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Indiana announces addition of Payton Sparks for 2023-24 season

  • Staff 03/31/2023 10:48 am  
 

Indiana officially announced the addition of Payton Sparks for the 2023-24 season on Friday morning. Sparks committed to the Hoosiers on Wednesday morning. Here’s the full release from IU media relations: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – IU men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson ...

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Several Indiana recruiting targets set to tip off in this week’s GEICO High School Basketball Nationals

  • Alex Bozich 03/30/2023 8:33 am  
 

The GEICO High School Basketball Nationals tip off today in Fort Myers, Florida and several players being recruited by Indiana are participating. The quarterfinals of the event tip-off today beginning at noon ET on ESPNU. From an IU recruiting perspective, ...

Q & A: Payton Sparks discusses IU commitment

  • Alex Bozich 03/29/2023 12:06 pm  
 

Ball State transfer Payton Sparks committed to Indiana on Wednesday morning and is the first offseason transfer portal addition for the Hoosiers. Inside the Hall spoke with Sparks about his decision to commit to the Hoosiers, Mike Woodson and much ...

Q & A: Andrew Martin of Midwest Basketball Club talks Payton Sparks and his fit at Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 03/29/2023 10:59 am  
 

Andrew Martin of Midwest Basketball Club is as familiar as anyone with Ball State transfer Payton Sparks, who committed to Indiana on Wednesday morning. Inside the Hall spoke with Martin about the potential impact of Sparks on the IU program, ...

Ball State transfer Payton Sparks commits to Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 03/29/2023 9:48 am  
 

Indiana is on the board with its first commitment from the transfer portal this spring. Ball State transfer Payton Sparks, who visited Indiana on March 27, committed to the Hoosiers today. Indiana is retooling its frontcourt this spring after the ...

Indiana to conduct Zoom meeting with Virginia transfer Kadin Shedrick on Wednesday

  • Alex Bozich 03/28/2023 2:14 pm  
 

Indiana will conduct a Zoom meeting with Virginia transfer Kadin Shedrick on Wednesday, Inside the Hall has confirmed. Tyler Tachman of The Indianapolis Star was the first to report the news on Tuesday. Shedrick, a 6-foot-11, 231 pound center, entered ...

Indiana scheduled for in-home visit with Minnesota transfer Jamison Battle on Tuesday

  • Alex Bozich 03/28/2023 8:25 am  
 

Indiana is scheduled for an in-home visit on Tuesday with Minnesota transfer Jamison Battle, Inside the Hall has learned. Battle, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward, is a grad transfer with one year of eligibility remaining. He played his first two seasons ...

Indiana scheduled to host Ball State transfer Payton Sparks for an unofficial visit on Monday

  • Alex Bozich 03/27/2023 9:27 am  
 

Indiana is scheduled to host Ball State transfer Payton Sparks for an unofficial visit on Monday. The Winchester, Indiana native is a 6-foot-9, 240-pound center. He averaged 13.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists last season as a sophomore for ...

Indiana working to set up visits with Towson’s Nick Timberlake and Harvard’s Chris Ledlum

  • Alex Bozich 03/22/2023 5:05 pm  
 

Indiana is working on setting up in-home visits with a pair of transfer portal targets. The entire Indiana coaching staff plans to visit Towson transfer Nick Timberlake and Harvard transfer Chris Ledlum soon. No visit plans have been finalized, but ...

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Indiana announces signing of Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton to National Letters of Intent

  • Staff 11/10/2022 10:09 am  
 

Indiana announced Thursday morning that it has received National Letters of Intent from class of 2023 prospects Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton. Here’s the full release: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University head men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has announced the ...

Q & A: AJ Jones, Combine Academy recruiting director, recaps Rakease Passmore’s official visit to IU

  • Alex Bozich 11/08/2022 11:29 am  
 

Indiana hosted priority recruit Rakease Passmore over the weekend for an official visit. Passmore, a class of 2024 guard from Combine Academy (NC), is the No. 47 prospect nationally according to the 247Composite. Inside the Hall spoke with AJ Jones, ...

Q & A: Class of 2024 wing Caleb Williams and his mom, Alison, recap official visit to Indiana

  • Alex Bozich 10/10/2022 2:01 pm  
 

Class of 2024 Sidwell Friends School (D.C.) and Team Takeover wing Caleb Williams was on campus in Bloomington over the weekend for a junior year official visit. Williams earned a scholarship offer from the Hoosiers in late July. This was ...

Strong list of recruits expected to attend Friday’s Hoosier Hysteria

  • Alex Bozich 10/06/2022 9:03 am  
 

Indiana’s Hoosier Hysteria, the annual tipoff for the basketball season, has always been a recruiting showcase for the program. This year’s Hysteria will be no different as a strong list of recruits will be in Bloomington for Friday’s event. Hysteria ...

Indiana hosting a pair of class of 2024 five-stars for official visits this weekend

  • Alex Bozich 09/23/2022 10:43 am  
 

A pair of five-star prospects will be in Bloomington this weekend for junior year official visits. Montverde Academy teammates Derik Queen and Liam McNeeley will both get their first look at the Indiana campus. Queen, who is originally from Baltimore, ...

Class of 2023 center Arrinten Page announces top four schools

  • Staff 09/16/2022 8:18 am  
 

Class of 2023 Indiana recruiting target Arrinten Page announced his top four schools on Thursday. The 6-foot-9 center from Wheeler High School in Marietta (Ga.) is down to Indiana, USC, Miami (FL) and Cincinnati. View this post on Instagram A ...

Jakai Newton, Gabe Cupps both land in top 100 of latest ESPN rankings

  • Staff 08/30/2022 8:13 am  
 

ESPN was the last of the major recruiting services to update its national rankings for the 2023 class after On3, Rivals and 247Sports all released updates in recent weeks. Both of Indiana’s class of 2023 commitments, Jakai Newton and Gabe ...