One of Indiana’s top recruiting targets spoke extensively about his recruitment with Pat Lawless of Hoop Group. Trey Patterson is a 4-star recruit and the No. 38 player in the country in the class of 2021 according to the 247Sports Composite. The 6-foot-8 wing took an official visit to Indiana in the fall. The Somerset, N.J. product averaged 19.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game for the 2019-20 season and was named first team All-State while leading Rutgers Prep to a 27-2 record. See also: Patterson’s head coach talks with The Daily Hoosier https://youtu.be/mdnGq_maXrY Video credit – Pat Lawless /…
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The return of Bob Knight to an Indiana basketball game was driven by the former players. Randy Wittman, Quinn Buckner, Mike Woodson and Pat Knight all made that perfectly clear in their comments after the memorable moment last month in Bloomington, Ind. “I think the fact that we had, this was organized by players as a rule, and that was one of the big things we wanted to make sure we did,” Buckner said after the halftime ceremony in honor of Knight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. By the players and for the players. That’s how it should have been,…
March 18, 1953 — Kansas City, Mo. Playing with two sophomores and three juniors in the starting lineup, the 1952-53 Hoosiers were ahead of schedule. Led by All-Americans Don Schlundt and Bobby Leonard, Indiana tore through the Big Ten’s first ever 18-game schedule with a 17-1 mark. IU Head Coach Branch McCracken’s fast pace led to the first instance of IU going over the 100 point mark in program history with a win over Butler. The Hoosiers repeated the feat with a 113-78 trouncing of Purdue, marking the first 100 point game in Big Ten history. The Hoosiers won the…
The Jordan Howard and Nate Sudfeld reunion in Philadelphia was a brief one. On the same day that Sudfeld signed a new deal to remain with the Eagles, it was reported that his former IU teammate Howard is moving on. A former first team All-Big Ten running back for Indiana, Howard’s Eagles career is over after just nine games. The four year pro agreed Tuesday to terms of a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins worth more than $10 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Howard will be welcomed with open arms in Miami. The Dolphins ranked last in the…
Indiana is going to promote from within during one of the more unique moments in the history of college athletics. After more than three decades at IU, first as a student, and then working his way up the ranks, Scott Dolson will be Indiana University’s next Athletics Director. Dolson made a statement in a release today from IU Athletics. “I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead the Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, a place I have served for more than two decades and have long had a tremendous love and passion for,” Dolson said. “I want…
The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms with quarterback Nate Sudfeld on a one-year deal. Indiana’s all-time passing yards leader was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday. Sudfeld appears to be on-track to serve as the backup to starter Carson Wentz, and that is a role his head coach in Philadelphia said he felt good about for the former IU star. “We’re very comfortable with Nate,” Head Coach Doug Pederson said at the NFL Scouting Combine last month. “He’s put himself in position to compete and possibly be the No. 2.” Sudfeld served as the No. 3 quarterback…
The college basketball world came to a screeching halt last week — just as we entered the most entertaining point of the season. Now we are left to look back and wonder what might have been as we wait nearly eight months for the 2020-21 campaign. Thanks to this new video by the Big Ten Network, we can also look back and remember some of the best moments of the 2019-20 season. Indiana (20-12) appeared to be on track to reach it first NCAA Tournament since 2016. https://youtu.be/gJ-eaIBl_lE Video Credit – BTN You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us…
On March 17 last year Indiana learned that it was not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This year on St. Patrick’s Day, there simply is no NCAA Tournament. There have been better, or at least in one case, more memorable days on the 17th of March for IU. Here are four of the more noteworthy Indiana NCAA Tournament games on St. Patrick’s Day. March 17, 1953 — Indiana 80 Louisiana State 67 The No. 1 Hoosiers advanced to the 1953 national title game behind a strong effort from stars Don Schlundt and Bobby Leonard. Schlundt led the Hoosiers with 29…
It wasn’t the ending that Indiana senior forward De’Ron Davis had imagined. It wasn’t the ending that anyone imagined as the NCAA Tournament was canceled before Davis and his fellow senior Devonte Green could play in their first ever March Madness. Davis spoke with Aaron Matas of WDRB on the abrupt end to his IU basketball career. See also: Miller says Green and Davis achieved their goal in his book Video Credit – WDRB You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free…
Along with several other programs around the country, Indiana released its “One Shining Moment” video for the now canceled 2019-20 college basketball season. The David Barrett song has marked the conclusion of the national championship game for decades, and was first used by CBS in 1987. The song was inspired when Barrett watched Larry Bird play in 1986. Further below you can watch the One Shining Moment after IU’s 1987 national championship win over Syracuse. https://youtu.be/4OuJAxXWrno Video Credit – IU Athletics / NCAA You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans…