Author: Mike Schumann

March 19, 2016 — Des Moines, Iowa One of the great series in college basketball has gone dormant, but the Hoosiers can claim the last victory. Early in the 2015-16 season, even making the NCAA Tournament at all seemed like a stretch for Indiana.  The Hoosiers got off to a 5-3 start that included a poor showing at the Maui Invitational and a blowout loss at Duke. But by the time March rolled around, Indiana had won the Big Ten outright led by senior point guard Yogi Ferrell.  The sluggish start to the season contributed to the Hoosiers only receiving…

Plucking a respected strength coach from the NFL ranks apparently didn’t come cheap for Indiana. And it is clear that head coach Tom Allen would like to maintain the momentum established in his program by the outgoing staff. Nicole Auerbach of the Athletic reported that new Indiana senior assistant athletic director for football performance Aaron Wellman is going to make $700,000 per year.  While that figure has not been disclosed by IU, if accurate it could make Wellman the third highest strength coach in all of college football, behind only behind only Ohio State’s Mickey Marotti ($801,150) and Iowa’s Chris…

One of Indiana’s top recruiting targets spoke extensively about his recruitment with Pat Lawless of Hoop Group. Trey Patterson is a 4-star recruit and the No. 38 player in the country in the class of 2021 according to the 247Sports Composite.  The 6-foot-8 wing took an official visit to Indiana in the fall. The Somerset, N.J. product averaged 19.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game for the 2019-20 season and was named first team All-State while leading Rutgers Prep to a 27-2 record. See also:  Patterson’s head coach talks with The Daily Hoosier https://youtu.be/mdnGq_maXrY Video credit – Pat Lawless /…

The return of Bob Knight to an Indiana basketball game was driven by the former players. Randy Wittman, Quinn Buckner, Mike Woodson and Pat Knight all made that perfectly clear in their comments after the memorable moment last month in Bloomington, Ind. “I think the fact that we had, this was organized by players as a rule, and that was one of the big things we wanted to make sure we did,” Buckner said after the halftime ceremony in honor of Knight at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. By the players and for the players.  That’s how it should have been,…

March 18, 1953 — Kansas City, Mo. Playing with two sophomores and three juniors in the starting lineup, the 1952-53 Hoosiers were ahead of schedule. Led by All-Americans Don Schlundt and Bobby Leonard, Indiana tore through the Big Ten’s first ever 18-game schedule with a 17-1 mark. IU Head Coach Branch McCracken’s fast pace led to the first instance of IU going over the 100 point mark in program history with a win over Butler.  The Hoosiers repeated the feat with a 113-78 trouncing of Purdue, marking the first 100 point game in Big Ten history. The Hoosiers won the…

The Jordan Howard and Nate Sudfeld reunion in Philadelphia was a brief one. On the same day that Sudfeld signed a new deal to remain with the Eagles, it was reported that his former IU teammate Howard is moving on. A former first team All-Big Ten running back for Indiana, Howard’s Eagles career is over after just nine games.  The four year pro agreed Tuesday to terms of a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins worth more than $10 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Howard will be welcomed with open arms in Miami.  The Dolphins ranked last in the…

Indiana is going to promote from within during one of the more unique moments in the history of college athletics. After more than three decades at IU, first as a student, and then working his way up the ranks, Scott Dolson will be Indiana University’s next Athletics Director. Dolson made a statement in a release today from IU Athletics. “I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead the Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, a place I have served for more than two decades and have long had a tremendous love and passion for,” Dolson said. “I want…

The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms with quarterback Nate Sudfeld on a one-year deal. Indiana’s all-time passing yards leader was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday. Sudfeld appears to be on-track to serve as the backup to starter Carson Wentz, and that is a role his head coach in Philadelphia said he felt good about for the former IU star. “We’re very comfortable with Nate,” Head Coach Doug Pederson said at the NFL Scouting Combine last month. “He’s put himself in position to compete and possibly be the No. 2.” Sudfeld served as the No. 3 quarterback…

The college basketball world came to a screeching halt last week — just as we entered the most entertaining point of the season. Now we are left to look back and wonder what might have been as we wait nearly eight months for the 2020-21 campaign.  Thanks to this new video by the Big Ten Network, we can also look back and remember some of the best moments of the 2019-20 season. Indiana (20-12) appeared to be on track to reach it first NCAA Tournament since 2016. https://youtu.be/gJ-eaIBl_lE Video Credit – BTN You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Find us…

On March 17 last year Indiana learned that it was not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This year on St. Patrick’s Day, there simply is no NCAA Tournament. There have been better, or at least in one case, more memorable days on the 17th of March for IU.  Here are four of the more noteworthy Indiana NCAA Tournament games on St. Patrick’s Day. March 17, 1953 — Indiana 80  Louisiana State 67 The No. 1 Hoosiers advanced to the 1953 national title game behind a strong effort from stars Don Schlundt and Bobby Leonard.  Schlundt led the Hoosiers with 29…