The Jeff Mercer era is off to a good start in Bloomington. Less than a year after being hired by Indiana, Mercer watched as his team made a dog pile in the infield after clinching the school’s first Big Ten title since 2014. In a must win situation, IU finished off the sweep of Rutgers with a 13-3 win on Saturday. The Hoosiers dominated the series this weekend at Bart Kaufman field, outscoring Rutgers 31-12 in the three games. A six running fourth inning from IU’s potent offense blew things open on Saturday, and another strong start from Andrew Saalfrank…
Author: Mike Schumann
The pressure is on at Senior Day for the Hoosiers. Indiana knows exactly what it is up against today after Michigan split a doubleheader last night at Nebraska. The Hoosiers and Wolverines are presently tied atop the Big Ten standings at 16-7. Michigan has no more games remaining on its league schedule, and no one else can catch the two leaders at the top. What that means is simple. If Indiana wins its regular season finale today against Rutgers it will be crowned the outright Big Ten champion. If IU loses, that honor goes to Michigan. Fortunately for the Hoosiers,…
Former Indiana guard Romeo Langford is at the NBA Draft Combine this week in Chicago. While he still has a cast on his surgically repaired thumb, Langford is still participating in certain aspects of the Combine including meetings with NBA teams. The 6-foot-6 New Albany native met with the media to discuss his time at IU and expectations for the next level. https://youtu.be/UarXwlxOHwY https://youtu.be/ZywEIuJQrYw https://twitter.com/Stadium/status/1129478769834643458 Langford also appeared on ESPN: https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1130841049897869313 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…
It seems that NBA Draft analysts are willing to take a much more holistic view of Indiana’s Romeo Langford than the voices in an unfortunate and loud vocal minority of Hoosier fans. “Bust.” “Overrated.” “Overhyped.” Those are just some of the common, albeit lazy refrains often belched out in conversations, social media and anywhere else that IU fans gather. “Not emotionally intelligent.” “Intellectually dishonest.” Those are other thoughts that come to mind, mine in fact, in reference to said fans. It isn’t entirely the fault of those fans oddly insistent on perpetual negativity. Langford was in fact hyped to ridiculous…
Indiana offered Massachusetts native Matt Cross in April after a huge first session of Nike EYBL play in Atlanta. The 6-foot-7 forward continued to put up big numbers at the second session in Westfield, Ind. Through eight games, Cross is now averaging 22.4 points per contest. He has added 7.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals. Playing on a struggling team, Cross has had to force the issue a bit which has made inefficient from the field. He is shooting 36.4 percent overall and 28.8 percent from long range. Cross is also making 82.1 percent of his free throws. Cross…
The IU men’s basketball program announced today that it will face UConn on December 10 in connection with the Jimmy V Classic in New York at the historic Madison Square Garden. The Huskies were 16-17 last year under first year head coach Dan Hurley. https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1129078137671880706 Indiana is 3-6 all-time against the Huskies. The teams last met in November of 2013 in a game that UConn won 59-58 in New York. IU’s last win in the series was a 2007 game in Hartford. This is both IU and UConn’s fourth appearance in the event. Louisville will face Texas Tech in the…
After back-to-back extra innings losses over the last four days, it would be understandable if members of the IU baseball team were frustrated at the moment. But it’s time to move on. While the last two games have been bitter pills to swallow, all of IU’s goals are still in front of them, and they will have a chance to capture the first objective in its final 2019 Big Ten series beginning on Thursday. Indiana welcomes Rutgers into Bart Kaufman Field for a three games series today. The Hoosiers will need help, but a strong series against the Scarlet Knights…
I’ll admit, I wasn’t blown away watching DJ Steward on Friday night in Westfield, Ind. in connection with session two of the 2019 Nike EYBL. Steward didn’t start and scored just 11 points on 4-for-16 shooting. But then the Chicago native went for 29 points on Saturday morning, and 37 more that afternoon. He wasn’t finished. The 6-foot-3 combo guard saved the best for last, exploding for 46 points and knocking down a dramatic game-winner at the buzzer against Vegas Elite. Consider me blown away. Playing for the Chicago based MeanStreets AAU program, Steward is averaging 25.9 points, 5.0 rebounds…
Have an all-time favorite IU basketball dunk? Here’s your chance to solidify it as the best ever. The IU basketball program is having some offseason fun on Twitter, with a NCAA Tournament style bracket of the best Hoosier slams in program history. While the bracket suffers a bit from recency bias (or perhaps technology limitations), it is a fun look back at some truly memorable moments. A total of 24 dunks are included in the tournament, with the top eight receiving first round byes. If you are on Twitter, follow @IndianaMBB and cast your votes. Even if you are not…
The first session of the Nike EYBL in Atlanta was no fluke. After a scoring flourish a few weeks ago in front of Archie Miller that resulted in an Indiana offer, Davis was back at it at the second EYBL session in Westfield, Ind. On a New York Renaissance team that includes 5-star Jonathan Kuminga and Purdue bound Ethan Morton, there has been no shortage of production from Davis. Now through eight games on the EYBL circuit, Davis is averaging 21.2 point per contest. More impressive is how efficiently the 6-foot 155 point guard gets those points. The White Plains,…