There is at least one reason to believe that Indiana just might emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions better prepared than most college football teams around the country. The Hoosiers return a relatively high amount of their production from the 2019 season. If continuity is a valuable commodity, IU should be in good shape for the 2020 campaign. But a former Indiana head coach and current Big Ten Network analyst sees cause for concern in Bloomington due to the loss of spring practice and other organized team activities. “Indiana is certainly one of the (Big Ten) teams (that will be…
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The high major offers are starting to roll in for an intriguing east coast talent in the class of 2022. 6-foot-10 forward Kyle Filipowski has been offered by UCLA, Providence and Vanderbilt in recent weeks, and he is firmly on the Indiana radar. An eye-catching sophomore season at Wilbraham & Monson Academy helped to solidify Filipowski as a high major talent. He averaged 20.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 1.0 block per game while shooting 55 percent from the floor overall including 35.4 percent from three-point range. Filipowski went over 1,000 points for his career during the 2019-20 season. Wilbraham &…
Former Indiana basketball head coach Tom Crean is known for being a little bit of a quirky guy, and a story that his former player Cody Zeller told this week provides the perfect illustration of that. Inspired by his brothers-in-law Jim and John Harbaugh, Crean sent his team managers out on a mission to bring live bats back to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Confused? Listen to Zeller tell the story the Titus and Tate podcast. https://twitter.com/CBBonFOX/status/1258502117595082752?s=20 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…
Former Indiana basketball player Devonte Green joined Sports Rush with Brett Rump on Thursday afternoon. Green touched on a number of topics in the nearly 13 minute interview including: The abrupt end of the season due to the pandemic Transitioning from Crean to Miller Green’s challenge with consistency and decision making How he handled critical fans How Green views his career at Indiana The transition from college to professional basketball The interview with Green begins at the 15:30 mark. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. Find…
Indiana is in a good spot with the son of a Memphis assistant and former NBA player. 6-foot-9 junior forward Mason Miller said that Indiana is in his “top three” schools that he is currently focusing on in a report by Khari Thompson of the The Commercial Appeal on Thursday. Mason Miller is the son of former Florida basketball star and NBA player Mike Miller, who is now serving as an assistant coach under Penny Hardaway at Memphis. A nearly two decades old relationship likely put IU in the running for Miller. Indiana assistant coach Tom Ostrom was with the…
Below are the sophomore season highlights of class of 2022 Indianapolis based point guard Tayshawn Comer. The Cathedral High School product averaged 15.4 points, 5 assists, and 3.7 rebounds per game while shooting 43 percent from the field overall and 35 percent from three-point range. Comer also converted 78 percent of his attempts from the stripe. The 6-foot Comer was the runner up for Indianapolis City player of the year as a sophomore. He helped lead Cathedral to an 18-6 mark on the 2019-20 season. Comer will play AAU this summer with the U16 Nike Meanstreets program. See more about…
DePaul basketball was a big deal in the late ’70s. With coaching legend Ray Meyer in charge, the Blue Demons were regulars in the top ten. For a Chicago kid that grew up dirt poor on the west side, the chance to play for the local national powerhouse was all that anyone could hope for. That was certainly what a young Isiah Thomas had planned to do. “I was supposed to go to DePaul,” Thomas said on a recent podcast with with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles. Attending St. Joseph’s High School in Westchester, Ill., Thomas would have to venture…
New Indiana defensive line coach Kevin Peoples did a press conference with the media on Wednesday along with graduate transfer defensive end Jovan Swann. Peoples arrives in Bloomington this season from Tulane, while Swann, an Indiana native, joins the program from Stanford. The full transcript of their Q&A session follows. Defensive Line Coach Kevin Peoples Q: On what he’s going to be focusing on the most in working with the guys to get back into things… PEOPLES: The first things we’ve got to do is make sure that everyone comes back as fast and healthy as we possibly can. The…
Yesterday was the debut of the Blueline Pictures documentary “Worth the Wait,” which chronicles IU Men’s Soccer’s eight-overtime win over Duke in 1982 to earn the program’s first-ever NCAA Championship. While the film is centered on that seminal event, it also details Coach Jerry Yeagley’s journey in building the program from an intramural sport to varsity status. It offers perspectives from Yeagley and many of the other influential individuals who helped build the program from the ground floor, and those who have subsequently maintained that level of excellence since Yeagley’s retirement. You can watch the documentary trailer below, courtesy of…
Former IU great Doug Crusan joined The Fan Morning Show to discuss the passing of his former NFL head coach Don Shula. At Indiana Crusan was the captain of the 1967 team that won Big Ten co-championship and played in the Rose Bowl. Crusan was a 1967 second team All-American by one publication and played in the American Bowl and Senior Bowl All-Star games. He was elected into the IU Hall of Fame in 1987. Crusan was a first round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft and was a starting offensive tackle for the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins. See also: …