Author: Mike Schumann

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…

It has been a while since we have seen good video of class of 2021 Indiana forward target Mason Miller.  The Memphis-based 6-foot-9 Miller and other players that IU is involved with participated in the Hoop City Pro Week in July. Class of 2022 guard Skyy Clark also played in the Memphis event.  Clark moved to Tennessee from California during the offseason.  He will attend Brentwood Academy in the Nashville area. One other player in the videos, 2021 Memphis-based forward Johnathan Lawson, has also received interest from Indiana. Below is nearly 18 minutes of video of the three players. The…

From perfectly healthy to the emergency room.  From preparing for a college football season to battling breathing and heart issues. That is the story shared in a Facebook post by Debbie Rucker, the mother of Indiana freshman offensive lineman Brady Feeney. Feeney tested negative for COVID-19 when voluntary workouts began several weeks ago.  Since then, he and several other players tested positive. Feeney battled the virus for 14 days according to Rucker’s post, and Indiana shut down the voluntary workouts for two weeks. Indiana restarted workouts on Friday, while Feeney continues to battle with complications. Rucker’s full post follows: “My…

Brownsburg, Ind. based class of 2021 offensive tackle Joshua Sales verbally committed to Indiana on Saturday. The 6-foot-6 and 300 pound Sales spoke with The First and 1G Podcast about his decision. Sales is one of the highest rated offensive line commits for Indiana during the recruiting rankings era.  He will arrive in Bloomington next year with the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of six Hoosier offensive linemen who are currently on NFL training camp rosters. See also:  More background on Sales and his junior season highlights.  You can find all of the First and 1G podcast episodes…

For the first time we can take a clear look at the 2020-21 Big Ten conference men’s basketball race. All of the key NBA Draft early entry decisions have been made, and with that we present our first power rankings for the upcoming season. While it wasn’t easy to pick a favorite, there is a clear hierarchy in the league.  This is how we see the Big Ten race shaking out for the 2020-21 campaign. THE TOP TIER 1. ILLINOIS The return of Ayo Dusunmu and Kofi Cockburn, along with other key contributors and strong freshmen guards, propels Illinois to…

When it comes to AAU basketball, the summer before your senior year of high school is the summer. National travel, the highest profile events, and the top competition. That is what Indiana class of 2021 verbal commit Logan Duncomb was expecting for his last run with the Indiana Elite AAU program. The pandemic induced reality has of course been much different. The AAU season should have kicked off in April, but Duncomb’s squad didn’t play their first game until late June.  That’s actually a better outcome than some AAU programs around the country who are still waiting for a green…

Maurice Freeman gave his mother a birthday present on Saturday when he announced his college choice. Indiana fans got a gift too. A class of 2021 Virginia based safety, Freeman announced that he has verbally committed to IU on his Instagram page on Saturday afternoon. https://twitter.com/757reese/status/1289660002509000706?s=20 “I want to thank my coaches, my family, God, Freeman said on his Instagram Live stream. “I’m committed to Indiana University.  I can’t wait.  I’m a Hoosier!” Freeman attends Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia.  He intends to skip his senior season of high school football as the state of Virginia postponed the…