Former IU All-American and Indiana Pacers’ star Victor Oladipo performed a live concert on Instagram last week as most of the nation is at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oladipo has become well known for his singing voice through the years, including performances at Hoosier Hysteria and on the television show The Masked Singer. Oladipo returned from a major knee injury in January and he was rounding back into his NBA All-Star form before the season was postponed. He encouraged everyone to practice social distancing and stay aware of the pandemic during the concert. https://youtu.be/0ZS9ofTBIcQ Video credit – Victor Oladipo…
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Class of 2021 forward Trey Kaufman was named the Indiana boys high school Gatorade player of the year for the 2019-20 season last week. The Silver Creek High School (Sellersbug, Ind.) junior averaged 25.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.1 steals per contest. Kaufman helped lead the Dragons to a 25-2 mark before the season was interrupted. The 6-foot-9 Kaufman shot 64 percent from the floor overall, including 40 percent from three-point range. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Kaufman on winning the award, his basketball life during the COVID-19 restrictions, the latest with his recruitment and…
Two years ago today the Indiana women’s basketball team completed a memorable postseason run by winning the 2018 WNIT title on their home floor in Bloomington. Since then the program has continued to progress, advancing to the NCAA Tournament round of 32 in 2019 and setting program best marks with 24 wins and a 13-5 Big Ten record in 2020. The Hoosiers were on track to be a No. 4 or No. 5 seed before the season was abruptly canceled. In front of a record crowd of 13,007 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, IU claimed the 2018 crown with a…
Below are junior season highlights for IU class of 2020/21 verbal commit Khristian Lander. The 6-foot-2 point guard announced his commitment to Indiana in February. Lander averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4.6 assists for F.J. Reitz in Evansville, Ind. The 5-star recruit is the top rated point guard in the country among high school juniors. See also: Reclassification to 2020 is the plan Video credit – Courier and Press You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no…
Former IU guard Tom Coverdale was on The Dan Dakich Show on Monday afternoon on The Fan in Indianapolis. Coverdale scored 1,217 points during his career at IU and he was a starter on the 2002 national runner-up squad. The segment with Coverdale begins at the 48:30 mark. Want us to share your interview with a current or former IU athlete, coach or recruit on our platform? Message us. You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no additional…
Indiana spring sport athletes that appeared to have lost the last season of their college careers due to the COVID-19 cancellations are getting a second chance. The NCAA announced on Monday that it is allowing schools to provide spring sport athletes with another season of competition. The ruling would appear to primarily impact IU baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and rowing. The decision does not impact winter athletes such as IU basketball seniors Devonte Green and De’Ron Davis. Both players had already decided to forego any further eligibility anyway when they pursued commercial activities such as the creation of Cameo…
March 30, 1940 — Kansas City, Missouri It was a night where icons were remembered, legends were made, and traditions began. The founder of the game of basketball, James Naismith died during the start of the 1939-40 season. Before IU and Kansas played in the title game on this night there was a ceremony that paid tribute to Naismith. Although he’d invented the sport in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891, James Naismith had later claimed, “Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.” In 1898 Naismith was hired by Kansas to coach basketball and teach…
March 30, 1987 — New Orleans, Louisiana The 1986-87 Indiana Hoosiers were probably the program’s least talented national championship team, but led by unrelenting senior Steve Alford and a strong supporting cast, the Hoosiers found a way to earn the school’s fifth title. But the outcome would have almost certainly been different if IU head coach Bob Knight had continued his stance against recruiting junior college players. While Alford was the clear leader of the team, it would be one of the first transfers ever in Knight’s program that changed the course of history on this night. The Hoosiers trailed,…
IU great Isiah Thomas went in depth on his basketball life for well over an hour on the Knuckleheads podcast with fellow Chicago area natives Darius Miles and Quentin Richardson last week. The 58 year old Thomas played two seasons for Indiana and helped lead the Hoosiers to the 1981 national championship. See also: Archie Miller’s No. 11 inspired by Thomas https://youtu.be/2DxffBi26AM You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier 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.
March 28, 1992, Albuquerque, N.M. After UCLA beat Indiana 87-72 to open the 1991-92 season in Springfield, Mass., it was difficult to imagine what would happen when the teams met again just over four months later. Indiana completely flipped the script from that November night, as the Hoosiers beat the Bruins, 106-79, before 16,160 at the Pit in the final game of the West Regional. Indiana missed 12 of their first 16 shots, but with UCLA struggling from the field as well, the Hoosiers were still able to start fast in the first half by building up a hefty rebounding…