Indiana will have a familiar face on campus later this week. Minnesota transfer forward Pharrel Payne will visit Bloomington late this week according to Darren Wolfson of 5 News in Minnesota. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound sophomore played in 32 games, with 19 starts, for the Golden Gophers this season. He averaged 10.0 points 6.1 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks. He shot 60.2% from the field and 47.2% from the free throw line. Payne is not a three-point shooter. The Minnesota native is a standout on the offensive glass. He ranked 67th nationally (third in the Big Ten) with a 12.6% offensive rebounding…
Author: Mike Schumann
As Purdue prepares to face Connecticut in Monday’s national championship game, Zach Edey said he’s been hearing words of encouragement from Big Ten fans, and yes, even IU fans. “We’ve gone on this run and I’ve had fans of other schools message me ‘hey we’re rooting for you, we’re cheering you on.’ I’ve had IU fans (say) ‘hey we love what you’re doing right now,'” he said. A media member followed up. “You never thought that — IU fans?” “Yeah, it’s pretty wild,” Edey said. What percentage of Indiana fans are rooting for their rival on Monday evening? The Daily…
Indiana won’t be facing John Calipari when their series with Kentucky resumes in 2025. Multiple reports have Calipari leaving Lexington to take the opening at Arkansas. On Sunday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Arkansas is signing Calipari to a five-year deal to be the Razorbacks’ next head coach. Calipari is coming off a disappointing postseason. Kentucky fell in its opening matchup against Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats then lost to No. 14 seed Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Kentucky has only won one game in the Big Dance in the past five seasons. The…
Indiana picked up a commitment from Virginia based class of 2025 wide receiver LeBron Bond on Sunday. He announced the commitment on his X account. 1000% COMMITTED @IndianaFootball pic.twitter.com/Z1mMqwrKoH — LeBron Bond 🃏 (@LeBronBond1) April 8, 2024 Bond’s announcement follows a recent visit to Bloomington. The speedy 5-foot-9 and 160-pound Bond led Maury H.S. (Norfolk, Va.) to a 15-o season and a Class 5 state title. As a junior, Bond caught 47 passes for 1,347 yards and 16 touchdowns. Bond does not appear in the national rankings, but he also held offers from Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Syracuse, Virginia Tech,…
Indiana’s Teri Moren said thanks but no thanks to one of the top jobs in college basketball. According to a report by women’s college basketball writer Mitchell Northam, Moren was pursued by Tennessee to become their new head coach but rejected those overtures. A native Hoosier, Moren is leading IU women’s basketball through the best era in the program’s history, including six NCAA Tournament appearances, three Sweet Sixteens and an Elite Eight appearance along with nine-consecutive 20-win seasons. In 2022-23, she guided the program to its first regular season Big Ten championship in 40 years and an overall record of…
As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Yale sophomore big man Danny Wolf. Wolf, a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection, started 31 games and led the Bulldogs in scoring (14.1 ppg.) and rebounding (9.7 rpg.). The 7-footer from Glencoe, Ill. and Northfield Mount Hermon H.S. added 2.4 assists, 1.3 blocks, and 1.0 steals. His shooting splits were 47% from the floor, 35% from three (on 84 attempts), and 72% from the…
Beginning this weekend, high school players are back out on the road for national tournaments, and soon coaches will be on the road as well, as prep recruiting kicks back into high gear. When it comes to high school recruiting, in focus will be the class of 2025, which features five players from the state of Indiana in the national top-150. On3 updated their rankings for the class of 2025 this week. Here are some quick notes on Indiana’s main targets. ———————— No. 11 – Bryson Tiller (PF) – Tiller is a consensus top-11 prospect across all four of the…
When he heads to IU in just over a week, Bradley transfer guard Connor Hickman won’t need a map. The Bloomington, Ind. native confirmed with The Daily Hoosier he will visit Indiana on April 14. That news was first reported by the 247Sports Indiana site. Hickman was a former high school teammate of IU guard Anthony Leal at South H.S. He played AAU basketball for Adidas sponsored Indiana Elite, where he teamed with former Indiana player Logan Duncomb. The 6-foot-3 and 200-pound Hickman earned a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference Third Team with Bradley this season. In his third…
Golden State is rounding into NBA Playoff form. So is rookie forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. The former IU consensus All-American registered a career-high 20 points (8-10 FG, 4-4 FT), five rebounds, four assists, one block and one steal across 28 minutes during Thursday’s 133-110 victory over the Rockets. Jackson-Davis has started in each of the Warriors’ last five games, with Golden State going undefeated in that stretch. His all-star cast of teammates have noticed TJD’s readiness to deliver for a team focused on the postseason. “Trayce was one of the best players at Indiana in the college scene,” Warriors five-time NBA…
In just over 20 months, the long dormant Indiana vs. Kentucky basketball series will resume. The Hoosiers and Wildcats have agreed to play four games beginning in 2025. The regular season series hit a snag following Indiana’s 2011 win over Kentucky in Bloomington, and many Hoosier fans blamed Wildcats coach John Calipari for hitting the pause button. And for his part, Calipari did say publicly he had no interest in returning to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. But former Indiana coach Tom Crean says Calipari made an effort to resume the series long ago. “It should have never gone away,” Crean…