Author: Mike Schumann

ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg is reporting that the Big Ten is not expected to make a league-wide announcement on athletes returning to campus.  Instead, the conference is leaving the decision to the 14 individual schools according to the report. The approach by the Big Ten is different than other power five conferences including the SEC and Big 12, which have approved league wide plans for athletes to return. Instead, the Big Ten will defer to NCAA rulings and guidelines with each campus, state and local area. The various league decisions follow announcements by the NCAA that permit voluntary athletics activities in…

This one is different. Up until now, the players who had transferred out of head coach Archie Miller’s IU program didn’t play a meaningful role — at least not on game day. But make no mistake, the fifth transfer out during the Miller era is a significant one. Senior forward Justin Smith was a starter, led the team in minutes and was IU’s best frontcourt defender. Whatever you might think about Smith’s jump shot, ball handling abilities or motor, there was a reason why the Illinois native played such a prominent role during his three year stay in Bloomington. The…

The Indiana University men’s basketball current and projected scholarship table is below. We will update this periodically as necessary. Last Updated: May 22, 2020:  Justin Smith to be a graduate transfer. 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.

Forward Justin Smith will graduate and transfer from the IU program. Head coach Archie Miller released the following statement on Friday morning: “Justin Smith and I had a conversation recently where we discussed his future, and the feedback from the NBA.  In that discussion he made the decision to graduate and transfer for his final season of eligibility. I support his decision and wish Justin and his family all the best in this next chapter. I’m proud of his growth as a person, he’s a great young man and has been a terrific role model off the court and in…

Watch below as Indiana offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan and current IU quarterbacks Michael Penix, Jack Tuttle and Dexter Williams join former Hoosier gunslinger Nate Sudfeld for a roundtable discussion. At 7,879 yards, Sudfeld is Indiana’s all-time leader in passing yards by more than 400 yards. He got there despite having fewer attempts than the next two quarterbacks on the list.  The California native had a better than 60% completion percentage every year, and a career percentage of 60.3%.  Sudfeld’s 61 touchdown passes are also the most all-time for IU by a wide margin. A former sixth-round draft choice of Washington…

IU basketball legend Calbert Cheaney joined the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame podcast. Cheaney discusses growing up in Evansville, his early rooting interests, helping Harrison H.S. to success and experiences ranging from playing for Bob Knight, a memorable NBA Playoff game against Michael Jordan and his coaching career. Cheaney’s 2,613 career points from 1989-93 still stand as the most in IU and Big Ten history. He earned Big Ten and National Player of the Year honors as a senior in 1993. He was selected No. 6 overall in the 1993 NBA Draft and went on to play 13 professional seasons.…

New IU football safeties coach Jason Jones joined the program in January. Jones coached the cornerbacks at Florida Atlantic for this past season. FAU led the nation with 22 interceptions in 2019. Prior to FAU, Jones was the co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss. Indiana head coach Tom Allen and Jones were both defensive coaches at the same time in Oxford from 2012-14 where they both worked under Dave Wommack, father of current IU defensive coordinator Kane Wommack. Jones was with the Rebel program from 2012 to 2017. Jones played defensive back for Alabama from 1995-99, and he started his coaching…

Nothing has gone as planned for junior cornerback Reese Taylor during his first two years at Indiana. Except that in ways that matter, things have gone exactly as planned. “Right now, I’m playing corner, but wherever Coach Allen needs me, that’s where I’m going to be at,” Taylor memorably said before his freshman season. He had no idea. An Indiana Mr. Football winning state champion high school quarterback, Taylor arrived in Bloomington in 2018 knowing that he would never play that position in college — until he took on the emergency quarterback role late in his freshman season. That was…

Indiana basketball head coach Archie Miller joined the “Social Distance” podcast with 247Sports’ Evan Daniels. Miller discussed what he has been doing during the pandemic, the Michael Jordan documentary, who has influenced him as a coach, how recruiting has changed this spring, and much more. A Pennsylvania native, Miller is 98-55 in three years at Indiana.  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.

Indiana women’s basketball star Grace Berger joined a Q&A session with IU’s Greg Murray and Griffin Gonzalez. The 6-0 guard helped lead the Hoosiers to a program best 24 wins during her sophomore campaign. Berger played and started in 30 games during the 2019-20 season.  She was the second-leading scorer with 13.1 points per game, and also averaged 5.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and a team-high 1.4 steals per game. https://youtu.be/moL-FULScJk Video Credit – IU Athletics 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…