Author: Mike Schumann

Juwan Morgan is trying to flex his muscles in the NBA Summer League and find a long term home in basketball’s ultimate destination. More on the literal side of that in a minute. Morgan signed a summer league contract with the Utah Jazz very soon after the 2019 NBA Draft. The league’s annual summer competition kicked off in Utah this week, and Morgan appeared in two of the Jazz’s three games in Salt Lake City. After not appearing in Utah’s first game, Morgan played 14 minutes in game two on Tuesday night. The Waynesville, Missouri native grabbed five rebounds, including…

One of the fastest rising available point guards in the class of 2020 is New York based R.J. Davis. In need of a primary ball handler in the 2020 class, Indiana is prioritizing the 6-foot Davis, with both Bruiser Flint and Archie Miller out on the east coast watching him this weekend according to social media reports. Davis said this about Indiana in a recent article on Zags Blog: Indiana: “They’re trying to get me down to campus. They love my game as well as the other coaches recruiting me. They just love the way I run the show and play…

The results are in for the 2018-19 Learfield IMG College Directors Cup, an award that recognizes institutions maintaining a broad-based athletics program, achieving success in many sports, both men’s and women’s. For the 2018-19 athletics year, IU finished No. 32 in the country, reflecting the second biggest year-over-year move up the rankings among Big Ten schools.  Indiana ranked sixth in the league in the 2018-19 standings. That’s the good news. The question will be — with men’s soccer, men’s and women’s swim and dive and baseball all dealing with major losses on their respective rosters — can the momentum be…

Former IU one and done forward Noah Vonleh is on the move again. According to various reports, Vonleh has signed a one year, $2 million free agent contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 23 year old Vonleh was drafted ninth overall by Charlotte in 2014 after spending one season at Indiana. He has played on four different teams in five NBA seasons, most recently with the Knicks, where he started 57 of 68 games. The 2018-19 season in New York was a breakout campaign for the 6-foot-9 forward as the former Hoosier put up 8.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per…

The highly touted Indiana football class of 2019 is now on campus and training for the upcoming season. We will have videos over the next several days of many of the Hoosier freshmen and other newcomers. Defensive tackle DeMarcus Elliott hails from Garden City, Kansas where he attended both high school and a year of junior college.  Elliott helped Garden City reach the 2018 JUCO national title game after a season that saw him produce 19 tackles, including 4.5 for a loss, and one sack. Elliott arrives at IU at 6-foot-3 and 325 pounds. https://youtu.be/NbGz4JhSzPo https://youtu.be/QVqIOwzZ3RA See more IU…

The highly touted Indiana football class of 2019 is now on campus and training for the upcoming season. We will have videos over the next several days of many of the Hoosier newcomers. Long snapper Sean Wracher hails from Akron, Ohio.  He was rated as a five-star prospect by Kohl’sKicking.com and ranked the No. 1 long snapper nationally by Kornblue Kicking.  Wracher arrives at IU at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds.  He is expected to start as a freshman. https://youtu.be/1aixXrUsI4Q https://youtu.be/XMjToToirtA See more IU freshmen:  Josh Sanguinetti Beau Robbins Sio Nofoagatoto’a DK Bonhomme Tiawan Mullen Gary Cooper Jeramy Passmore CJ…

More than 100 Indiana high school teams participated in the 15th annual Charlie Hughes Classic on the north side of Indianapolis this past weekend. Below are videos from two IU in-state recruiting targets from that event. Class of 2020 Trey Galloway (The Culver Academies / Culver, Ind.) faced off against Purdue bound Jaden Ivey in this video.  You can see highlights of Galloway playing point guard, his abilities as a passer, his inside/out scoring ability and some defensive footage as well.  IU offered Galloway in April. https://youtu.be/_qXBh8KU-Og Class of 2021 Trey Kaufman (Silver Creek High School / Sellersburg, Ind.) had…

Consider the Wizards Impressed with Thomas Bryant’s breakout second season in the NBA. After a rookie season that saw the New York native honing his craft primarily in the G-League, Bryant found a new opportunity in Washington for the 2018-19 campaign. Let’s just say that he capitalized. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the former Hoosier big man has signed a three year deal to return to the Washington Wizards worth $25 million. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1145460868873904128 Bryant started 53 times in 72 appearances during the 2018-19 season. The 6-foot-11 center averaged 20.8 minutes, 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Perhaps even…

Indiana and Purdue have both had recent success in keeping the top talent in the state home for college.  The two programs combined to land five Indiana based players in the recruiting class of 2019, with each school’s class exclusively comprised of Hoosier kids. A potential preview of future players in the historic basketball rivalry took place Sunday morning at Carmel High School. Mishawaka Marian senior guard Jaden Ivey has already committed to Purdue’s class of 2020, but what about Culver Academies senior guard Trey Galloway? Will he be part of the series between the in-state programs that dates back…

The basketball talent coming out of the South Bend, Ind. area is on the rise. Of course sophomore Damezi Anderson came to IU from South Bend Riley.  Class of 2021 recruiting target Blake Wesley attends that same school, and Purdue bound class of 2020 Jaden Ivey is from nearby Mishawaka. Just a few miles up the road, another rising class of 2021 star is drawing significant Division One attention with high majors starting to take notice. South Bend St. Joseph product JR Konieczny (pronounced Kah-nez-nee) was the latest incoming junior to visit Bloomington.  He released pictures from his Friday unofficial…