Ready for today’s sign that the college football season isn’t happening? If you are a regular here you know we have been pointing to Indiana’s Oct. 24 home contest against Michigan State as perhaps the defining point of not only the 2020 season, but also the Tom Allen era. The Spartans look vulnerable after going through a coaching change and losing a lot of starters from 2019. Win that game and you climb a rung in the formidable Big Ten East. Perhaps we have been underestimating Indiana’s potential this season. Well known ESPN Insider and college football analyst Phil Steele…
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The defending Big Ten champion IU baseball team had their season interrupted long before they had a chance to go for a repeat. Head coach Jeff Mercer’s squad had a 9-6 mark on the 2020 campaign when play was interrupted by the pandemic in March. Hoosier players have been active in summer leagues around the country over the last month as play has resumed. Mercer talks about that, the lost season, and much more in this interview with Greg Murray. https://youtu.be/s_94wqJfrvM Video credit – IU Athletics Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier…
Hey, enough with this COVID-19 business. Let’s talk some basketball. Real basketball. Like X’s and O’s. If only just for a few minutes. As it stands right now, there is going to be a college basketball season. And Indiana head coach Archie Miller likes what he sees from his team thus far. There is only one holdover left from the Tom Crean era, and that player, Al Durham, never played for the former IU coach. This is the year that IU basketball should take on the identity that Miller is looking for, and he already sees a dramatic change after…
Indiana head coach Archie Miller took several questions from the local media on Tuesday night. Joining the Q&A session after Miller were IU players Joey Brunk, Al Durham, Rob Phinisee, Race Thompson and Trayce Jackson-Davis. Miller and the players covered a number of topics in the nearly one hour video including summer workouts during the pandemic and expectations for the upcoming season. Video credit – IU Athletics 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 additional…
Indiana will be looking to replenish its front court in 2022, and a rising center from an unlikely location has their attention. North Dakota based big man Joe Hurlburt has been hearing from IU this summer according to multiple reports. Hurlburt put up impressive numbers as a sophomore at Enderlin High School where he averaged 21.2 points, 15 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. That production led to success on the court, as Enderlin finished the 2019-20 season with an 18-2 team record. For the season, Hurlburt shot 51 percent from the floor and 77 percent…
Evansville just landed IU’s all-time scoring ace. The University of Evansville women’s basketball program announced on Tuesday that former IU star Tyra Buss will join the team as an assistant coach. Hailing from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Buss returns to the tri-state after an illustrious playing career at Indiana. The four-year starter became the Hoosiers’ all-time leading scorer with 2,364 career points during her career from 2014 to 2018. Buss led the Hoosiers to a 2018 WNIT title and was named the Postseason WNIT Most Valuable Player in the process. She is also IU’s all-time leader in assists and steals. Buss’…
Former IU wide receiver Cody Latimer has been placed on the commissioner’s exempt list the NFL announced Monday. Latimer was charged with multiple felonies stemming from an arrest in May. Signed by Washington during the offseason, Latimer’s acclimation with his new team will be hampered by the league’s decision. Players placed on the commissioner’s exempt list are not permitted to practice or play in games. According to the NFL’s statement, players on the list are only permitted “to be present at the club’s facility on a reasonable basis for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation, and other permitted non-football activities.”…
Former Indiana basketball great Ray Tolbert recently joined Harvey Harrington on the DreamChasers Podcast. While leading the Hoosiers to their fourth National Championship in school history, Tolbert set the pace in rebounding (224), field goal percentage (.588) and blocks (35) in his 1981 Big Ten Player of the Year campaign. Tolbert’s 428 points during his senior year placed him 18th on the all-time scoring list at IU with 1,427 points. He played in 127 games as a Hoosier, starting 123. The 6-foot-9 Tolbert was Indiana’s 1981 team MVP. He was a first round selection in the 1981 NBA Draft and…
It was a radio sitting next to a speaker phone on one end of the line, and another speaker phone on the other end. In the days before the Big Ten Network, when big IU basketball games were often broadcast locally on WTTV-4 only in Indiana, out-of-state fans did what they had to do. That was fanatical Indiana fan Mark Cuban’s method at times for listening to IU games from Dallas in the ’80s and ’90s. The voice emanating from the radio to the speakerphone, through phone lines traversing the country, and ultimately to another speakerphone and then Cuban’s ears…
IU basketball class of 2023 in-state recruiting target Jalen Hooks spoke with Zach Schumaker on his recruitment, early high school career, and more. The 6-foot-7 Hooks averaged 9.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest as a freshman at Franklin Central in Indianapolis. He added 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steal per game, and Hooks shot 46 percent from the field for his 2019-20 season. Hooks indicates in the video that he is transferring for his sophomore year. See also: Hooks has several ties to the IU program. https://youtu.be/P9ObIlizB74 Video credit – Zach Schumaker Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow…