Class of '66 Old Fart

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

Background on Josh Harris https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/10/2/mens-basketball-toughness-rules-harris-embraces-physicality-of-new-basketball-era

Additional insight on issues with last year's team. https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/10/02/indiana-womens-basketball-eyeing-improved-locker-room-dynamics-for-2025-26/86432959007/

Commits to Cincinnati

I think some time back @Demo said we should go ahead and offer Allen.

Peacock will have Paul Burmeister (play-by-play) Phil Simms (analyst), Caroline Pineda (sideline) on the call for Indiana at Iowa. Kick-off at Kinnick Stadium is set for 3:30 p.m. ET.

I readily admit I'd totally forgotten about this transfer player. https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/edessa-noyan/20256

ESPN updated '26 ranking. The last two are unranked because they're in Luxembourg and Australia respectively. 2026 Offers ESPN Top 100 @ 10.01.25 Emily McDonald 23 Addison Nyemchek 28 Committed Gigi Battle 32 Committed Amayah Garcia 46 Ashlinn James 64 Committed Joyce Isi Etute Unranked Zoe Jackson Unranked Committed

Friday night at 10:00 ET, Hoosiers (7-2-1) (2-2-0) will be in Seattle to face Washington (6-3-2) (3-1-0). Televised on basic BTN. Preview Live Stats

Listed at 6'1" this young lady attends Westlake HS in Austin, TX and played AAU on the 17U (she was 14-years old) 3SSB circuit for Southwest Select. In May, she participated in the 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team trials . Hudl Don't know the number of games she played but her AAU stats were: 7.8 ppg / 4.8 rpg / 2.2 apg / 1.4 spg / 1.3 tos and blks per game. 52% FG / 56% FT 44% on 3s but only attempted 9.

The first Governor's Cup competition for the 25-26 athletic year starts Friday night in West Laffy at 7:00 when our Hoosiers (3-4-4) (0-2-3) face the Toiletmakers (5-6-2) (2-3). Televised on B1G+ Live Stats

Yes, it's ridiculously early to start a game thread but the B1G announced the start time today so everyone can start planning their tailgating activities accordingly. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/kick-time-and-television-designation-set-for-iu-footballs-top-10-showdown-at-oregon/

Julius Avent commits to Sparty.

The Daily Hoosier with open practice notes and some additional comments on Acimovic. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/thoughts-on-new-iu-basketball-big-man-andrej-acimovic-and-other-open-practice-notes/

Brandon Jenkins - Joseph Hartman, the No. 94 overall recruit in the national 2026 class, tells @247Sports he has committed to Michigan. "The staff has a good plan in place for me to come in, develop, and earn my minutes as a freshman."

Hope @Stuhoo doesn't mind if someone else sneaks a post into this thread! Alex Bozich from yesterday's open practice - https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/09/30/takeaways-from-iu-basketballs-open-practice-and-player-observations/

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.

PUke goes 0-2 on the last day of September. Bo Ogden who had PUke in his final 3 opted instead for Texas. Ralph Scott had PUke in his final 4 and opted instead for Tennessee.

The following is a series of tweets with quotes from CTM from Michael Nizieolek from an informal media day session. "We only have four returners, rest are new faces, it's been an exciting summer for us, we've gotten off to a fairly decent start from an official practice start..." she adds they are probably playing more kids than in the past "We have interesting pieces....we are more athletic than we were a year ago" "Yes, we got more athletic, but I think the jury is still out if we can be as efficient as we've become accustomed to from the outside" "Are they high character? Are they a winner?" characteristics she looks for from players on the recruiting trail, "we are excited about the '26 class we put together" "There's intention behind how we build our roster" Indiana women's basketball coach Teri Moren says her staff spoke with the football team about revenue-share and how they establish positional values/distribute money," "A year ago our locker room wasn't in great shape...." says its better now, "we are all in alignment with the goals, values and what the standards are" and Lenee Beaumont is really taking charge of that." Indiana women’s basketball will be sending Shay Ciezki and Lenée Beaumont to B1G Media Days next week.

Maryland guard Rakease Passmore will miss the 2025-26 season with a torn Achilles tendon, per the school. Passmore transferred from Kansas last spring. Former top-35 recruit.

Sam Kayser - 2026 Top-25 prospect Arafan Diane will take the following official visits in October, he told @LeagueRDY: Indiana: October 17th Houston: October 23rd The 6-11 big man has already taken official visits to Kentucky, Arkansas and Virginia.