Author: Mike Schumann

Eight former IU basketball stars are playing at the highest level of the game during the 2018-19 season.  We will be monitoring their seasons with monthly updates. Below we summarize their year to date performance with NBA stats through the end of January. (Note – stats are actually through February 1 games) OG Anunoby – Toronto Anunoby had an up and down month.  He missed five games for personal reasons just as he was starting to get things rolling with several good games early in the month.  He has returned to action and was just selected to the NBA Rising…

The final leg of this brutal stretch of 7 of 11 games on the road ends with perhaps the most difficult of them all — a trip to East Lansing to face Michigan State. With Indiana reeling on a seven game losing streak they now must go to the Breslin Center, a building where they have won just twice since it opened in 1989. The Spartans present a major challenge on both ends of the floor, ranking in the top ten nationally in both KenPom adjusted offense and defense. As unlikely as it seems, a win on Saturday in front…

April 30, 2018. At the time it felt like a day that significantly changed the direction of the Indiana University basketball program.  When Romeo Langford pump faked towards the Vanderbilt hat and then chose the cream and crimson IU trident, it is beyond debate that change occurred. Sitting here nine months later, it is the nature of what changed on that day that is still being examined — and may be for years to come. “If you have one one-and-done your team is done.” That’s what former Virginia Tech head coach and ESPN college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg said on…

At some point things had to start improving as it relates to the depth on the Indiana basketball roster.  Perhaps that time is now. IU head basketball coach Archie Miller told reporters on Friday afternoon that junior guard Devonte Green was “full go” at practice on Thursday and will return to action on Saturday night when the Hoosiers face Michigan State in East Lansing. Green did not travel with the team to Northwestern last week at which time the school released the following brief statement: “Indiana University junior Devonte Green, a member of the men’s basketball team, has been suspended…

And you thought a 20-2 start against Michigan was bad?  You should have known it could get worse. How about a 22-0 run by Rutgers.  Rutgers!  The Scarlet Knight rally, which spanned both halves, completely changed the game — as runs of that magnitude typically do. We had to know — how exactly can that happen? With 3:58 remaining in the first half, Al Durham attacked the rim and made a layup to extend Indiana’s lead to 29-19.  Energetic and crisp, the Hoosiers looked to be on their way to ending a six game losing streak. And then it happened. …

As you have likely heard by now, IU freshman guard Romeo Langford and Purdue freshman receiver Rondale Moore are close friends.  At one point they lived five houses away from each other and they were teammates on New Albany’s 2016 state championship team. To make that aspect of the story more interesting, New Albany won that state title game against McCutcheon and fellow IU freshman guard Rob Phinisee. The Big Ten recently profiled Langford and Moore on “The Journey” in connection with the recent IU vs. Purdue game at West Lafayette.  You can watch below.  The segment is broken into two…

This must be what rock bottom feels like. Losers of seven in a row, this IU skid is the longest such run of ineptitude for Indiana since the 2010-11 season.  That was the final season of the Tom Crean rebuilding effort. It isn’t clear where we are in the Archie Miller rebuild, but with the expectations much higher than they were eight years ago, this collapse is a tougher pill to swallow. The challenge is going to get much more difficult before it gets “easier.” Indiana (12-9, 3-7) returns to action for a Saturday night ESPN Gameday prime time tilt…

Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell discusses a 66-58 win over Indiana on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers (12-9, 3-7) return to action on Saturday night at Michigan State. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzyF7M1RMF0 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 day?  It’s free.  Join our daily mailing list here. Please consider supporting The Daily Hoosier by shopping on Amazon via this link to the Amazon home page or through the ad below.

Indiana head basketball coach Archie Miller discusses a 66-58 loss to Rutgers on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers (12-9, 3-7) will travel to Michigan State on Saturday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEE0I_F93MY 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 day?  It’s free.  Join our daily mailing list here. Please consider supporting The Daily Hoosier by shopping on Amazon via this link to the Amazon home page or through the ad below.

Even for those optimistic few that were still clinging to hope, there was a certain reality that hit home on Wednesday night as Indiana allowed a 10 point lead to turn into a 14 point deficit in a relatively brief sequence spanning the first and second halves. The big run by Rutgers was nothing new for this Indiana team.  But the fact that it was against the Scarlet Knights and the seventh such game in a row for the Hoosiers forces you to accept that whatever the reason, this season is a lost cause. We suppose that an unrelenting optimist…