The stakes couldn’t be higher. It is likely win or go home for both Indiana and Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament. Not just home as in leaving Chicago, home as in home during the NCAA Tournament. Both teams are squarely on the NCAA bubble with no margin for error, and both teams come into the game headed in completely different directions. The Hoosiers have come back from the dead, winners of four in a row to close out the regular season. The Buckeyes have lost three in a row and six of eight. The three game losing streak…
Author: Mike Schumann
Confidence is such an amazing thing to watch come and go. Not our words. That was Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller on Monday night on his radio show with the voice of IU basketball Don Fischer. Drowning in the mires of a miserable stretch of losing, confident was one thing that Indiana clearly was not. And then suddenly, when it seemed more unlikely than ever, everything changed. We are only in the early chapters of the story of Miller’s career at Indiana, but his ability to refocus his team late as a season seemingly spiraled out of control has…
It is a big week for Indiana as they travel to Chicago for the Big Ten Tournament. While the annual event has been no friend of IU since it began in 1998, it will be critical for the Hoosiers to pick up at least a win or two if they want to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive. Indiana will take their 12-21 all-time record in the tournament to the United Center in Chicago’s near west side. While the games begin on Wednesday, the Hoosiers earned a first round bye and will tip-off on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern against…
The Hoosiers still have a number of balls in the air in the class of 2019. Although he was considering reclassifying to the class of 2020, Tre Mitchell has elected to remain in 2019 and has included Indiana in his list of his final six schools. Mitchell made the announcement via Twitter on Tuesday evening: https://twitter.com/tre_mitch33/status/1105634751698874373 Mitchell is a 4-star recruit and is rated No. 81 player in the 2019 class by the 247Sports Composite. He is the 21st best center in the class according to that service. The 6-foot-9 and 235 pounds Mitchell excels in the post offensively and…
Indiana basketball players Justin Smith, De’Ron Davis, Devonte Green and Al Durham met with the media on Tuesday in advance of the Big Ten Tournament. You can read the full transcript below. Indiana will play Ohio State on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern at the United Center in Chicago. Bloomington, Indiana Opening Statement on the Big Ten Tournament JUSTIN SMITH: I would say just getting the opportunity for me to be able to play in my hometown, and then being able to compete, and really all — everything that’s happened in the past is kind of off the table, and…
Let’s get it out of the way. Romeo Langford was named second team All-Big Ten by the coaches and third team by the media. He finished second in the Big Ten Freshman of the Year voting. Juwan Morgan was named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and third team by the media. Those are nice achievements for two great players. But this whole thing has gotten way out of hand. Here’s the problem. They already have a team award. It’s called the Big Ten Championship. The whole idea that individual awards are somehow tied up with wins and losses…
Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller joined the legendary voice of IU athletics Don Fischer for the final episode of their radio show for the 2018-19 season. The pair looked back at last week’s games and previewed the Big Ten tournament. Joining Fischer later in the show was junior guard Devonte Green. (Note: You can advance the video between segments using the slider at the bottom. You may need to turn off mute on the video itself.) Part One: https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMBB/videos/2619550904725060/ Part Two: https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMBB/videos/2595414063819276/ Credit – IU Athletics You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier…
All of the Big Ten men’s basketball coaches participated in a teleconference on Monday in advance of the Big Ten Tournament which begins on Wednesday in Chicago. Below are the statements by Indiana head coach Archie Miller. Courtesy of IU Athletics. Head Coach Archie Miller Teleconference Transcript March 11th, 2019 Opening Statement: “Our team had a really good week for our team playing against teams that have really improved throughout the course of this season and has made our conference one of the deepest in the country. I thought our guys did a really nice job this week of just…
The biggest open question regarding Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament matchup between Indiana and Ohio State was the status of Buckeye forward Kaleb Wesson. Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann quickly addressed that topic on a Big Ten coaches teleconference on Monday morning, indicating that Wesson will play in the Thursday contest that tips-off at 12:30 p.m. Eastern in Chicago. Now the question will be how quickly the Buckeye forward can get himself integrated and back to full speed — “With him coming back now, it will be interesting to see after his layoff how quickly we can get back to…
Another Big Ten basketball regular season is in the books. Below are The Daily Hoosier’s selections for the annual All-Big Ten awards that will be named later in the day on Monday: FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN Cassius Winston, Michigan State Carsen Edwards, Purdue Bruno Fernando, Maryland Ethan Happ, Wisconsin Lamar Stevens, Penn State (Note: This one came down to Stevens vs. Simpson for the first team. While Simpson was on the better team, Stevens is the more valuable player on a red hot team down the stretch.) SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN Tyler Cook, Iowa Jordan Murphy, Minnesota Anthony Cowan, Maryland…