Fortunately for Nick Sheridan, there were no plans to implement a complete overhaul of Indiana’s offense during the spring. With his entire offense and coaching staff dispersed throughout the country, that might have proven to be impossible. Still for Sheridan, there are his own tweaks to the scheme, new players, and a new coach to get on board. For now, he is simply making the best of the situation presented by the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when Indiana would have been readying to hold their spring game this Friday. “The circumstances are what they are,” Sheridan said. “We try…
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As we reported last week, the IU women’s basketball program landed three new recruits last week, including two players that will be part of the 2020-21 roster. The program formally announced the addition of Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and Chloe Moore-McNeil today. In a release from IU, head coach Teri Moren commented on each player. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Women’s Basketball has announced a pair of additions to its roster in Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and Chloe Moore-McNeil for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Cardaño-Hillary is a transfer from George Mason where she played three seasons and was the 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Player of the…
With Rob Phinisee on course to use his eligibility in 2022 and incoming commit Khristian Lander almost certainly not a four year player, Indiana projects to have a clear need for a point guard in the not so distant future. While there are intriguing young in-state point guard talents like Leland Walker, Tayshawn Comer and Braden Smith, Indiana will no doubt conduct a national search to find the best fit. Rivals national analyst Dan McDonald reported last month that Indiana head coach Archie Miller and an assistant had been in touch with Georgia based point guard Bruce Thornton to let…
As we shared last month, Greenwood, Ind. product Jovann Swann is returning home to finish out his college football career at Indiana. Arriving in Bloomington via Stanford, Swann has one year of eligibility remaining and should significantly bolster what projects to be a much improved defensive line. Below is the release from IU Athletics on the formal addition of Swann to the program. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana football program announced on Wednesday that defensive lineman Jovan Swann will join the Hoosiers as a graduate transfer from Stanford University. A 6-2, 270-pounder out of Center Grove High School, Swann earned…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen joined Drew and Dusty Kiel on The QB Docs Podcast. Allen went in depth on a number of topics including the 2019 season, the quarterbacks, the coaching changes and much more. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. 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 cost to you.
Nine Indiana basketball players that saw the floor during the season will be back for the 2020-21 campaign as of this writing. While formal practices have concluded, the work never stops for high major college basketball players. Growth and development happens in the offseason, in individual workouts and permitted organized team activities. At the end of each season the coaches sit down and have one-on-one meetings with the players. If you could talk to each of the nine returning players about their 2019-20 season and what they need to improve going forward, what would you say? We play Archie Miller…
Lafayette Jeff junior Brooks Barnhizer put together a strong 2019-20 campaign that helped him draw significant Division One interest, including Indiana. Barnhizer does many things well on the basketball court, but he is perhaps best known as a three-point shooter as evidenced by his 45 percent conversion rate from behind the arc on 110 attempts. On the season Barnhizer averaged 20.8 points per game and was named one of just six core juniors on the Indiana All-Star team. Below are more than three minutes of junior season highlights for the 6-foot-6 wing. Want us to share your video highlights of…
Former Indiana basketball player Dan Dakich had future IU player and new Indiana Mr. Basketball winner Anthony Leal on The Fan in Indianapolis on Monday. Leal was named Mr. Basketball on Friday, becoming the third consecutive winner of the award to play for the Hoosiers. The segment with Leal begins at the 13:11 mark. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. 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…
A lot of folks that are normally quite busy have some extra time on their hands right now. As a result, could the long overdue renewal of the Indiana / Kentucky college basketball series be solved during the COVID-19 pandemic? A key figure from the Kentucky side and perhaps IU’s best known basketball fan hashed it out on Monday. Legendary IU alum and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spoke with Kentucky head coach John Calipari about how to renew the series on a Facebook conversation today. Well known for making deals on his “Shark Tank” television show, Cuban started the…
A once promising in-state recruit for Indiana has decided to go another route. Indianapolis, Ind. based defensive lineman Madison Norris has entered the transfer portal. The former Hamilton Southeastern football and track star announced his decision on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Madisonnorris91/status/1249715511795093505?s=20 A former top-900 three-star recruit in the class of 2018, Norris redshirted his freshman season and appeared in one game, a win over Maryland on Nov. 10. As a redshirt freshman in 2019, Norris made his only appearance of the season in the Eastern Illinois win on Sept. 7. He was named the scout team player of the week…