Author: Mike Schumann

Only seven players that saw the floor from the 2018-19 Indiana basketball team will be back for the 2019-20 campaign as of this writing.  While formal practices have concluded, the work never stops for high major college basketball players.  Growth and development happens in the offseason, in individual workouts and permitted organized team activities. If you could talk to each of the seven returning players about their 2018-19 season and what they need to improve going forward, what would you say?  We play Archie for a day and give it a shot with “Exit Interviews.” AL DURHAM, JR. Quick 2018-19 Recap:…

With recruiting back in full swing and attention quickly starting to shift to the class of 2020, The Daily Hoosier will be following the key names to know on the radar of the Indiana basketball program. Class of 2020 big man Kiyron Powell may be the best Indiana high school basketball player that people outside of the southwestern part of the state don’t yet know about. But the drumbeat is growing louder — and Powell appears to be on a fast track to being a name that everyone knows by this time next year. The noise coming out of the…

The Indiana University football program has seen its former players get drafted into the NFL for five consecutive years.  If that streak is going to continue into 2019, it probably won’t happen until the later rounds. That is going to make for some nervous moments for several former Hoosiers. While getting drafted into the league is no guarantee of a roster spot, it is a badge of honor, and an acknowledgement of years of hard work.  Being drafted also comes with greater potential financial rewards. At least five former players will be watching the middle to late rounds of the…

It’s no secret that Indiana hasn’t finished off its 2019 recruiting class the way it had hoped.  At least not yet anyway — and the clock is ticking. Sure there are still targets on the board, but Archie Miller and his staff have for the most part been swinging and missing over the last few months save for the signing of graduate transfer Joey Brunk. So what’s next? To use Miller’s own phrase — you keep pounding the rock. And you get back to your guiding principles. This is what Miller said at his introductory press conference back in 2017…

You knew about Romeo Langford and Devonte Green.  Now add two more IU names to the NBA Draft early entry list. The league released its official list of early entry candidates last night and couple more Hoosier names appeared. Guard Al Durham and forward Justin Smith have both also entered their names for consideration.  Both players just completed their sophomore seasons at Indiana. Smith averaged 8.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for 2018-19 season while shooting 49.6% from the field overall and 21.9% from behind the three-point line. Durham averaged 8.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game…

For the second time in less than a week, Indiana will have a prominent four-star guard on its campus as it tries to round out its 2019 recruiting class. The Hoosiers struck out with Anthony Harris, who chose North Carolina on Tuesday night.  Next up is shooting guard Lester Quinones, who arrived in Bloomington on Wednesday. IU doesn’t have a long history in the recruitment of Quinones, but the Hoosier coaching staff has made impressive progress with the New York native in a short period of time. To the surprise of many, Indiana was included on Quinones’ “final seven” list…

After yielding 14 runs to Indiana last week, Ball State’s pitchers appeared to have done enough on Tuesday night in Indianapolis to give them a chance in the bottom of the ninth. And then the top of the ninth happened on a crisp night at Victory Field in front of 2,441 fans. Carrying a delicate 4-3 lead into the final inning, Indiana exploded for five runs, making the Cardinal bottom half of the final inning a mere formality. It was a little bit of everything in that top half of the ninth, including hits, walks, hit batters and wild pitches…

Only seven players that saw the floor from the 2018-19 Indiana basketball team will be back for the 2019-20 campaign as of this writing.  While formal practices have concluded, the work never stops for high major college basketball players.  Growth and development happens in the offseason, in individual workouts and permitted organized team activities. If you could talk to each of the seven returning players about their 2018-19 season and what they need to improve going forward, what would you say?  We play Archie for a day and give it a shot with “Exit Interviews.” DAMEZI ANDERSON Quick 2018-19 Recap: Anderson…

The in-state recruiting class of 2021 is loaded, and one of the two players gaining the most notoriety at the top of the list is Fort Wayne’s Caleb Furst. Furst, who attends Blackhawk Christian School, is ranked as the No. 31 player in the country according to the 247Sports Composite.  He has interest from a number of programs around the Midwest in a recruitment that appears likely to keep expanding. Indiana offered the 6-foot-9 forward a scholarship in October.  Furst has been to Bloomington on multiple occasions and he attended a game in February against Ohio State. For his sophomore…

The Adidas Gauntlet AAU circuit was in Indianapolis last weekend.  Below are videos from that event of class of 2020 Indiana basketball recruiting targets Anthony Leal, Zach Loveday and Keon Johnson. ANTHONY LEAL Leal is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Bloomington, Indiana.  According to the 247Sports Composite, Leal is ranked 82nd overall in the country (No. 20 shooting guard), and first in the state of Indiana. The Bloomington South High School product has offers from Butler, Stanford, Northwestern and others.  IU has not yet offered Leal. https://youtu.be/HsFBAnnv6Go ZACH LOVEDAY Loveday is a 7-foot-0 center from Gallipolis, Ohio.  He played his…