Former IU guard Yogi Ferrell was on The Baseline podcast this week. Ferrell touched on a number of topics including how he has spent the time since the pandemic started, his passion for helping foster kids as a result of his mom’s upbringing in the foster care system, and much more. The Indianapolis product is in his fourth season in the NBA. Ferrell has spent the last two years with the Sacramento Kings after starting his career with Brooklyn and Dallas. Ferrell is Indiana’s all-time leader in assists (633) and games played and started (137). He ranks sixth in points…
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Indiana began its push to replenish its future backcourt with a scholarship offer to class of 2022 guard Skyy Clark on Tuesday. Clark is the first guard that Indiana has extended an offer to in the class of 2022 or beyond. The combo guard reported the offer on Twitter. https://twitter.com/skyyclark/status/1255207365416071168?s=20 Although he hails from California, the 6-foot-2, 185 pound Clark is transferring from Heritage Christian in Northridge, Calif. to Brentwood (Tenn.) Academy for the 2020-2021 school year. As s sophomore at Heritage Christian for the 2019-20 season, Clark averaged 24.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game…
For two former Hoosier football stars, the chance to realize a dream still stands before them. Guard Simon Stepaniak and wide receiver Nick Westbrook will both be at NFL training camps this summer after being drafted and signed as a free agent, respectively. For head coach Tom Allen, Stepaniak and Westbrook’s journey to the NFL presents an opportunity to share with his team that is returning for the 2020 season. Allen had both players address the team on a video conference, and each shared stories about the perseverance and hard work that got them to this point. Stepaniak was drafted…
Like most of us, it is difficult for Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller to comprehend that this new COVID-19 pandemic reality has gone on this long. When the Big Ten canceled its conference basketball tournament shortly after IU’s first round win over Nebraska on March 11, no one knew what the future held. But for Miller, still sitting here in a state of limbo as the calendar gets set to turn to May doesn’t seem possible. “If you had told me six weeks later this is sort of what we’ve been dealing with I would have been the first…
It was a record setting season for IU women’s basketball, and the individual awards followed for point guard Ali Patberg. Patberg, a first team All-Big Ten performer, joined Jenny Fischer of the NCAA to discuss her career. As a redshirt junior Patberg started in all 32 games and averaged a team-high 15.6 points in 2019-20. Her 5.3 assists per game were also a team-high and second in the Big Ten. Patberg recorded 4.6 rebounds per game, and she shot 49 percent from the floor, which ranked fifth in the Big Ten. https://twitter.com/ncaawbb/status/1254907025735237634?s=20 Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us…
Indiana has their center and point guard in the junior class. Now they are looking to complete the rest of the 2021 puzzle. Head coach Archie Miller has established a pattern with the type of players that he recruits, and two of the common attributes are length and intelligence. Memphis wing Johnathan Lawson can check both of those boxes, and according to his uncle, IU is showing heavy interest. https://twitter.com/ChuckLawson901/status/1254890820479696902?s=20 The Commercial Appeal also noted Indiana’s interest in Lawson, who was named the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year for the 2019-20 season, and the Class AA Mr. Basketball. Playing…
Former IU baseball great Kyle Schwarber joined “The Compound” podcast recently to discuss a number of topics including his memorable return from injury for the 2016 World Series. The Compound Podcast is hosted by Cubs’ players Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner, Dakota Mekkes and Zack Short. Schwarber, a Middletown, Ohio product, was selected in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft (fourth overall) by the Chicago Cubs, making him the highest draft pick in Indiana baseball history. The two-time First Team All-American achieved All-Big Ten honors all three years he played for IU. For his career Schwarber hit .341 in…
When it comes to in-state guards, the next big thing resides up in enemy territory. Truth be told, although he is just now finishing his freshman year of high school, Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn is already a big deal. He had an impressive first season on the hardwood, and Gibbs-Lawhorn was already featured in a Gatorade commercial that included the likes of Michael Jordan and Peyton Manning. And although Gibbs-Lawhorn is from Lafayette, Ind., he attends a school that recently produced for IU. Gibbs-Lawhorn hails from that city’s McCutcheon High School, which of course sent Rob Phinisee to Bloomington in the class…
Indiana has extended a scholarship offer to a familiar face in IU Athletics circles. The Hoosier football program offered 6-foot-5 class of 2022 quarterback Tayven Jackson on Sunday. Jackson broke the news on his Twitter account. https://twitter.com/Tayvenjacksonn2/status/1254474327564718086?s=20 “I was really grateful for the offer,” Jackson told The Daily Hoosier. The scholarship offer comes after Jackson and the IU football staff have developed a relationship going back to last season. “I’ve been In touch with the coaches since last season,” Jackson said. “It was great talking with them. I’ve learned a lot from them.” As a sophomore at Center Grove High…
The biggest question on Indiana’s list of postseason roster unknowns has been answered. On the final day that college players could declare for the NBA Draft, forward Trayce Jackson-Davis confirmed on Sunday that he was planning to return for his sophomore season at Indiana. Indicating “Unfinished Business” — Jackson-Davis broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/TrayceJackson/status/1254498551255760896?s=20 Arriving at IU as the top rated incoming freshman in the Big Ten, Trayce Jackson-Davis lived up to the hype in year one. Many would say that he vastly exceeded what was expected. The third team All-Big Ten performer played in all 32…