Standing 6-foot-8 and weighing 260 pounds at 16 years old, it’s hard for Caleb Swanigan to blend in on the basketball court. Swanigan, who plays at Homestead in Fort Wayne and for two Spiece AAU teams, is putting together a ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The 20th annual Bill Hensley Memorial Run-N-Slam Classic tipped off Friday night at Spiece Fieldhouse and Inside the Hall was there to get a look at several prospects, including 2014 commit James Blackmon Jr., Trevon Bluiett, JaQuan Lyle, ...
Indiana began keeping an eye on 2015 Cleveland Villa Angela-Saint Joseph (Oh.) forward Carlton Bragg last fall and the Hoosiers have extended a scholarship offer to the rising junior, according to assistant coach Mike Graves. The IU staff watched Bragg during ...
Indiana was the first school to visit 2014 combo guard Ahmed Hill at Aquinas high school in Augusta, Ga. last September, and the coaching staff has developed a good relationship with Hill ever since then. The Hoosiers offered the 6-foot-4 ...
Joe Fenlon didn’t have many expectations for the impact Juwan Durham would make as a freshman at Tampa Prep. After winning a state championship in 2011-2012, the plan was to ease Durham into a rotation at what Fenlon called a “nice, ...
Prentiss Nixon tried to ignore Tom Crean on the sideline when he worked out at his Bolingbrook High School in Illinois last week, but it wasn’t easy. This wasn’t your average college coach. “It was a great feeling,” Nixon told ...
Indiana has been recruiting 2014 Mount St. Joseph (Md.) guard Phil Booth for some time now and his interest in the Hoosiers remains high. Tom Crean has talked about recruiting year-round winners and Booth certainly fits that description. Mount St. ...
It didn’t take long for Indiana to notice De’Ron Davis. The Hoosiers were the first to offer Davis a scholarship last July, and it’s safe to say he’s an early priority for Indiana in the 2016 class. Associate head coach ...
This weekend marked the second of two April evaluation periods, and the premier event was session two of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) in Hampton at the Boo Williams Sportsplex. Tom Crean, associate head coach Tim Buckley and ...
Following his MVP performance in the 17-and-under division at last weekend’s adidas Exclusive Run in Dallas, 2014 Arlington Country Day (Fla.) guard Brandone Francis has seen his stock rise significantly over the past week. A 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard who can ...
Indiana’s recruiting presence in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area, also known as the DMV, has been strong since Tom Crean arrived in Bloomington in the spring of 2008. It’s only grown stronger over the past 11 months with the hiring of assistant ...
Indiana will have several capable scorers on its roster next season and a few good outside shooters. But the Hoosiers will likely lack a true all-around scorer who can create offense in a multitude of ways. That’s what they’ll get ...
Indiana spent a considerable amount of time recruiting class of 2015 Roselle Catholic (NJ) guard Malachi Richardson during the high school season and the pursuit has intensified this spring. Richardson, a 6-foot-6, 180-pound wing, is regarded as one of the ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the final opportunities to watch five of IU’s 2013 signees before they arrive in Bloomington in early June came over the weekend at Freedom Hall in the 2013 Derby Festival Basketball Classic. The all-star game ...
This weekend marked the first of two April evaluation periods, and one of the nation’s top events was session one of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) in Los Angeles. Tom Crean and assistant Kenny Johnson were on hand ...
As a former AAU teammate of 2013 signee Noah Vonleh, Indiana has tracked Goodluck Okonoboh closely for quite some time. But that interest took the next step earlier this month as Tom Crean and assistant coach Kenny Johnson traveled to ...