in September. Those visits were enough for Duncomb, who is…
New Indiana football class of 2021 commit Vinny Fiacable went in depth on his decision to commit to Indiana yesterday and follow in the footsteps of his dad and brothers. Fiacable becomes the fourth member of the class of 2021 for Indiana, with all players hailing from the state of Indiana. Justin Prince of Fox 55 in Fort Wayne caught up with Fiacable to get the complete scoop on his decision to attend IU. Video credit – Fox 55 / Fort Wayne Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our…
While Indiana doesn’t appear to have any scholarship spots open on its roster right now, the Hoosiers did fill a need with their 2020-21 squad. California based guard Sebastien Scott will be a preferred walk-on with Indiana next year according to his high school. The San Ramon Valley High School basketball program in Danville, Ca. broke the news on Twitter. https://twitter.com/BasketballSrv/status/1247292919125397504?s=20 As a senior Scott averaged more than 20 points per game while shooting above 50 percent from both two and three-point range according to Brian Botteen, the head coach at San Ramon. The first team all East Bay Athletic…
Below is a comprehensive summary of all 2020 transfer portal decisions impacting Big Ten conference teams along with players that have entered their names into the NBA Draft process. Players listed under “NBA Draft” are those that are on the league’s early entry list. You can refer back to this summary for updates on the IU Basketball drop down menu. Updated as of August 2, 2020. ILLINOIS Top Returning Ayo Dosunmu, G, 16.6 ppg Kofi Cockburn, F, 13.3 ppg Trent Frazier, G, 9.1 ppg Giorgi Bezhanishvili, F, 6.8 ppg Da’Monte Williams, G, 2.8 ppg Transfer Portal (IN) Austin Hutcherson, G,…