The 2017-18 NBA season has ended for five of the eight former Indiana Hoosiers that registered statistics in the league this year. Today marks the first in a series of more in depth reviews of their respective seasons. We begin with the IU all-time assists leader, Yogi Ferrell. It seems like a long time ago since Yogi Ferrell suffered through the disappointment of not hearing his name called in the 2016 NBA draft. After starting the 2016-17 season with the Long Island Nets of the G-League, Ferrell soon made it up to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets in November of that…
Author: Mike Schumann
-Updated to reflect Jahmius Ramsey Offer on Tuesday Afternoon- The Indiana coaching staff continues to maintain a hectic pace as it seeks to finalize its 2018 class and formulate the 2019 class. There have been several reports in the last few days with respect to both classes. First, let’s recap the activity of the past couple weeks. For the 2018 class, of course there is Romeo Langford, with an announcement set for April 30. You may recall our article on South Dakota 2018 graduate transfer Matt Mooney as a potential target. Although the Hoosiers expressed interest initially, some reports indicated…
The Indiana University men’s basketball program has offered a scholarship to class of 2019 point guard D.J. Carton of Bettendorf, Iowa. The 6-3 four-star guard announced the offer via Twitter after Indiana’s coaching staff completed an in-home visit on Sunday: https://twitter.com/DJCarton/status/985661850598756352 Carton, who is ranked in the top 50 nationally by 247 Sports, has offers from several programs including Iowa and Wisconsin who are considered to be the two front runners. He is the Hawkeyes’ top target for 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUpi8Z_GrY Carton took a 2-day unofficial visit to Indiana in January. The visit included the Purdue game, so he was able…
Archie Miller and his staff have had quite the impressive run of in-home visits over the last 10 days with a number of class of 2019 big men. We previously told you about in-home visits with Trayce Jackson-Davis, Trendon Watford, and Keion Brooks, including an optimistic quote from Brooks that emerged after his visit. Later we reported on their visit this past Friday with Matthew Hurt. Now a Rivals report has stated that Archie Miller visited 5-star center Isaiah Stewart today. That makes at least five big men in the overall 2019 top 30 that Indiana has visited in-home. While the…
In case you somehow missed it, Indiana University recruiting target Romeo Langford set the date to announce his college decision between Indiana, Kansas and Vanderbilt. The announcement will be made on Monday, April 30th, at the New Albany High School gym, and it will be open to the public. At least for those of us that discuss these things, the announcement (or should we say “The Announcment”) is beginning to take on a larger than life feeling. Think The Beatles in 1964 or Michael Jackson in 1988 in Indianapolis. Ok, ok, it isn’t anywhere near that big, but it is…
We will have to wait until the fall to see the shiny new fully enclosed Memorial Stadium due to forecasted inclement weather. Meanwhile, the Indiana Football 2018 Cream and Crimson Game was played inside the Mellencamp Pavilion just around the corner, and the game was about as close to the real thing as Mellencamp is to Memorial. It is never easy to decipher much from a spring game, with split rosters, inactive players and special rules. That was especially the case in today’s game, as the Cream and Crimson squads only played for two quarters, and the score of the…
The annual Cream & Crimson Indiana University football spring game is on Saturday, April 14th at noon. Due to the weather forecast, the game will be played indoors in the Mellencamp Pavilion and will be closed to the public. The game will be available for live streaming on BTN2Go. IU assistant coaches Brandon Shelby and Mike Hart will serve as the head coaches for the Cream and Crimson teams, respectively. The teams were selected via a draft and a supplemental free agency process. Below you can see Tom Allen’s preview, the roster for each team along with Shelby and Hart’s thoughts, and…
As Hoosier fans, we know this feeling. Just two years ago, one of our all-time favorites didn’t hear his name called at the NBA Draft. But somehow you just knew that wasn’t the end of the NBA story for Yogi Ferrell. Some athletes just have a tenacity about them that leads you believe they’ll always find a way. And that is exactly what happened with the former IU point guard. Ferrell just completed his second year with the Dallas Mavericks and averaged 27 minutes a game this season. Fast forward two years to today, and another Hoosier legend suffered a…
Last week we updated you on the Indiana coaching staff’s activities around various class of 2019 targets. After a brief respite for the NCAA recruiting dead period, the Indiana coaching staff is expected to be back out on the road this weekend and into next week, with plans to conduct in-home visits with several high profile class of 2019 targets. Here are the players that we are aware of that the Hoosier staff will be visiting: MATTHEW HURT This one is going to be a challenge. At 6-9 and 200 lbs, Hurt is ranked as a top-5 player nationally. He…
Juwan Morgan has declared that he will test the NBA waters without an agent. Because he will not hire an agent, Morgan will have the option to return to Indiana for his senior year. The 6-8 junior from Waynesville, Missouri made the announcement via Twitter: https://twitter.com/juwanmorgan/status/984475890032742402 Morgan improved significantly in his junior year and first season under head coach Archie Miller. He led the team in several statistical categories including scoring and rebounding. As a result of his strong season Morgan received post season recognition including 2nd Team All-Big Ten honors. Now Hoosier fans will have to await the NBA…