Author: Mike Schumann

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…

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…

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…

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…

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?…

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…

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…

BTN soccer analyst Dean Linke sits down with former Indiana men’s soccer standout Andrew Gutman and Maryland soccer coach Sasho Cirovski to relive Gutman’s 2018 goal against the Terps in the 2018 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Tournament, a play that helped clinch the MAC Hermann Trophy for Gutman. Gutman won the most prestigious award in NCAA College Soccer at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis in January, 2019.  With the honor, Gutman became the seventh Hoosier to be named the top player in NCAA Division I soccer. A unanimous First-Team All-American and selection as Big Ten Defender of the…

Set the DVR, get the popcorn, and get ready to binge watch IU.  Again. For the second time since the pandemic started, the Big Ten Network will dedicate an entire day to Indiana. Several Hoosier teams will be featured on Thursday, June 11, including baseball, men’s soccer, football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball. Included in the day will be the premiere of a 30 minute program on Christian Watford’s 2011 buzzer beater against Kentucky.  That will air at 9 p.m. ET, sandwiched between two reruns of that classic contest. A second documentary will also debut on Thursday.  Not Pictured tells…

Seven years ago today the Indiana baseball team defeated Florida State 11-6 in an NCAA Super Regional at Tallahassee to advance to its first ever College World Series. IU was the first Big Ten team to advance to the World Series since Michigan in 1984. Sam Travis hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning to break open a tie Will Coursen-Carr pitched four innings of relief for Indiana, allowing just an earned run in the ninth inning. Indiana scored four runs in the first inning.  Travis had a sacrifice fly, Scott Donley had an RBI double,…