Author: Mike Schumann

Despite consecutive 5-7 seasons, there is a healthy degree of optimism, and patience, surrounding the Indiana football program right now. For one thing, folks who have been around the Memorial Stadium block a time or two have seen worse.  Much worse. While bowl eligibility has remained just out of reach during head coach Tom Allen’s first two seasons at Indiana, the product on the field has almost always been competitive. This is where I feel like I am supposed to say something about the Big Ten East schedule contributing to the shortcomings, but you know what, you just have to…

Indiana seniors Coy Cronk, Reakwon Jones and Nick Westbrook represented the IU football program on Thursday at the Big Ten media day in Chicago. Below are videos of both their live BTN appearance as well as portions of each player’s break out session. https://youtu.be/vibsQlmtZYo?list=PL2RRF9GtC9s20GgDZ4JebwB3agdxmfMNC See also:  Tom Allen address the press at Big Ten Media Day. https://youtu.be/H95be2zx_Zs https://youtu.be/NaTPesBamHE https://youtu.be/lwxl00VvKoU 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 University head football coach Tom Allen addressed the press and took questions at the Big Ten Football Media Day on Thursday afternoon in Chicago. [See also:  Cronk, Jones and Westbrook at Big Ten Media Day] https://youtu.be/k9UB0E-Hke8 Video Credit – Big Ten Network. 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.

With De’Ron Davis and Joey Brunk only around for one and two more years, respectively, Indiana is going to need to reload size down the road. Archie Miller has gone back to a familiar AAU program to potentially find his next center. IU offered class of 2021 big man Franck Kepnang on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1151668941326049280 A high four-star recruit, Kepnang is rated as the No. 24 player in the class of 2021 overall, and the No. 3 center nationally according to the 247Sports Composite. The Norristown, Pennsylvania native is at least the fifth player on the PSA Cardinals AAU program that…

Bob Knight’s imprint on college basketball is undeniable. Of course you know all about the wins and the success of former assistants from Mike Krzyzewski to Chris Beard. But Knight regularly remarked that his team managers had the toughest job of anyone in his IU program — players and coaches included. They typically worked the longest hours, all behind the scenes, for no glory, save for the occasional rave review from the big boss. During one such moment, at his team’s 1994 senior night festivities, Knight referred to the managers as the “guts of everything we do.”  He added that…

Archie Miller has extended his first offer after the first July recruiting live evaluation period. The offer goes to a player that we have featured here before, class of 2021 combo guard Aminu Mohammed.  Miller watched Mohammed play this past week at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam according to a source, and he clearly came away impressed. Miller called Mohammed to extend the offer, and his guardian Shawn Harmon made the announcement via Twitter. https://twitter.com/Harmon64S/status/1151577439769899008 While the in-state class of 2021 is loaded, Miller of course isn’t going to exclusively focus within the borders of the Hoosier state for incoming high…

One of Indiana’s primary class of 2020 ball handling targets this spring and summer has been New York based point RJ Davis. Davis is the No. 85 player in the country according to the 247Sports Composite.  He has an expanding recruitment that includes Georgetown, Marquette, Kansas, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and a host of other high major programs. While only 6-foot, Davis has an elite ability to create space off the dribble, and has very strong instincts once he has a step on his man.  The result is a high volume scorer that draws a lot of fouls. At last week’s…

Trey Galloway is just a teenager, but he has already established deep roots in two thirds of the state of Indiana. As a young boy, Galloway looked up to future NBA player Josh McRoberts as his father Mark coached at central Indiana’s Carmel High School until 2010. The next stop for the Galloway family was northern Indiana — Culver to be precise, where the father-son duo has led Culver Academies to back-to-back state finals appearances including the 2018 Class 3A title. Now the question on everyone’s mind is whether the next stop for Galloway will be in the southern third…

We are just three and a half months away from the start of the 2019-20 college basketball season, and national forecasts for the upcoming campaign have started to emerge. One of the better known national voices in college basketball is CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, and he did a deep dive this week into the upcoming Big Ten basketball season. It is always good perspective to hear what independent national voices are saying — although it might not always be something that you want to hear. Speaking on his “College Hoops Today” podcast, Rothstein had this to say about the outlook…

A record-setting freshman season has garnered national attention as Indiana running back Stevie Scott has been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award for America’s top college football player. Here is the full release from the school via iuhoosiers.com: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana sophomore running back Stevie Scott III landed on the watch list for the 83rd annual Maxwell Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday afternoon. The Maxwell Award, named in honor of Robert W. “Tiny” Maxwell, has been given to America’s College Player of the Year since 1937. One of 80 standouts on the prestigious list, Scott became the…