Two time Big Ten Champion Eric Anderson headlines the 38th class of inductees to be enshrined into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday night. The Illinois native passed away last December at the age of 48. In total, six new members will be officially inducted at the annual Hall of Fame dinner. They will also be recognized at halftime of the University of Connecticut football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Bringing the grand total enshrined into the IU Hall of Fame to 237, the other five to be inducted are: Kay Burrus (Field Hockey Coach, 1962-74 and 1975-76;…
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David Ballou is in his second season as Indiana football’s director of athletic performance. The school produced a video on Ballou and his impact on the IU program. Ballou graduated from Avon High School just west of Indianapolis. He was an IU fullback from 1996 to 1999. https://youtu.be/8w_aOz_KowI Video Credit – IU Athletics 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.
Bloomington will be center stage on Saturday morning, and the public is welcome to join. IU has announced that the BTN Tailgate Show will air live outside the west entrance of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the two hours leading up to Saturday’s noon kickoff against Connecticut. Below is the full release from the school. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Network’s BTN Tailgate Show is coming to Bloomington Saturday morning, and Hoosier fans are invited to join in on the festivities. From 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, BTN’s Saturday morning college football preview show will air live from outside the west…
Indiana football head coach Tom Allen met with the media for the final time prior to Saturday’s week four contest against Connecticut. Further below UConn head coach Randy Edsall talked about his program and this weekend’s game against IU. Allen provided an update on injured starting quarterback Michael Penix, who remains questionable for this week’s game against the Huskies. IU and UConn kick off at noon at Memorial Stadium. The game will be aired on BTN. https://youtu.be/UsE1LBHwUgc (Video credit – IU Athletics) https://youtu.be/8LhaC3eYHJU (Video credit – UConn Sports Nation) You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The…
College basketball recruiting is full steam ahead as schools power towards the November early signing period. Indiana is of course no exception, with head coach Archie Miller and his assistants in full court press mode to put the finishing touches on the class of 2020 and establish their 2021 priorities. Here are some noteworthy nuggets that have emerged from the recruiting trail during the latter part of week two of the fall live period. 2020 POINT GUARD HIERARCHY EMERGES We’ve said it repeatedly — Indiana needs a primary ball handler in the 2020 class with Devonte Green set to graduate.…
The Boston Celtics are on track to get something that IU saw very little of — a fully healthy Romeo Langford. Langford tore a ligament in his right thumb last November and had surgery in April. Ben Stinar of Amico Hoops reported that Langford’s thumb is fully healed and the 6-foot-6 shooting guard has been playing for a few weeks without restrictions. https://twitter.com/BenStinar/status/1174340755151867905?s=20 Langford injured the thumb right before the Duke game in practice. He played in 32 games for Indiana and missed three postseason NIT contests with a back injury. The five-star recruit led the Hoosiers with 16.5 points…
Indiana football head coach Tom Allen joined IU legend Don Fischer to review the Ohio State game and preview Connecticut. IU players Peyton Ramsey and Peyton Hendershot joined Fischer for the final segment. Indiana and UConn kick off at noon at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. (The video begins at the 2:00 mark) https://www.facebook.com/IndianaFootball/videos/2137316979905419/ (Video credit – IU Athletics) 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.
Which high school prospects are on a candy striped path to Bloomington? Below is The Daily Hoosier’s latest class of 2020 recruiting Big Board, summarizing Indiana’s commitments, offered targets, and other primary prospects. Every day our popular Daily Hoosier Report brings you all of the recruiting news from around the country on Indiana’s top targets. Not limited to one outlet, and thus one perspective, our insights represents an aggregation of the latest thinking on IU’s main recruits across the recruiting landscape. The 2020 offered players are shown in the order of The Daily Hoosier’s current evaluation of the likelihood of…
When it comes to rounding out the recruiting class of 2020, Dawson Garcia sits atop the wish list of most Indiana fans. The 6-foot-11 Garcia would fill a major need for IU with his length, and his versatile inside/out game aligns well with what head coach Archie Miller is looking for. Garcia’s final seven was announced today via Tipton Edits on Twitter. https://twitter.com/TiptonEdits/status/1174037582209961984?s=20 As the graphic illustrates, IU is competing with North Carolina, Arizona, Memphis, Kansas, Marquette and Minnesota for the Prior Lake High School forward. The list should be cut further for all practical intents and purposes very soon…
At 2-1 on the still young 2019 season, the Indiana football team is right where most thought they would be going into program’s 135th campaign. When it comes to the wins and losses, there haven’t been any surprises. What choppy start, right? But when you start to peel back the layers, there are several particulars that don’t meet the preseason expectations. And when coupled with a crushing 51-10 loss to Ohio State in what has recently been a much more competitive series, the cause for concern here feels legitimate. Exhibit A is the running game, and in particular Indiana’s inability…