Two seasons under head basketball coach Archie Miller. Two major boxes left unchecked. Big Ten size? Nope. With 6-foot-8 Juwan Morgan and 6-foot-6 Freddie McSwain primarily manning the five spot over the last two years, that point is beyond debate. Big Ten grit? We go back to this comment from legendary IU voice Don Fischer in January on The Dan Dakich Show: “My biggest concern with this team right now is they don’t have an edge. There’s gotta be a fire in your gut. There’s gotta be an ability to go out there and be excited to play the game. …
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Sitting in the dugout with a wrist injury, Matt Gorski’s IU baseball career didn’t end how he had envisioned. But it only took a day for the former Hoosier outfielder to realize a dream. With the 57th pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Gorski on Monday night. https://twitter.com/MLBDraft/status/1135753594328813573 The Fishers, Ind. native is the highest draft choice of an IU player since Kyle Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs. IU fans based in the Hoosier state might eventually be able to keep close tabs on Gorski. The Pirates AAA affiliate is the Indianapolis Indians. IU…
Indiana class of 2020 recruiting target Anthony Leal spoke with the media after Sunday night’s Junior All-Star game against Kentucky. The Bloomington, Ind. native discussed his unofficial visit to IU on Thursday, and updated his overall recruitment. The Hoosiers offered Leal in April. See also: Trey Galloway discusses his IU official visit / updates his recruitment. https://youtu.be/jdaI84LjF0I https://youtu.be/a5xvWaED_xg Video Credit – Indiana Sports Beat 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” Want to receive all of our content via one e-mail in your inbox every…
Indiana basketball class of 2020 recruiting target Trey Galloway spoke about his visit to Bloomington after Sunday’s Junior All-Stars event. Galloway took a junior year official visit to IU last week. The Culver, Ind. resident also discussed his overall recruitment and the Indiana All-Star events. You can also read his father Mark’s comments about the official visit here. See also: 2020 IU target Anthony Leal updated his recruitment on Sunday night as well. https://youtu.be/vaOg09ZbTNg Video credit – Indiana Sports Beat You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not…
A somewhat surprising streak has come to an end. After nearly 30 years, a former Indiana University basketball player is active on a NBA Finals roster. While OG Anunoby was a key part of the 2018-19 Toronto Raptors’ season, his ability to reach active status in these 2019 Finals had been uncertain until today. The former Hoosier star underwent an emergency appendectomy in April and has missed Toronto’s entire playoff run. It was revealed last week that Anunoby’s appendix had ruptured and he suffered infection complications after the surgery. The 6-foot-8 forward appeared in 67 games and started six times…
A recurring theme in Louisville ultimately knocked Indiana out of the NCAA baseball tournament. The Hoosiers fell to the host Cardinals on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 9-7, and once again, it was a rough outing from a normally reliable starter that did in IU. Tanner Gordon was tagged early for five hits and six runs (five earned), and the Hoosiers were never able to recover. Gordon was pulled with one out in the third after a Cardinal homer put the hosts up 6-0. Trailing 7-0 in the sixth, IU did the one thing that they managed to…
It is nearly impossible to take a stroll through Indiana University’s Bloomington campus and not fall in love all over again. From the Sample Gates to the majestic limestone buildings, the school’s flagship campus is routinely included in just about any mention of the most beautiful in the country. There is no doubt that IU’s gem tucked away in Dunn’s Woods is a treasure for both students and alums alike. But have you ever considered the cost? And specifically, is there a cost to the IU Athletics’ programs? To that latter question, the answer is clearly yes. Consider this from…
Indiana will have another familiar name returning on its 2019-20 roster. A source tells The Daily Hoosier that Vijay Blackmon will be with the Indiana program for the upcoming season. We are still working to confirm his precise status with next year’s team (i.e. walk-on or scholarship). He will be a senior on the roster. Blackmon had previously entered his name in the transfer portal to evaluate other options. A 2019 Academic All-Big Ten guard, Blackmon appeared in seven games during the 2018-19 season, scoring seven points in 12 minutes of action. Five of his points came in the season…
The Hoosiers live to fight another day. After three consecutive postseason games where IU’s sluggers seemingly vanished, the big bats came alive on Saturday against Illinois-Chicago in a NCAA Tournament elimination game at the Louisville Regional. Indiana (37-22) defeated the Flames by a final score of 9-5 at Jim Patterson Stadium, and it was the return of the long ball that made the difference in this one. Indiana’s Drew Ashley, Cole Barr and Matt Lloyd all homered on the day for the Hoosiers. Barr and Lloyd continued their ongoing seesaw battle for the team lead in home runs, with both…
In many ways, Jerome Hunter is the forgotten man. Forgotten that he was the second highest rated recruit — a top 60 recruit — in a class of 2018 group for IU that was ranked in the top 10 nationally. Forgotten that he was expected to be one of the better shooters on a team that couldn’t knock down shots. Forgotten that he was emerging last fall and on track to play a big role as a freshman. “You bring in a very talented guy and he wasn’t able to impact our team past basically October and he was really…