Once again, it seems Indiana redshirt senior Zach McRoberts may have defied convention. Despite being an Indiana All-Star, he quit the game when it didn’t feel right anymore at Vermont. Despite being a walk-on he ended up starting at Indiana. Despite only scoring one point, he made the play of the game and caught the eye of the national media. https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/942155844510199814 With the news today that Evan Fitzner has committed to Indiana, the Hoosiers no longer have any available scholarships for the 2018-19 season. It could turn out that someone transfers or Juwan Morgan pursues professional options. But we cannot…
Author: Mike Schumann
St. Mary’s graduate transfer Evan Fitzner is transferring to Indiana. He has one year of eligibility remaining and will be eligible to play immediately. Indiana has now filled all 13 available scholarships for the 2018-19 season, meaning that Zach McRoberts will likely play the 2018-19 season as a walk-on unless another scholarship frees up. The 6-10 forward averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds last season. He has shot better than 40% from 3-point range in each of his first three seasons. Fitzner told the Bloomington Herald Times that it was his 3-point shooting that attracted the Hoosiers the most: “One…
Indiana is determined to add a highly rated point guard to its class of 2019. The latest floor general to receive an IU offer is Tyrell Terry, from Minneapolis. Rivals ranks Terry as a 4-star and 114th nationally. According to 24/7 Sports, Terry is a 3-star and is ranked 169th in the class. https://twitter.com/tyterry05/status/991851102277718016 Terry attends DeLaSalle High School, which had its six consecutive state championship streak snapped in March. Terry was a part of two state titles in 2016 and 2017. During his junior year he averaged 17 points, 5.7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game. Terry…
The spring recruiting live evaluation period where coaches can watch the players on the various circuits has concluded. All of the various Indiana targets were in action again this past weekend. Below is a brief summary of how each performed during the two live period sessions, and the latest news and notes related to each player. The next live evaluation period will be in July. Click on the link associated with each player’s name to learn more and see videos. (all statistics are through the first two weekends of the respective circuits, and via D1Circuit.com unless otherwise noted) INDIANA OFFERS…
After receiving a commitment from Romeo Langford on Monday night, Indiana is down to one remaining open scholarship on its 2018-19 roster. With the top class of 2018 high school kids committed elsewhere, the logical move to fill this spot (if they fill it at all) is the graduate transfer market. Enter Evan Fitzner, a 6’10”, 230 pound redshirt senior to-be from St. Mary’s. It has been an interesting career thus far for the San Diego native. He played his most minutes during his freshman year (2015-16), where he averaged 23.4 minutes, 8.7 points and 4.4 rebounds. He shot 41%…
(Updated to include the addition of St. Mary’s graduate transfer Evan Fitzner) This is going to be a long six months. With the buzz surrounding the commitment of 5-star Romeo Langford still fresh, a lot of folks are justifiably looking forward to the 2018-19 season and wondering what is possible. In the crazy world of college basketball, predictions are difficult in March, let alone May. But if Indiana clears one last hurdle and Juwan Morgan decides to return for his senior year, IU fans should start feeling optimistic. It could even get better than that, with one open scholarship remaining…
Admittedly, it sounded a little cliche when he said back in April of 2017. It may have even been the same or similar to an expression used by Tom Crean when he was hired. It is common sense when you think about. As the head coach at Indiana University, recruiting starts in-state, and the failure to do so may have been what got Tom Crean fired. This is what Archie Miller said last year on the topic: “And they must feel like they are being dominated by Indiana University”. “If we want them, we should have a great chance of…
With the commitment of Romeo Langford on Monday night, Indiana secured its first McDonald’s All-American since Thomas Bryant played in the game in 2015. Langford becomes the 30th all-time McDonald’s All-American to commit to play for the Hoosiers since the event started in 1977. The Hoosiers had two players on that inaugural team. You can see the complete list of former Hoosier McDonald’s All-Americans below. 2018 – ROMEO LANGFORD 2015 – THOMAS BRYANT 2014 – JAMES BLACKMON, JR. 2013 – NOAH VONLEH 2012 – YOGI FERRELL 2011 – CODY ZELLER 2007 – ERIC GORDON 2004 – D.J. WHITE 2002 -…
Fans lined up for hours outside of New Albany High School. By the time 7:00 struck, several thousand fans were packed inside the nearly full 4,100 seat gymnasium to hear one of the most anticipated college basketball recruiting announcements in recent memory. Would it be Indiana, Kansas or Vanderbilt? After opening remarks by New Albany Head Coach Jim Shannon, the family Reverend, and Tim Langford, along with some videos, it was time for Romeo Langford to speak. As a soft spoken young man of few words, you just knew it wouldn’t take long for Romeo to make the announcement. Romeo…
It is finally here. After years of speculation, multiple perceived favorites and a long list that was ultimately narrowed down to three, tonight we will all learn which college Romeo Langford will attend. Surely you all know by now that the final decision comes down to Indiana, Kansas and Vanderbilt. Langford, a 5-star shooting guard from New Albany, Indiana, is the highest rated player that remains uncommitted at this time. He won the state of Indiana’s Mr. Basketball award last night, and with that, he has no additional all-star games or awards ceremonies standing in the way of the decision.…