The Indiana University football program was represented at the 2018 Big Ten Media Day by head coach Tom Allen as well as Safety Jonathan Crawford, Offensive Lineman Wes Martin and Wide Receiver Luke Timian. Each of them joined BTN’s live set in Chicago to discuss the upcoming season with Dave Revsine, Howard Griffith and former IU head coach Gerry DiNardo. The video from each of those interviews is below. You can see our complete recap of the Indiana related news and notes at the Media Day here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC-5164qU68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84poYg-LafI&t=50s You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier…
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The Indiana University basketball program is continuing to extend offers for the class of 2019 as it looks for guards in the recruiting class. The latest recipient of an IU offer is 6-foot-5 shooting guard James Bouknight. The Brooklyn, New York native now attends MacDuffie High School in Massachusetts. https://twitter.com/coreyevans_10/status/1021835131512741889 The 4-star recruit had missed the spring travel circuits with a torn meniscus and just recently returned. His absence may have knocked him off the radar a bit, but his recent play seems to be making up for it. Rivals has this report on Bouknight in connection with their summary of…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen met with the press on Tuesday morning in connection with the Big Ten media day events. You can monitor all of the IU related news that breaks from Chicago here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kWkZufM14 You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier Supporting FREE coverage of IU Athletics operated by an Indiana based small business has never been easier. Just do your shopping via this link to the Amazon home page or via the Amazon ad below. Anything you purchase via these links (not just what is pictured in the ad) supports locally-owned and free coverage of all things…
Indiana head coach Tom Allen gave a press conference and did a live interview on the Big Ten Network today at the annual Big Ten Media Day event. Also participating at the event were IU players Jacob Robinson, Jonathan Crawford, Wes Martin and Luke Timian. Below is our recap of the IU related news and notes from the day. https://twitter.com/IndianaFootball/status/1021750338918010880 Key notes from Tom Allen’s meeting with the press pool: Allen indicated that the vision of the program has not changed. “I want the Hoosiers to break through.” Indiana will wear a special decal during the 2018 season in honor…
The Indiana University men’s basketball program has made its first offer in the class of 2021. Terrence Clarke is a 6-foot-5 small forward/shooting guard out of Weston, Massachusetts. He announced the IU offer today via Twitter: https://twitter.com/terrenceclarke_/status/1021508171691646977 Clarke is one of the most highly regarded players in the class of 2021. ESPN has him rated as the No. 2 small forward in the class. He was one of only a select few class of 2021 players invited to attend the Nike Elite 100 workouts. He has seen a flurry of offers in just the last few days, including Georgetown, Syracuse,…
July 23rd and July 24th mark the annual Big Ten Media Days. We’ll keep you updated on the Indiana related news that arises during the event. A common frustration among Indiana football fans is the perceived inequality between the East and West divisions. Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany was asked about that at his introductory press conference on Monday at the annual Big Ten Media Days. As we have written in the past, “breaking through” for Indiana football doesn’t mean just beating one traditional power in the Big Ten East. To truly break through, Indiana would have to knock down the…
With Hoosier Hysteria just over two months away, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about the 2018-19 college basketball season. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein is doing just that, releasing today via Twitter his views on the Big Ten power rankings and a number of individual honors. Rothstein is a college basketball writer and on-air personality for CBS Sports, WFAN, and the FRS Sports Network. He is also an AP voter for the college basketball rankings. It is always a healthy reality check to hear what independent voices in the national media are saying. Here is what Rothstein had to…
This is the fourth in a five-part series on the historic home courts of the Indiana University basketball program. Today we take a look at the fourth home of the Hoosiers — the New Fieldhouse. A Temporary Solution That Became an Eleven Season Home The January 6, 1958 Indianapolis News reported that IU had announced plans to accept bids on a new $13 million “Athletic Plant” that would include a new football stadium, a new basketball arena and more. The original plans at this time called for a 15,000 seat arena, which was the facility that we now know as Simon…
Indiana continues to put some definition around its recruiting class of 2020. The Hoosiers have reportedly offered 4-star target Andre Jackson: https://twitter.com/PatLawless_/status/1020748857389592576 Various recruiting services list Jackson as either a small forward or shooting guard. At 6-foot-6, he has the length to play in the front court, while also exhibiting the necessary skills to play the two-guard. The 247 Sports Composite lists Jackson as the 41st ranked player nationally and the top player from the state of New York in the 2020 class. Jackson, who originally hails from Amsterdam, holds a rapidly growing list of offers that includes Syracuse, UCONN, Maryland and…
Session two of the July live window for NCAA basketball recruiting began on Wednesday. With the Nike EYBL formally wrapped up after the Peach Jam, action spreads out to multiple venues this week and weekend. With that the IU coaching staff is spread out all over the country. We’ll use this post to monitor the activity of the IU coaching staff from Wednesday through Sunday to help give you a sense for where they are prioritizing their time as we hit the stretch run with the class of 2019. While all of these events have teams from multiple recruiting classes,…