Former Indiana player and current Penn State guard Curtis Jones, Jr. met with the media earlier this week to discuss tonight’s game against the Hoosiers. Originally recruiting to Indiana by Tom Crean as part of the class of 2016, Jones played for IU during the 2016-17 season and he appeared in seven games during the 2017-18 season under Archie Miller before deciding to transfer mid-season. He averaged 3.4 points over 40 games for his Indiana career. Jones first transferred to Oklahoma State before landing at PSU. Now a senior, Jones comes off the bench for Penn State. He is averaging…
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Indiana will try to put a disappointing home loss to Maryland behind them as they hit the road for two games this week. The first test comes in the form of the Penn State Nittany Lions, who appear to have one of their best teams in a generation under ninth year head coach Patrick Chambers. For the first time since March 1996, PSU has been ranked in the AP Top 25 this season after putting together an impressive resume of power five wins. Indiana has shown recently that it can compete with and beat some of the best teams in…
Indiana heads back out on the road on Wednesday night as the Hoosiers travel to No. 23/24 Penn State. The Daily Hoosier caught up with independent Penn State site Roar Lions Roar for a Q&A session on the Nittany Lions. To see our answers to Roar Lions Roar’s questions about Indiana, go here. 1. The program has been very patient with Pat Chambers as head coach. With a recent NIT title and now being nationally ranked, are fans happy with that patience and as optimistic as ever about PSU basketball? How full will Bryce Jordan be on Wednesday night? There…
The class of 2021 is off to a big start for Indiana. IU has earned one of its highest ranked verbal commits of the recruit ranking era with the news that Elkhart Central’s Rodney McGraw will join the Hoosier football program. The 6-foot-5, 237 pound McGraw is IU’s first 2021 commit, and he announced his decision on his Twitter account today. https://twitter.com/RodNey5161/status/1222206117801013251?s=20 McGraw is the No. 341 player overall nationally according to the 247Sports Composite, the No. 20 weakside defensive end, and the No. 6 player in the state of Indiana according to that same service. The in-state pass rusher…
CBS Sports Network conducted several Indiana University specific interviews over the last few days including a one-on-one with famous IU alum Mark Cuban. If you didn’t know, inspired by his love for IU basketball, the billionaire Cuban built his initial fortune by developing the technology that we have come to know today as streaming. The Dallas Mavericks owner and investor on the television show “Shark Tank” talked about Indiana, Bob Knight and much more with Lesley Visser. https://youtu.be/lDd056LapcY Video Credit – CBS Sports Network You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans…
New Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren spent a couple days on the IU campus as part of his tour of all 14 Big Ten universities. Warren officially became the Big Ten Commissioner on January 2nd, replacing Jim Delany, who served in that role since 1989. Warren took questions from the media upon the conclusion of his Indiana visit. He discussed a number of topics including Big Ten football and basketball scheduling, football conference alignment, and basketball officiating. Below are Warren’s comments on those topics. ON BIG TEN BASKETBALL STYLE OF PLAY Warren: I’m really pleased with our style of…
Penn State head coach Pat Chambers met with the media on Monday to discuss the latest with his team and this week’s game against Indiana. Chambers also spoke about Nittany Lion guard Curtis Jones, Jr., who started his college career at Indiana. The Hoosiers (15-5, 5-4) travel to Penn State for an 8:30 p.m. ET tip on Wednesday night. https://youtu.be/zTMuGSW-p3I Credit – Blue and White Illustrated 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.
Indiana head coach Archie Miller joined Don Fischer on their “Inside IU Basketball” radio show on Monday night. Freshman guard Armaan Franklin joined during the final segment. You can watch that segment in the video below. IU Athletics experienced technical difficulties with the full live stream but the highlights from the show are noted below. All remarks below are paraphrased and attributed to Indiana head coach Archie Miller: MICHIGAN STATE GAME Got off to a great start against Michigan State. In terms of starting the game, IU set the tone Guys did an unbelievable job of hanging tough and playing…
Sunday afternoon games are optimal for hosting recruits, and IU’s game against Maryland this past weekend was no exception. The Indiana program hosted more than a half dozen high school targets and current signees as the Hoosiers battled the Terrapins in Bloomington. And while the game outcome wasn’t good for Indiana, the recruits got to watch a very well played game in a great environment. Here is what we know about who was at the game on Sunday. A.J. BRAUN (2021) Hailing from Fenwick High School in Springsboro, Ohio, Braun is a new name on the IU recruiting radar. The…
The class of 2020 isn’t quite finished, and the Hoosiers filled a position of need on Monday with a high level prospect from Georgia. 6-foot-6 defensive end Jalen Mayala has committed to Indiana, becoming the 19th scholarship addition to IU’s 2020 class. The Georgia based Mayala announced his decision on his Twitter account: https://twitter.com/jalenmayala/status/1221901388856336386?s=20 The announcement by Mayala comes after he took an official visit to Indiana this weekend according to his 247Sports profile page. A three-star recruit, Mayala is the No. 889 overall player in the country in the class of 2020 and the No. 45 weakside defensive end.…