Class of '66 Old Fart

Adam Finkelstein - Another immediate “Rankings Riser” from this weekend’s @3SSBCircuit is Iowa United big man Arafan Diane. He is now rated as the top center in the rising senior class.

It's never too early. Earlier in the week, The Daily Hoosier listed 4 prospect names in the '26 class and today, Dushawn London talks about Caleb Holt. Brayden Fogle (Lexington, Ohio) Tyran Stokes (Pittsburg, California) Caleb Holt (New Market, Alabama) Alex Constanza (Miami, Florida) https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Basketball-recruiting-Auburn-Alabama-Ole-Miss-Georgia-Caleb-Holt-190163708/

First underclassman offer for our new head coach.

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Enough of this uncertainty, wariness, anxiety, dubitation, incertitude. We're listed in his final 3 and he's making an announcement on Nov. 1. So he announces on the 1st for IU. But wait, upon further review, he didn't have a formal IU offer? Bull excrement. I'm starting a thread for him regardless of the tremor, misdoubt, qualm, skepticism as to does he or doesn't he. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/class-of-2026-wing-vaughn-karvala-announces-finalists-and-announcement-date/ 247 On3 https://www.hudl.com/profile/18787117/Vaughn-Karvala https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/10/23/class-of-2026-four-star-wing-vaughn-karvala-to-announce-college-decision-on-saturday-november-1/ https://www.on3.com/rivals/news/vaughn-karvala-down-to-5-schools-cal-indiana-xavier/ https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-national-top-50-class-of-2026-prospect-vaughn-karvala-sets-announcement-for-nov-1-258248409/ https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/class-of-2026-wing-vaughn-karvala-announces-finalists-and-announcement-date/ Vaughn Karvala '26 - Team Herro Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Stl Blk 4/25 L 19 7 17 0 1 5 6 9 0 2 1 0 4/26 W 17 6 10 5 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 4/27 W 9 4 10 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 1 5/16 W 14 5 15 4 12 0 0 8 2 3 2 2 5/17 W 14 5 8 1 3 3 5 3 0 1 1 1 5/17 W 12 4 11 2 9 2 2 3 3 1 0 1 5/18 L 18 6 10 4 7 2 4 6 0 1 2 2 5/23 W 16 6 14 4 9 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 5/24 L 14 5 14 3 11 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 5/26 W 24 7 14 4 10 6 6 4 1 1 1 1 7/10 L 5 2 11 0 7 1 2 3 1 6 0 1 7/11 L 10 2 7 1 4 5 8 3 0 2 2 0 7/12 L 28 9 20 5 12 5 8 1 1 3 2 1 7/13 W 16 4 10 2 5 6 7 7 2 3 0 3 7/14 L 18 4 14 2 10 8 9 4 2 3 1 4 7/15 W 14 5 10 2 5 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 7/15 L 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 Count/Avg 18 14.0 39% 33% 74% 4.1 0.8 2.3 0.8 1.6

Bella previously attended St. Mary's HS in Lynn, MA. She's since transferred to Tilton School in Tilton, NH for the upcoming year. She's #30 in ESPN"s most recent ranking and #38 in the most recent On3/Rivals ranking. https://itemlive.com/2025/06/10/owumi-norton-transfer-from-st-marys-to-tilton-school/ She was named MaxPreps 24-25 POY and this is the writeup: Bella Owumi of St. Mary's (Lynn) is the 2024-25 Massachusetts MaxPreps Player of the Year. The 6-foot sophomore guard led the Spartans to a 25-3 record and third Division 3 state championship in four years. with a 46-38 win over Norwell. In the finals, Owumi scored 19 to win her third championship in four season. For the season, Owumi averaged averaged 17.1 points, 13.7 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 3.8 assists on the season. She scored 19 points in a 46-38 win over Norwell in the title game. Owumi was the Catholic Central League most valuable player and surpassed 1,000 career points this season. Hudl https://www.basketballjournal.com/2025/03/15/bella-owumi-powers-st-marys-girls-to-third-div-3-title-in-four-years/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2028-guard-josh-lindsay/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNngxhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoHpjj_YNud_BgYUSYO9OpgC1DAntuUH_Ziv5ol5DrV4ShbAEDN1nneYEljc_aem_eDAIP0SQlwZgCsAfE6If0w

Story originated with comments Fisch made on Wednesday on "The Drive with Jack & Tom," a radio show based out of Lansing, Mich., https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2019/03/01/bobby-knight-iu-basketball-coach-bob-knight-health-don-fischer/3030941002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Preview from Inside The Hall - https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/10/23/iu-basketball-to-face-stiff-exhibition-test-on-sunday-afternoon-against-baylor/ Radio Live Stats

Friday night at 8:00 on BTN, #12 Hoosiers (11-3-1) (4-3-0) will be in College Park to face #4 Maryland (9-0-3) (5-0-2). After this match, just 2 more regular season games left on the schedule -- Oct. 31, at Northwestern and Nov. 7, at home vs. Ruger. Our 2 remaining conference games will be televised on B1G+. Preview Live Stats

Background on Brady Pettigrew https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/visiting-iu-basketball-this-weekend-2028-guard-brady-pettigrew/

Waaaaaay tooo early but.............. I'm not 100% certain but I believe Landon is a brother to the Lampley sisters both of whom we've offered although '25 Jaylah didn't put us in her final 6. The other offer is to '26 Lola Lampley.

Bits and pieces been getting posted in different threads so we'll try to start consolidating as much as possible. Nov. 9 - Marquette in Chicago Nov. 25 - Kansas State in Bloomington https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/indiana-to-host-kansas-state-in-november-in-non-conference-clash/ Dec. 6 - Louisville in Indy Dec 13 - Kentucky in Lexington

Rick Bozich article on Grace Berger and how she's handled the loss of an NCAA tournament appearance. https://www.wdrb.com/sports/bozich-dream-denied-grace-berger-indiana-women-s-basketball-turn/article_c0945c8e-71ee-11ea-94ed-770b76fbd2a0.html

Arafan Diane with a definite offer. Vaughn Karvala with an indefinite offer.

Maybe not running but maybe a fast shuffling. Sounds pretty doubtful.

FOX “Big Noon Kickoff” will be in Bloomington for IU-UCLA https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/fox-big-noon-kickoff-will-be-in-bloomington-for-iu-ucla-kick-time-announced/

Talia Goodman published her list of the B1G top 10 freshmen in the upcoming season. Makalusky and Caffey both on her list. It was basically just a list without any real narratives.

The 7' Ratliff twins both commit to Southern Cal.

How soon before similar lawsuits aren't filed in every state in the union? How soon before kids who've been out of high school for a couple of years don't sue to get some kind of retroactive payment solely because they didn't get theirs?

The Daily Hoosier - Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), and Jenny Taft (sideline) will call the UCLA at IU game on Saturday for FOX.

Ohio high school athletes can temporarily sign NIL deals, following an Ohio judge granting a temporary restraining order on Monday. Franklin County Judge Jaiza Page granted the TRO against eligibility rules prohibiting high school athletes from signing endorsement deals while retaining amateur status. The order was granted in a lawsuit filed by 2027 4-star wide receiver and Ohio State commit Jamier Brown, who sued the Ohio High School Athletic Association last week. Back in 2022, the OHSAA voted against allowing NIL for high school athletes in the state. The judge's order will last 45 days until Dec. 15, when another hearing is scheduled for a preliminary injunction. Until then, the OHSAA will not be able to enforce its NIL rules. By all means, let's start making 5 and 6 figure payments to 15-18 year olds.

Focus on soccer but also discusses success in other IU fall sports. https://www.assemblycall.com/p/three-takeaways-from-ius-top-notch