Author: Mike Schumann

New Indiana strength coach Aaron Wellman has a fancy title.  Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance, to be exact. But it was going to take more than words on a nameplate to get Wellman to follow a path not often traveled.  At least not traveled in the direction that he went. As has been reported, Indiana ponied up significant cash to convince Wellman to come from the NFL’s New York Giants to, let’s face it, a college football program that isn’t on the top tier of destination jobs. Wellman’s contract is just the latest in a series of investments…

Indiana offered just its second scholarship in the class of 2022 this week when it extended an invite to Alex Karaban. 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 announced the IU offer on his Twitter page on Tuesday night. https://twitter.com/AlexKaraban/status/1242611552559267841?s=20 Karaban was the lone sophomore to be named 1st Team All-NEPSAC conference AAA & helped lead New Hampton to a NEPSAC Championship.  Karaban was the tournament MVP as New Hampton upset national powerhouse Brewster Academy.  Karaban joined four Brewster…

With Trayce Jackson-Davis and Al Durham already on the roster, and Khristian Lander on the way, Indiana seems to have a thing for left-handers. The Hoosiers have had discussions with another southpaw this winter, and he is a player with impressive basketball bloodlines. As first reported by Khari Thompson of the Memphis Commercial Appeal in January, top-60 class of 2021 Tennessee based forward Mason Miller has been hearing from the IU coaching staff, and Indiana is one of the programs that he is most interested in. Miller’s dad is current Memphis assistant and former NBA player and Florida star Mike…

Indiana football head coach Tom Allen introduced new strength and conditioning coach Aaron Wellman on Tuesday on a teleconference. The Hoosiers hired Wellman away from the New York Giants earlier this month. The transcript of the teleconference is below. INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE March 24, 2020 Bloomington, Indiana TOM ALLEN: Just wanted to welcome all you guys here today. Appreciate you taking the time to join us. I hope you’re all safe and healthy and your families are all the same, and that’s our primary objective the last several weeks here, even several days, is to be able to…

Indiana had plenty of close calls along the way to their 1987 national title.  But never did things look more dire than in the Hoosiers’ Elite Eight matchup with LSU. Fortunately for IU, a sophomore forward had himself a weekend in his hometown. After Ricky Calloway led Indiana with 21 points in a Sweet Sixteen win over Duke, the Cincinnati product was in the right spot in the closing seconds of the regional final two days later at the Riverfront Coliseum. It didn’t look like Calloway would ever have a chance for his game-winning shot. After a Calloway missed dunk,…

It ended sooner than anyone expected, but the end is in fact here. Indiana (20-12, 9-11) will never know for sure if it did enough to make the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but all indications were that the Hoosiers took that step forward after a three season absence from the event. As we did after each game during the season, today we take a look back at the 2019-20 campaign in its entirety with the final edition of “The Report Card.” OVERALL (B-) With wins over Florida State and Michigan State, Indiana showed that it could compete with the best.  There…

March 21, 1979 — New York, New York While Purdue was enjoying one of its best seasons ever, Indiana was building for the future. At a time when the National Invitational Tournament held much greater significance, the Hoosiers and Boilermakers met in New York’s Madison Square Garden for the championship game in 1979. Down a point to Big Ten tri-champion Purdue with just over four minutes remaining, Indiana went into stall mode. Bob Knight and the Hoosiers were looking to hold for the final shot, but an errant pass by IU guard Butch Carter with a minute remaining spoiled the…

It was one of those moments that Hoosier fans will remember forever.  You likely remember where you were, who you were with, and exactly where you were sitting — if you were sitting. Today we take a look back at Indiana’s stunning upset of the No. 1 ranked Duke Blue Devils in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2002 NCAA Tournament. (You can watch the full length game and/or Don Fischer’s call of the last few minutes below) THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS The defending national champion 2001-02 Duke Blue Devils were one of Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s best teams.  Coming…

Class of 2022 Westfield, Ind. point guard Braden Smith took an unofficial visit to Indiana on Feb. 23 when the Hoosiers faced Penn State. The 5-foot-10 Smith averaged 18.5 points, 4.7 assists, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game for a 17-7 Westfield squad.  He shot 46 percent overall and 39 percent from three point range. Below are Smith’s sophomore season highlights. 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.

If you were hoping for a big splash in the early days of the Archie Miller era at Indiana, you have no doubt been disappointed. But with a full three seasons now in the books, the progress of the Indiana program is becoming clear.  More tortoise than hare, Miller is advancing Indiana slowly but surely, including what would have been taking his first IU team to an NCAA Tournament in 2020. While it hasn’t been at the pace that most hoped for, Miller appears to have things headed in the right direction in Bloomington. REGULAR SEASON WINS 2020 — 19…