Author: Mike Schumann

Multiple reports indicate that former IU basketball player and Indiana Mr. Basketball Steve Bouchie has passed away at the age of 59. Bouchie suffered a heart attack last week. A native of Washington, Ind., Bouchie won the state’s Mr. Basketball award following his senior season in 1979.  He averaged 27 points and 15 rebounds during the 1978-79 campaign.  Bouchie helped Washington reach the semi-state round of the Indiana boys high school basketball tournament twice. Bouchie was the first of four Mr. Basketball winners from Washington.  Tyler, Luke and Cody Zeller all late won the honor while playing for the Hatchets.…

The Daily Hoosier is teaming up with The Hoosier Experience podcast to bring you interviews with IU players, coaches and recruits. Warren Central High School incoming junior and IU basketball recruiting target D’Ante Davis answered a wide range of questions with host Aidan Kunst. IU offered Davis a scholarship in June.  Playing for Lawrence Central on the Indianapolis northeast side for 2019-20, the 6-foot-6 Davis averaged 10.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.2 steals per game playing against some of the best competition in the state.  Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU…

The son of a former IU player is firmly on the Hoosier radar. 6-foot-3 guard/wing Amire Robinson is the son of former IU guard Stew Robinson.  The family lives in Akron, Ohio and Amire attends Copley High School. Amire currently plays with the 2023 Indiana Elite AAU program.  He previously played with LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. and his group of elite teammates, the North Coast Blue Chips. Indiana is involved early in the recruitment of Amire.  Assistant coach Mike Roberts and Stew Robinson were on the same staff together at Texas Tech when both worked under Bob Knight.  Roberts is…

Indiana continues to look for future solutions at the shooting guard and wing positions in the class of 2021. Andrew Slater of 247Sports reported that Indiana reached out to Cushing Academy wing Alexis Reyes this week. The contact by IU was just the latest in a long standing relationship and evaluation by the staff. https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1281357032390524928?s=20 IU assistant coach Mike Roberts spoke with Reyes this week. Roberts also watched Reyes play at an open gym this past fall at Cushing Academy, and Reyes took an unofficial visit to Bloomington in the fall of 2018. Hailing from Foxbury, Massachusetts, the 6-foot-7 Reyes…

Indiana University Athletics provided the following update on Friday afternoon regarding its testing of athletes for COVID-19 on campus this summer. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Department of Athletics administered 112 COVID-19 tests from June 24-July 8, 2020, for student-athletes, coaches and staff, with four positive and 108 negative tests reported. Testing began on June 8 as a part of IU’s return to campus protocol, and four positive and 295 negative tests have been received overall. Indiana Athletics established the IU Athletics Medical Advisory Group on March 10, 2020, to provide expert medical advice to the Department. Per its…

Was yesterday’s announcement by the Big Ten that the league has moved to a conference only schedule merely the first shoe to drop? Commissioner Kevin Warren certainly left the door open that a complete cancellation of fall sports is on the table. “This is not a fait accompli that we’re going to have sports in the fall,” Warren said on BTN. “We may not have sports in the fall. We may not have a college football season in the Big Ten. “We just wanted to make sure this was the next logical step to try and rely on our medical…

There are a lot of opinions on former Indiana head coach Bob Knight.  But there is little debate when it comes to this — a Knight interview was must see television. In the coming weeks we will share some of the classic Knight interviews through the years. Below is an interview with Dan Rather on 60 Minutes that aired in March of 1980, just after IU won the Big Ten championship. The in depth profile goes into Knight’s unique style as a coach, his relationship with the media, and much more.  It even includes some brief footage of Knight and…

The Washington Post is reporting that former Indiana basketball forward Thomas Bryant has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. A center with the Washington Wizards, Bryant did not join the team when it traveled to Orlando to enter the NBA’s restart bubble this week. Wizards head coach Scott Brooks was likely speaking of Bryant on Thursday night when addressing the media on a video conference call from Orlando. Brooks’ remarks sounded optimistic that Bryant would be able to join the team. “A couple of guys did not make the trip. Hopefully they will be joining us soon,” Brooks said. Gary…

COVID-19’s impact has extended to the promising 2020 Indiana football season. The Big Ten decided on Thursday that it will have a conference-only season for the 2020 campaign. The league’s decision impacts all other fall sports as well. The news means that the following games on the Indiana schedule are canceled: Sept. 12 – Western Kentucky Sept. 19 – Ball State Sept. 26 – at Connecticut In a release, IU Director of Athletics Scott Dolson stated that safety was the driving force behind the league’s decision. “Throughout this process, the health and safety of our students, coaches, staff and fans…

The Indiana football program has made the addition of junior college offensive lineman Chris Bradberry official. Bradberry announced his commitment to the IU program on May 10.  The Rancho Cucamonga product committed to San Jose State out of the class of 2017 and spent the last two seasons at Riverside City College. The 6-foot-6 Bradberry has two years of eligibility remaining.  You can learn a bit more about Bradberry including a brief comment by IU head coach Tom Allen via the release from the school included below. Release via iuhoosiers.com BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana football program announced on Thursday…