Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke revealed on Saturday he endured more than just an injury to his thumbnail during the first half against Nebraska a few weeks ago. If Rourke continues to play at a high level, and he leads the 9-0 Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff, some of the credit needs to go to his hand surgeon. The starting quarterback for the Hoosiers suffered a broken bone in his thumb against the Cornhuskers.  That was discovered during halftime x-rays, Rourke said on Saturday. So how did Rourke miss just one game with a broken thumb?  Head coach Curt Cignetti…

Season 125 is underway.  And Indiana quickly learned it has a long way to go if it wants to live up to the high expectations surrounding Mike Woodson’s fourth season. The Hoosiers raced out to an early 11-point lead only to see SIUE tie the game at 27 with just under five minutes left in the first half.  They managed to get the lead back to 12 at halftime, but couldn’t extend beyond a 14-point edge until under the eight minute mark of the second half. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU won 80-61 with our first edition…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana opened the 2024-25 season with an 80-61 win over SIU Edwardsville at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Wednesday evening. The Hoosiers led 42-30 at halftime.  They were led in the game by Mackenzie Mgbako with a career-high 31 points.  Malik Reneau and Oumar Ballo both added 15. The three keys to the game, highlights and final stats are below.  The Hoosiers (1-0) return to action Sunday against Eastern Illinois in Bloomington. See also:  Woodson, Mgbako and Galloway postgame | Barone and Thomas postgame THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Mgbako carries the load.  Indiana sophomore forward…

Indiana guard Kanaan Carlyle does not carry an injury designation going into Indiana’s season opener on Wednesday. Carlyle missed the last exhibition against Marian with bruised ribs, an injury he suffered in the first exhibition at Tennessee. The 6-foot-3 Carlyle earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 Freshman Team honors in 2024 with Stanford. The guard from Atlanta averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists on the season, and 12.5 points per night in Pac-12 play. A combo guard, Carlyle shot 38.6% from the field overall, and 32% from three on 100 attempts. Carlyle has major potential as a scorer, posting 31…

One player on the opposing bench might look familiar on Wednesday evening when Indiana tips off their 125th season in Bloomington. The game will serve as a homecoming of sorts for 6-foot-10 SIU Edwardsville forward Kyle Thomas.  He is the son of the late IU 1987 national champion Daryl Thomas. Kyle transferred to SIUE during the offseason.  Like his father, he wears No. 24.  He has been dealing with an injury and it isn’t clear whether he’ll play tonight.  Kyle averaged 2.1 points and 0.9 rebounds in 16 games at Bradley in 2023-24. TDH caught up with Kyle in 2021 when…

Indiana was ranked No. 8 in the first College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday. CFP Committee chair Warde Manuel took a couple questions about IU during a post release teleconference. Here is what Manuel said about the Hoosiers: ——————————————— Q. You mentioned about Indiana on the show, how dominant they’ve been, winning games by two scores. You could possibly make the case to move them higher, but ESPN also showed that they have the 103rd ranked schedule which some would think would be a reason to drop them lower. How did they end up in the spot that they did?…

The College Football Playoff Committee released their first edition of the CFP Rankings on Tuesday evening live on ESPN. The Committee ranked Indiana No. 8, and playing in the CFP as the No. 9 seed. BYU was the No. 9 seed but earned one of the top four seeds in first the projection.  The top four seeds go to the highest-ranked conference champions.  Although they are ranked No. 9, BYU leapfrogged Indiana and others into the No. 4 seed, bumping the Hoosiers into the No. 9 seed. The current CFP bracket has No. 9 seed Indiana traveling to No. 8…

Indiana’s historic defensive effort in East Lansing has resulted in national recognition for edge rusher Mikail Kamara. On Saturday the Hoosier defense posted 15.0 tackles for loss, their most in a game since at least 2005. That total helped hold MSU to an IU program-record minus-36 rushing yards. And Indiana had 31 total quarterbacks pressures on 41 MSU drop backs in the passing game. The disruptive force leading the way for Indiana was Kamara. The Virginia product had nine quarterback pressures on 28 pass rush snaps against MSU, leading to 2.5 sacks, two quarterback hits, and four hurries. The single-game…

Pat Knight didn’t just return home on Friday night when he brought Marian to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The former IU basketball player and assistant coach got a chance to see up close and personal some of the players he was scouting a year ago. Knight ended a ten-year run as a scout for the Indiana Pacers to take the head coaching job at Marian.  And his responsibility as a Pacers scout was evaluating prospects in the western part of the United States. Three players he watched as NBA prospects a year ago — Oumar Ballo, Myles Rice and Kanaan…

Indiana will open the 2024-25 season Wednesday evening in Bloomington as a generally healthy basketball team. But they’ve certainly dealt with their fair share of issues in the days and months leading to this point. Just in the public exhibitions, five of their 13 scholarship players have not dressed for one of the two contests. And when the ball tips against SIU Edwardsville at 8 p.m. Wednesday (BTN), several players will remain under the watchful eyes of the training staff. Bryson Tucker missed the Tennessee exhibition after taking a knee to his thigh in practice.  His 19 point, 3 assist,…