Class of '66 Old Fart

From Brandon Clay Scouting - ‘29 Ella David of Southeast All Stars / Oconee (GA) visited Indiana today.

https://www.phenomhoopreport.com/2026-66-bryson-howard-impressing-with-shot-making-and-athleticism-as-big-offers-roll-in/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-2026-guard-prince-alexander-moody-official-visit-primer/

Per Brandon Clay, she is on campus today but don't know if it's an OV or a UV.

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

The potential for a reclass makes this offer especially intriguing. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2025-2026-guard-kohl-rosario/

From Rick Bozich's interview with DDV. And if you didn't already know, Rick has announced his retirement and a story about that is in the second link below. https://www.wdrb.com/sports/iu-sports/bozich-5-questions-with-new-indiana-mens-basketball-coach-darian-devries/article_343bef40-161e-4887-a1d7-80dd4e073536.html https://www.wdrb.com/sports/hall-of-fame-sports-journalist-rick-bozich-to-retire-after-50-year-career/article_a6310dd6-3dde-4dc1-be3b-adac5a51d007.html

Does the fact Samuels hasn't been offered given the prior connection with DDV and KJ suggest his final destination is pretty much already pre-determined or his people have made it clear he wasn't interested in the B1G in general? And Raby tweeted that Moody has arrived in Bloomington and his OV is underway.

'27 ranking update from 247 limited to DDV offers. 2027 Offers 247 Top 125 @ 06.24.25 Bruce Branch 2 Marcus Spears, Jr. 3 Ryan Hampton 8 Nasir Anderson 12 Malachi Jordan 16 Jason Gardner 25 Chase Branham 39 Isaiah Hill 49

Can access ticket info as well as the full bracket and schedules. We're the 2 seed in the region and open against Fail Harder whose roster is at the second link below. https://tbthoops.com/ https://tbthoops.com/teams/fail-harder/

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/06/24/darian-devries-provides-injury-updates-on-tucker-devries-and-conor-enright/

Janaya is listed as 5'11" and attends Fort Wayne Snider HS. She plays AAU on the 3SSB circuit for Always 100 ELITE. She was recently selected as 1 of the 12 girls who will represent the north squad in the 2025 Indiana All-Stars Futures Game. @JanayaC0_ MaxPreps Hudl

Kayser Hoops - 4-star Dakari Spear will transfer to Dynamic Prep (TX) to play for head coach Jermaine O’Neal next season, he told @LeagueRDY. Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M and Kentucky are some of the schools that have been in to watch him play so far this summer. #28 in the ESPN100.

Kayser Hoops - 2026 4-star prospects Gallagher and Gavin Placide are receiving interest from the following programs, a source told @LeagueRDY: Indiana Purdue Florida State Wake Forest Mississippi State Texas A&M Tennessee Kansas State Cal Stanford Oklahoma State. The four-star twins played their junior season of high school ball for Sunrise Christian (KS) and are two of the top forwards in the class.

And there it is.

Last night the USA U16 FIBA team defeated Canada 85-59 to win its 8th AmeriCup title. The 3 girls below all hold IU offers and Ivanna Wilson was named tournament MVP. Separately are stats for Avery Arije '27 who played on the Canadian team. Earlier Brandon Clay Scouting reported she had received an IU offer. I've never seen anything to confirm that report so maybe she does and maybe she doesn't. Micah Ojo '27 Date Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl Min 113-52 W 18 7 14 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 1 4 19 138-38 W 10 4 6 0 2 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 13 101-46 W 15 4 7 1 3 6 7 2 2 1 1 5 18 131-12 W DID NOT PLAY 112-50 W 12 5 8 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 21 85-59 W 18 5 6 1 1 7 10 7 5 1 0 4 28 Count/Avg 5 14.6 61% 38% 78% 4.6 2.8 1.2 0.6 3.2 19.8 Morghan Reckley '28 Date Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl Min 113-52 W 6 1 4 0 0 4 6 2 7 3 0 2 18 138-38 W 12 5 7 0 1 2 2 2 4 2 0 7 22 101-46 W 2 1 3 0 ` 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 16 131-12 W 8 4 9 0 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 6 19 112-50 W 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 15 85-59 W 9 4 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 5 0 4 14 Count/Avg 6 6.3 48% 13% 70% 2.5 4.3 1.8 0.0 3.3 17.3 Ivanna Wilson-Manyacka '27 Date Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl Min 113-52 W 18 6 14 1 4 5 6 7 1 3 1 3 20 138-38 W 18 8 10 0 2 2 4 4 2 0 1 10 11 101-46 W 11 4 12 2 6 1 2 9 1 3 0 2 24 131-12 W 26 11 14 4 6 0 1 5 2 0 0 4 15 112-50 W 21 9 16 3 7 0 0 7 5 0 1 2 22 85-59 W 14 6 15 2 5 0 0 11 1 1 4 2 29 Count/Avg 6 18.0 54% 40% 62% 7.2 2.0 1.2 1.2 3.8 20.2 Arije was also named to tournament All-Star 5 . Avery Arije '27 - Canada Date Gms Pts FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Ast TO Blk Stl Min 63-29 W 19 4 9 1 2 7 8 3 2 1 3 4 16 76-51 W 14 4 13 1 3 5 6 3 5 1 1 2 25 107-15 W 11 5 11 1 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 18 72-47 W 11 4 14 1 6 2 7 2 3 2 0 0 19 80-37 W 13 4 11 1 3 4 6 7 3 1 0 1 22 85-59 L 13 2 16 2 5 7 10 4 0 3 0 1 28 Count/Avg 6 13.5 31% 29% 68% 3.5 3.0 1.3 0.7 2.0 21.3

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/06/23/darian-devries-explains-how-tayton-conerway-will-impact-iu-basketball-on-both-ends/

One more for Martay Barnes

Full story behind a paywall. Alec Lasley - Indiana is one of the programs that 2026 top-15 wing Caleb Gaskins is hearing from. He details his recruitment, schools standing out, his play style and keys he'll look for when deciding.

Fishers rolls to the 75-46 win over Riley. Cooper Zachary & Kai McGrew had 17. Jason Gardner Jr. scored 13.

DDV and Adams now watching '27 Jason Gardner Jr. and the Fishers squad. Per Raby, we had representation at Indy, DC, Philly and KC this weekend. There is another limited Evaluation Period next weekend for high school and JUCO certified so prep schools will again not be involved. Interesting to see where the staff is next weekend and who they're primarily watching.