Author: Mike Schumann

The Indiana basketball freshmen are in Bloomington. Trainer and Indiana Elite coach Jordan Basye posted videos on Twitter on Saturday of workouts with Jordan Geronimo and Anthony Leal The IU men’s basketball players can start having voluntary workouts with the team beginning next week. https://twitter.com/CoachBasye22/status/1271794426428481537?s=20 https://twitter.com/CoachBasye22/status/1271795090428760064?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 to support completely free IU coverage at no additional cost to you.

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IU class of 2021 center commit Logan Duncomb joined The Hoosier Experience podcast recently and answered a wide range of questions with hosts Aidan Kunst and Scott Schultheis. The 20 minute interview with Duncomb begins at the 33:45 mark. See also:  Our Q&A with Duncomb | Duncomb junior season highlights Credit – Shared with permission from The Hoosier Experience podcast. 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.

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Former IU football linebackers Tegray Scales and Chris Covington joined defensive coordinator Kane Wommack and head coach Tom Allen to discuss their time in Bloomington. Joining the roundtable were current players Micah McFadden, Thomas Allen and Marcelino Ball. Both Covington and Scales were instrumental to the turnaround of the IU defense in 2016 that coincided with the arrival of Tom Allen as defensive coordinator. Covington was the IU defensive player of the year in 2017 and honorable mention All-Big Ten.  Scales was first team All-Big Ten in 2017 and was the team MVP for two consecutive seasons. https://youtu.be/DvnCV0ZSFkE Video credit…

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A sign outside of the old Men’s Gymnasium on 7th Street tells his story. A towering statute in the south lobby of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall serves as a reminder of his larger than life significance. Now, an entire building, an iconic building in the history of IU basketball, will bear his name. IU President Michael McRobbie recommended to the school’s Board of Trustees on Friday that the facility formerly known as the Ira Wildermuth Intramural Center be renamed after iconic IU basketball legend Bill Garrett. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the recommendation.  This is the transcript of their…

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Below you can watch the short documentary Not Pictured that premiered on the Big Ten Network on Thursday night. Not Pictured tells the story of Bedford’s Bill Torphy, a member of IU’s first National Championship team in 1940 who was not only lost too early, but whose presence on that ground-breaking team was all but forgotten for decades. See also:  Indiana wins the 1940 title Video credit – IU Athletics / Blueline / BTN 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…

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The Indiana football family lost former defensive lineman Chris Beaty on May 30. The visitation and funeral for Beaty will be held on Friday and Saturday, respectively.  Information about both is below. Chris Beaty was 38 years old. Chris Beaty Homegoing Celebration Information & Obituary Visitation – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Friday, June 12th, 2020 The Pavilion at Pan Am 201 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46225 12pm – 6pm Funeral – PRIVATE – FAMILY ONLY Saturday, June 13th, 2020 Chris Beaty’s Funeral Service will be Live Streamed on Saturday, June 13th starting at 11am. You can watch the funeral…

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The top in-state quarterback in the class of 2021 is staying home. Lawrence North High School quarterback Donaven McCulley announced that he has committed to play college football at Indiana. The 6-foot-5 Indianapolis product broke the news on his Twitter page on Thursday. https://twitter.com/DonavenMcculley/status/1271140404298219525?s=20 The 6-foot-5, 195-pound McCulley is ranked by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 12 dual-threat passer in the country and No. 3 prospect overall in the Hoosier State.  He is rated No. 317 by 247 and No. 210 by Rivals and McCulley is a 4-star recruit according to both services. According to his 247Sports ranking, McCulley…

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It is no secret that Indiana projects to have a void in the paint for the 2021-22 season. Joey Brunk’s departure after the upcoming season is a certainty, while it seems more likely than not right now that Trayce Jackson-Davis won’t stay in Bloomington beyond two seasons. IU has a center commit in the class of 2021 in Ohio big man Logan Duncomb, but the Hoosiers will still need more size looking forward beyond the 2020-21 campaign. What if Indiana could bring in a 7-footer now, and groom him behind the scenes for a season working with Brunk and Jackson-Davis?…

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College coaches don’t ever come right out and say that Braden Smith’s size has been a concern. But for a sophomore point guard to average 18.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game and have no Division One offers despite playing against strong central Indiana competition — there has to be a story. His parents think they know what has been going on. “You’d be crazy to think his size has not been a factor,” his mother Ginny Smith told The Daily Hoosier.  “I think Braden is on people’s list, but he has always been a wildcard because of…

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Missouri based class of 2021 guard Aminu Mohammed is one of just a few priority backcourt recruiting targets in the incoming senior class for Indiana. Mohammed averaged 34.8 points, 15.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.5 blocks per game to lead Greenwood Laboratory School to a 26-4 mark. Below are junior season highlights of the 6-foot-4 Mohammed. See also:  Indiana making Mohammed a high priority | Mohammed planning to visit  https://youtu.be/BRMpgKNpZjw 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…

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