Author: Mike Schumann

Welcome to the job you have worked to reach your entire career. The reward? Perhaps the most unusual year in the history of college sports. Things will eventually return to some sense of normalcy for new Indiana Director of Athletics Scott Dolson, but his first month on the job has been anything but what he likely envisioned as he toiled away at the school for more than 30 years. One indicator of the environment that Dolson walked into as he began the process of taking over on July 1 — Zoom meetings.  Lots and lots of Zoom meetings. “I’ve participated…

Our “Names to Know” series provides a quick look at IU basketball recruiting targets as their names emerge on the trail. Indiana is looking to familiar programs for one of its more recent class of 2022 recruiting interests. Cincinnati, Ohio based wing Evan Mahaffey hails from both a high school and an AAU program that has delivered talent to Bloomington in recent years. Indiana is showing interest in the 6-foot-6 Mahaffey as first reported by Jason Stamm of Bearcat Report. Mahaffey is a teammate of IU class of 2021 commit Logan Duncomb at Moeller High School. Before having to sit…

The year two expectations are high for Indiana sophomore Trayce Jackson-Davis. And if all goes according to plan, the 6-foot-9 forward will have a big decision to make next spring. The IU star was listed at No. 45 in an early 2021 mock draft released by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony on Tuesday, which would place Jackson-Davis in the middle of the second round. According to Givony, the 2021 draft is expected to be significantly deeper than 2020 due to the depth at the top and the large number of college prospects who chose to return to school amidst the uncertainty of…

Indiana University Athletics has announced a partnership to prepare for anticipated name, image and likeness rules for college athletes. The school included quotes from AD Scott Dolson along with Archie Miller and Tom Allen in a release on Wednesday. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Athletics announced today its decision to join Opendorse Ready, the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Readiness program. With experience maximizing endorsement value for thousands of professional athletes since 2012, Opendorse has established the Ready program to apply its proven social media solutions to prepare student-athletes for coming changes to Name, Image, and Likeness rights. “The NIL…

Indiana football head coach Tom Allen joined Rick Pizzo on the Big Ten Network on Wednesday following the release of the league’s revised 2020 schedule. Allen discussed IU’s challenging 2020 slate, the ongoing challenges the program is facing during the pandemic, and much more. Indiana is currently scheduled to open the 2020 season on Sept. 4 at Wisconsin.  You can see the revised schedule HERE. See also:  Commissioner Warren discusses revised schedule https://youtu.be/tmobO2JUrKQ 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” Seven ways to support completely free IU…

Big Ten Commissioner Keven Warren spoke with BTN’s Dave Revsine following the release of the revised 2020 football schedule. In his remarks, Warren makes it clear that the release of the updated schedule should not be interpreted to mean that the Big Ten is certain to move forward with a football campaign this fall. “It would be purely speculation for me to sit here today and say that this is the percent chance I think we have a season,” Warren told Revsine when asked about the likelihood the season will occur. Watch the full interview below. https://youtu.be/nYgo96LM3Wk Video credit -…

The Big Ten released its updated 2020 football schedule on Wednesday. As it stands right now, Indiana will start the season as originally scheduled. The Hoosiers will open the 2020 campaign on Friday, Sept. 4, at Wisconsin. As previously announced, the Big Ten is moving forward with a league only schedule.  Minnesota was added as an additional divisional crossover game on IU’s 2020 slate, bringing the total to 10 contests. The only other change to Indiana’s original 2020 Big Ten schedule was revising the location of its games against Michigan and Michigan State.  The Hoosiers will now host Michigan and…

East coast forward Alex Karaban received one of Indiana’s first scholarship offers in the class of 2022 and he remains a priority recruiting target for the Hoosiers. A 6-foot-8 small forward from the New Hampton School in New Hampshire, Karaban put together a strong sophomore season averaging 20 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest. Karaban is ranked the No. 56 player in the class according to the 247Sports Composite. Below are summer highlights of Karaban via his Hudl page.  Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re…

Well known college basketball analyst and reporter Andy Katz caught up with Indiana sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis on the March Madness 365 podcast. The segment with Jackson-Davis begins at the 4:00 mark.  Katz also chats with Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon later in the show. A third team All-Big Ten performer, Jackson-Davis played in all 32 games and averaged 29.4 minutes per contest for IU during the 2019-20 season.  Jackson-Davis contributed 13.5 points while shooting 56.6 percent from the field and added 8.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks.  He led the team in all four of those categories.  Jackson-Davis shot 68.5…

With local gyms closed for a couple months, and then national AAU circuits shut down, the offseason has been full of challenges for the nation’s top high school basketball players. Will Lovings-Watts has a simple formula for dealing with the adversity. “Just a lot of work,” Lovings-Watts told The Daily Hoosier.  “I’m just trying to work on my craft and get better.” The 6-foot-4 Lovings-Watts ended his sophomore season already firmly on the national radar. A three-star recruit according to the 247Sports Composite, Lovings-Watts is ranked No. 136 nationally by that recruiting service and the No. 6 player from Indiana…