Archie Miller has pulled from one of college basketball’s top brands to fill the void left by the departure of assistant coach Bruiser Flint. The IU head coach also went back to a familiar face according to a report by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Indiana has hired UConn assistant coach Kenya Hunter, who has been part of two programs during his career at the same time Miller was there. Hunter will arrive at IU after two seasons at UConn under head coach Dan Hurley. He was on the opposing bench when Indiana defeated the Huskies at the Jimmy V…
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Although they had first hand knowledge of the conditions on the ground, the Big Ten’s athletic directors were shut out of the league’s decision to postpone fall sports according to a report by Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald. That’s significant, because according to the report, all 14 of the Big Ten ADs wanted to play football this fall. Instead, McKewon’s report highlights what has been suspected — the university presidents and chancellors got involved in the process, and suddenly everything changed. Just days after the league released its revised 10 game schedule, meetings were held involving Big Ten Commissioner…
You have to wonder what difference a few days might have made. Not long after the Big Ten and Pac-12 postponed their 2020 seasons, Yale University unveiled a COVID-19 testing breakthrough. A saliva test, known as SalivaDirect, developed via a partnership with the NBA, earned emergency FDA approval Aug. 15, just four days after the two leagues decided to push their fall athletics to the winter or spring. Another so-called rapid saliva test from the University of Illinois gained emergency use authorization Aug. 19. While there is still much work to be done, the saliva-based tests could make the difference…
High school football got underway on Friday night in Indiana, and IU class of 2021 quarterback commit Donaven McCulley was in action. You can watch the full game below as McCulley’s Lawrence North squad took on Avon. McCulley was 9-for-13 passing for 248 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for 157 yards on 13 carries. Class of 2022 IU recruiting target Omar Cooper hauled in two of McCulley’s touchdown passes with 62 and 64 yard scores. https://youtu.be/zFQHpgBlodw Video credit – MIC Network Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans…
The Daily Hoosier is teaming up with The Hoosier Experience podcast to bring you interviews with IU players, coaches and recruits. Indiana offered a scholarship to class of 2022 prospect Avery Brown in July. He is a point guard from Connecticut that plays high school basketball in Massachusetts for Northfield Mount Hermon. The 6-foot-3 Brown helped lead his team to the Final Four in the National Prep Championship, while winning the NEPSAC Class AAA championship. Brown averaged 6.6 points, 4.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game for the 2019-20 season. He broke the school’s single game assist record with 17…
If you know anything about Indiana head football coach Tom Allen, you know being a couch potato is not his style. Known for his daily runs and seemingly never ending supply of energy, it is difficult to imagine Allen aimlessly lounging for hours on end. But with the Big Ten now dug in on postponing its season to January at the earliest, and three leagues — the SEC, ACC and Big 12, tenuously moving forward with a fall campaign, for the first time in a long time Allen can sit and watch college football on Saturdays. It should come as…
After a strong showing to end his summer AAU season, Indianapolis based guard C.J. Gunn earned an offer from IU. The 6-foot-5 Lawrence North High School product announced the offer on his Twitter page on Thursday night. https://twitter.com/CJ_Gunn22/status/1296613533833207810?s=20 Led by head coach Archie Miller and assistant Tom Ostrom, IU has had a regular dialogue going with Gunn all summer. Gunn recently told The Daily Hoosier what stood out about Indiana. “Just the chemistry. It seems like the coaches really care about me,” Gunn said. “Just that they even took time out of their day to give me a Zoom call.…
This one has been in the works for a while. Indiana offered class of 2022 West Virginia based guard Isaac McKneely on Thursday. McKneely reported the offer on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/IsaacMcKneely/status/1296588238438780929?s=20 McKneely took an unofficial visit to Bloomington in December in connection with the basketball game against Arkansas. From there, the McKneely has had a regular dialogue with Archie Miller and the IU coaching staff. McKneely averaged 22 points per game as a high school sophomore, and he converted on 45-percent of his 3-point attempts. He added 4 rebounds and 3 assists per contest. The Poca H.S. product helped…
The renewal of the Indiana and Kentucky college basketball series is a popular topic for the fans and media, but until recently we hadn’t heard much from the head coaches. Kentucky head coach John Calipari shared his thoughts in an interview with IU alumnus Mark Cuban in April. This week, IU head coach Archie Miller weighed in. Miller was asked on the Aaron Torres Sports Podcast whether he believes the series will ever be reignited. “I do,” Miller said. “Number one, it’s a great game, and it’s going to generate great fanfare, it’s going to generate great camaraderie with the…
Indiana basketball head coach Archie Miller joined the Aaron Torres Sports Podcast this week to discuss a number of topics. Miller and Torres talked about the safety protocols the program has been following during the pandemic, whether a college basketball bubble will work, IU’s outlook for the 2021 season, the infamous Joe Lunardi Sesame Street comments, and much more. The nearly 40 minute interview with Miller is below. https://youtu.be/NCiX904B_Ao 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 coverage at no…