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Big Ten’s top 40 players for the 2024-25 season: 30-26

With the official start of practice next month, UMHoops and Inside the Hall have partnered to bring you our annual preseason breakdown of the top players in the Big Ten. This year, the list has been expanded after the addition ...

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Big Ten’s top 40 players for the 2024-25 season: 40-31

With the official start of practice next month, UMHoops and Inside the Hall have partnered to bring you our annual preseason breakdown of the top players in the Big Ten. This year, the list has been expanded after the addition ...

2024-25 Indiana non-conference opponent preview: Louisville

Indiana’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule was finalized on July 9 and Inside the Hall will have a team-by-team look at each opponent. Today: Louisville. The Battle 4 Atlantis bracket was announced Wednesday morning and Indiana’s ninth non-conference opponent for the 2024-25 ...

Indiana’s defensive decline: Will the Hoosiers find a way to fix it?

Mike Woodson’s first Indiana team was built on defense. According to KenPom, the Hoosiers finished the 2021-22 season with the nation’s 24th-best defense. The defense allowed IU to overcome a below-average offense in Big Ten play. That Indiana team finished ...

What Indiana needs from Gabe Cupps as a sophomore

Gabe Cupps was thrust into a larger-than-expected role for Indiana as a freshman. Ohio’s 2022 Mr. Basketball, Cupps committed to the Hoosiers in November 2021, before his junior season at Centerville High School. Prior to the 2023-24 season, Cupps was ...

A closer look at the Luke Goode addition and his value to Indiana

In late April, a familiar name to Indiana fans joined the program via the transfer portal: Luke Goode. After three seasons at Illinois, the Fort Wayne native opted to look for a new home to finish his career. And Indiana ...

How Oumar Ballo’s arrival impacts Indiana’s 2024-25 season outlook

Kel’el Ware’s breakout as a sophomore at Indiana was a bright spot in a season of otherwise underwhelming results. The 7-footer from North Little Rock, Arkansas, was a prized piece in the spring 2023 transfer portal cycle. However, after a ...

Freshman Focus: Bryson Tucker

  • Alex Bozich Aug 12, 2024 3
 
Freshman Focus: Bryson Tucker

Indiana added a commitment from a highly-touted high school player for the fourth straight spring. Bryson Tucker, a 6-foot-6 wing from Bishop O’Connell in Arlington, Virginia, committed to the Hoosiers in late March. He signed with Indiana just a few ...

Unlocking potential: How Malik Reneau can elevate his game as a junior

The 2023-24 season was one of growth for Indiana’s Malik Reneau. The 6-foot-9 forward from Miami, Florida saw his role expand with the graduation of Trayce Jackson-Davis. With Jackson-Davis in the NBA playing for the Golden State Warriors, Reneau saw ...

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The Inside the Hall Mailbag: Power rankings reaction, Galloway or Carlyle as a starter and more

The Inside the Hall Mailbag is a collection of questions sent to us via X (@insidethehall), via email, submitted via our community and our Facebook page. Submit your questions and we’ll answer as many as we can. HoosierFan 76 writes: ...

Is Indiana’s Mackenzie Mgbako primed for a sophomore leap?

The start of Mackenzie Mgbako’s Indiana career didn’t go as many expected. Mgbako, a five-star recruit who originally signed with Duke, said at IU’s media day last September he planned to be a one-and-done in Bloomington. When asked by a ...

Is Kanaan Carlyle ready to break out as a sophomore at Indiana?

When Kanaan Carlyle entered the transfer portal last spring, he was immediately touted as one of the best guards available in the country. A 6-foot-3, 185-pound guard from Atlanta, Georgia, Carlyle was a consensus top 60 recruit out of Overtime ...

Why the addition of Myles Rice should significantly upgrade Indiana’s point guard play

It’s no secret Indiana’s point guard play during the 2023-24 season was underwhelming. The Hoosiers received a major boost in April of 2023 when news broke that Xavier Johnson had been granted an additional season of eligibility via a medical ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Early August edition

  • Alex Bozich Aug 6, 2024 3
 
Big Ten Power Rankings: Early August edition

We are three months away from Indiana’s season opener against SIU-Edwardsville at Assembly Hall. Big Ten rosters are mostly set and the fall semester will begin by the end of the month. The new 18-team conference should announce the league ...

2024-25 Indiana non-conference opponent preview: Winthrop

Indiana’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule was finalized on July 9 and Inside the Hall will have a team-by-team look at each opponent. Today: Winthrop. Indiana will close non-conference play on Saturday, December 28, when it hosts Winthrop at Assembly Hall. The ...

2024-25 Indiana non-conference opponent preview: Chattanooga

Indiana’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule was finalized on July 9 and Inside the Hall will have a team-by-team look at each opponent. Today: Chattanooga. Indiana’s final game before Christmas will see the Hoosiers host Chattanooga at Assembly Hall on Saturday, December ...