National recruiting site Rivals published the most extensive class of 2022 basketball rankings to this point on Thursday. The Indiana in-state class of 2022 isn’t as deep as 2021, but there are still five players in Rivals’ top-150, with Gary’s Jalen Washington leading the way. Below you can see where Indiana’s main targets in the 2022 class landed in Rivals’ new rankings. The other main national recruiting site 247Sports has only ranked the top 80 players in the class of 2022 to this point. Each player’s ranking with that service is mentioned below where applicable. The 247Sports rankings have not…
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The NBA’s Board of Governors approved on Thursday a plan to resume its regular-season in a modified form according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. According to ESPN’s reporting earlier in the week on the NBA’s plan, 22 teams will convene at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports early in July to begin training camps. Games would begin on July 31. After playing eight regular season games in Orlando, the field will be reduced to 16 teams for the playoffs. The league’s plans project that the NBA Finals will conclude in mid-October. Eight of the nine former Indiana basketball players currently on…
Indiana head coach Tom Allen joined The Drive with Mark Ennis on 93.9 ESPN Louisville on Wednesday. Allen discussed the challenging offseason, bringing the players back on campus, standing up for his players, and the 2019 season. See also: Allen’s program navigating ‘heavy things that makes football seem kind of trivial’ 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…
Archie Miller said recently that Indiana is in a pretty good situation with the class of 2021. More clarity on what that means could be coming sooner than later. There were developments on Wednesday that relate to two of Indiana’s top forward targets in that incoming senior class. New Jersey based top-40 forward Trey Patterson stated on his Twitter page that he will be announcing his college decision on June 18. https://twitter.com/_treypatt3/status/1268266395025969152?s=20 Patterson recently released a top ten list that included Indiana, and national writers from both 247Sports and Rivals believe that Indiana is one of three to five schools…
After picking up win number eight and reclaiming the Old Oaken Bucket, a wave of bad beats hit the IU football program. From transfers, to coaching staff turnover to the literal bad beat at the Gator Bowl against Tennessee, the hits just seemed to keep coming for head coach Tom Allen and his program. Perhaps some of it could be chalked up to the price of success? Much of it was just ordinary offseason football stuff. And that was all really just the beginning. What has followed has been decidedly not just ordinary football stuff. Not by any stretch of…
Former Indiana football defensive lineman Chris Beaty was tragically murdered over the weekend in downtown Indianapolis. Beaty was a pillar of the Indianapolis community and closely involved alum of both IU in general and the football program. Beaty’s family released a statement on Wednesday morning and established a memorial fund that will benefit both IU and Indianapolis Cathedral High School in his name. A link to contribute to the fund is included below in the family’s statement. Official Statement from the family of Chris Beaty We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support for Chris since his murder over…
The first concrete sign of the return of IU athletics came on Wednesday when the school announced plans for a limited return beginning on June 15. The first group to start voluntary workouts will be members of the football team beginning June 15, subject to a series of pre-participation protocols along with ongoing evaluations. The second group will consist of the men’s and women’s basketball players, who will begin voluntary workouts on June 18. The full release from IU Athletics including a comment by AD Fred Glass is below. To see Indiana’s full phase one restart plan, go here. Bloomington,…
As you have no doubt heard, former Evansville Reitz High School point guard Khristian Lander has reclassified and will join the IU basketball program for the 2020-21 season. Lander was averaging 21 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists for his junior season at Reitz. The Panthers (17-7) had advanced to the Class 4A Seymour Regional before the 2019-20 campaign was canceled. Below are Lander’s junior season highlights, courtesy of Hudl. https://youtu.be/xP0OVaFcixg 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…
Several players and coaches from the IU basketball team joined forces in a short video to address the ongoing racial tension in the United States after the murder of George Floyd. With the message “Racism, in no way, shape or form, can be tolerated,” the program published the video on its various social media platforms. While most of the statements from sports coaches have been unilateral and in written form, Indiana’s video is unique in that it was delivered by several members from the team, and from both players and coaches of various races. Redshirt junior forward Race Thompson begins…
This wasn’t the spring that IU basketball head coach Archie Miller imagined. Of course this wasn’t the spring that anyone imagined. What does an ordinary spring look like for Miller? The NCAA men’s basketball national championship game, typically on the first Monday in April, serves as a starting gun. “As soon as that national championship game ends, it’s over,” Miller said on a recent podcast with Don Fischer. “You’re on the road recruiting in April, you’re hitting weekend events for the first time in the AAU season, you’re doing your home visits basically sitting in front of families finishing up…