In defensive lineman Jovan Swann’s case, you can come home. And for Indiana, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. After unsuccessfully recruiting the Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove High School) product in the class of 2016, Swann announced today on his Twitter page that he will graduate and transfer into the IU football program from Stanford. Swann will be eligible immediately for the 2020 season. https://twitter.com/_jswann/status/1243255249130926080?s=20 As a senior at Stanford Swann played in all 12 games and made nine starts. He finished with 32 tackles, eight tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. The 6-foot-2 and 271 pound…
Author: Mike Schumann
Indiana basketball class of 2020 signee Jordan Geronimo has won the 2019-20 Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Basketball Player of the Year award. The pertinent portions of the Gatorade press release are below. See also: Jordan Geronimo’s senior year highlights | Trey Kaufman wins Indiana Gatorade POY honor ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE NAMED GATORADE® NEW HAMPSHIRE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO (March 26, 2020) — In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, today announced Jordan Geronimo of St. Paul’s School as its 2019-20 Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Basketball Player of the…
Indiana’s top target on its class of 2021 recruiting board earned the honor of being the top player in the state of Indiana. Averaging 25.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.1 steals, Kaufman helped lead Silver Creek (Sellersburg, Ind.) to a 25-2 mark before the season was interrupted. The 6-foot-9 Kaufman shot 64 percent from the floor overall, including 40 percent from three-point range. The award can be won by players in any class, and Kaufman is just the fifth junior to ever receive the honor. The last two winners — Trayce Jackson-Davis and Romeo Langford –…
March 26, 1993 — Albuquerque, New Mexico Indiana head coach Bob Knight arrived in New Mexico for the 1992 West Regional semifinals with a whip that aroused controversy in the days that followed. Senior forward Eric Anderson came of the bench and played like the whip had his attention against Florida State. With the Hoosiers trailing 9-2 early against stifling pressure defense, Knight inserted Anderson into the game, and things changed almost immediately. Behind Anderson, Indiana took a 40-38 lead into halftime at The Pit in Albuquerque. The 6-foot-9 Anderson made 6-of-7 first half shots including 2-of-3 from long range. …
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New Indiana strength coach Aaron Wellman has a fancy title. Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance, to be exact. But it was going to take more than words on a nameplate to get Wellman to follow a path not often traveled. At least not traveled in the direction that he went. As has been reported, Indiana ponied up significant cash to convince Wellman to come from the NFL’s New York Giants to, let’s face it, a college football program that isn’t on the top tier of destination jobs. Wellman’s contract is just the latest in a series of investments…
Indiana offered just its second scholarship in the class of 2022 this week when it extended an invite to Alex Karaban. A 6-foot-8 small forward from the New Hampton School in New Hampshire, Karaban put together a strong sophomore season averaging 20 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest. Karaban announced the IU offer on his Twitter page on Tuesday night. https://twitter.com/AlexKaraban/status/1242611552559267841?s=20 Karaban was the lone sophomore to be named 1st Team All-NEPSAC conference AAA & helped lead New Hampton to a NEPSAC Championship. Karaban was the tournament MVP as New Hampton upset national powerhouse Brewster Academy. Karaban joined four Brewster…
With Trayce Jackson-Davis and Al Durham already on the roster, and Khristian Lander on the way, Indiana seems to have a thing for left-handers. The Hoosiers have had discussions with another southpaw this winter, and he is a player with impressive basketball bloodlines. As first reported by Khari Thompson of the Memphis Commercial Appeal in January, top-60 class of 2021 Tennessee based forward Mason Miller has been hearing from the IU coaching staff, and Indiana is one of the programs that he is most interested in. Miller’s dad is current Memphis assistant and former NBA player and Florida star Mike…
Indiana football head coach Tom Allen introduced new strength and conditioning coach Aaron Wellman on Tuesday on a teleconference. The Hoosiers hired Wellman away from the New York Giants earlier this month. The transcript of the teleconference is below. INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE March 24, 2020 Bloomington, Indiana TOM ALLEN: Just wanted to welcome all you guys here today. Appreciate you taking the time to join us. I hope you’re all safe and healthy and your families are all the same, and that’s our primary objective the last several weeks here, even several days, is to be able to…
Indiana had plenty of close calls along the way to their 1987 national title. But never did things look more dire than in the Hoosiers’ Elite Eight matchup with LSU. Fortunately for IU, a sophomore forward had himself a weekend in his hometown. After Ricky Calloway led Indiana with 21 points in a Sweet Sixteen win over Duke, the Cincinnati product was in the right spot in the closing seconds of the regional final two days later at the Riverfront Coliseum. It didn’t look like Calloway would ever have a chance for his game-winning shot. After a Calloway missed dunk,…