Author: Mike Schumann

Tragedy has struck former IU basketball great and Indiana high school hoops legend Damon Bailey. According to a release by the Brown County (Ind.) Sheriff’s Office, Bailey’s parents — Wendell and Beverly Bailey, were involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday afternoon. Wendell Bailey was pronounced deceased at the scene.  Beverly Bailey was flown to a nearby hospital due to the extent of her injuries. Rich Nye of WTHR appears to have been the first to break the news.  The IU basketball Twitter page expressed sympathies for the Bailey family. https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1308423548566986752?s=20 Damon Bailey was recently an assistant coach at his…

Playing under the tutelage of Deion Sanders, IU class of 2021 wide receiver commit Jordyn Williams is putting together an impressive senior season.  Williams transferred from his Georgia home to play his final season in Texas for the NFL legend. A three-star recruit out of Trinity Christian High School in Cedar Hill, Texas, Williams is putting up big numbers. Williams has 33 receptions for 774 yards and 6 touchdowns thus far on the 2020 season.  He is ranked No. 817 overall and the No. 119 wide receiver in the class of 2021 according to the 247Sports Composite. The 6-foot-1 Williams…

Indiana head coach Archie Miller doesn’t offer a lot of scholarships. But he isn’t afraid to be early when he sees a player he likes. That is the story with Frederick, Md. based guard Masai Troutman. Aided by their new assistant coach’s relationships in the Washington D.C. metro area, IU got involved with Troutman in August. “I first got on the phone with Coach (Kenya) Hunter, Troutman said on The Daily Hoosier sponsored Hoosier Experience Podcast. Indiana hired Hunter in August from UConn.  The long time college basketball assistant spent several years at Georgetown and still has deep ties to…

Make no mistake, Indiana drew a tough slate when the Big Ten released its updated 2020 schedule on Saturday morning. Indiana got no favors from the league, and it never does playing in the Big Ten East.  The Hoosiers are the only team in the Big Ten that has to face all four traditional powerhouse programs Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin and Michigan. But don’t go full Nebraska mode and throw a temper tantrum about the undeniably challenging eight game gauntlet.  This might be the IU team best equipped to take on the tall task in more than 25 years. …

It is difficult to believe, but the 2020 high school football season in Indiana is already halfway complete. Below is a mid-season highlight reel from class of 2021 commit Josh Sales. Sales is a 6-foot-6 and 305 pound tackle from Brownsburg High School on the west side suburbs of Indianapolis.  The No. 50 ranked tackle in the country in the 2021 class according to the 247Sports Composite, Sales has helped lead the Bulldogs to a 5-0 start. Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”…

Somewhere IU offensive line coach Darren Hiller was smiling. Four former IU offensive linemen started in NFL games on Sunday, and in total 6 former IU offensive linemen are with NFL teams right now. 11 former Hoosiers are in the league in various capacities. Take a look at how they did in week two with our quick weekly recap of the Hoosiers in the NFL. Tevin Coleman (RB) – San Francisco 49ers Coleman rushed 14 times for 12 yards, and caught 2 passes for 28 yards.  Starting running back Raheem Mostert left the game with an injury.  That gave Coleman a…

One of the top in-state players in the class of 2023 is Indianapolis based forward Jalen Hooks. Below is a look at the 6-foot-7 Crispus Attucks product during a recent summer run with some of the top area 2023 talent. Playing with Hooks on this particular day were two more class of 2023 stars that you will be hearing more about in the coming years. Gabe Cupps (Dayton, Ohio point guard) and Reed Sheppard (London, Kentucky combo guard) both played on the top 2023 Indy Heat (Nike EYBL) team for the class of 2023 this summer.  At an August event,…

Big Ten football, take three. For the third time in just over a month, Indiana football has a different schedule for the 2020 season. The entire conference slate was announced on the FOX network on Saturday morning.  The announcement follows the news that the Big Ten will resume the 2020 season beginning on the weekend of Oct. 23-24. Each team will play eight games, four home and four away.  The schedule is comprised of six games against division foes, and two cross-divisional games. Each team will play a ninth game during a newly created Big Ten Champions Week the weekend…

Indiana fans typically know the names of the top players in the state, but one of the best juniors might be relatively unknown to this point. Transferring in from Clarkston, Michigan, top-150 guard Fletcher Loyer has ties all over the Big Ten, and he has found a new home in Indiana. Brother Foster is a guard at Michigan State, while mother Katie played volleyball at IU and coached at Purdue. Oh, and if Clarkston sounds familiar, yes, that’s the home of former IU star Dane Fife.  Foster Loyer played there for Dane’s dad Dan Fife and  together they won back-to-back…

Pack the hula skirts and leis and head for…North Carolina? The reconstruction of the 2020-21 IU basketball schedule begins with news that there will be no trip to Hawaii in late November. Few locations can match Maui when it comes to winter destinations, but Asheville, N.C. will have to suffice in 2020. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein appears to have been the first to report that the 2020 Maui Invitational has been relocated to Asheville, N.C.  Other accounts confirmed Rothstein’s report. The event is expected to held at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2.  The 7,654 seat…