Author: Mike Schumann

Raise the banner — and then raise the standard. IU women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren knows the number down to the last person.  On multiple occasions, the 5th year head coach has precisely referred to the WNIT championship record breaking home crowd of 13,007. She also knows that in order to keep the fans coming back, the level of play is going to have to take the next step. “I will say this, I’ve made it crystal clear, as much as I loved the WNIT experience for our program and the community of Bloomington, that’s ultimately not our goal. …

We are now past Halloween and it is not a trick — IU has just one commitment in its 2019 recruiting class.  Indianapolis based guard Armaan Franklin gave his verbal pledge to the Hoosiers back in September. Indiana will have at least two scholarships open on its roster next year as Evan Fitzner and Juwan Morgan move on.  With Romeo Langford’s likely move to the NBA, three openings should be expected, and some believe that IU is pursuing a four player class. With dwindling options and new commitments announced almost daily around the country at this point, it is reasonable to wonder…

After yet another soul crushing loss that seemed to follow a decades old script, we are back down to just us. Every Indiana football season begins with a healthy dose of optimism.  Visions of 1945 and 1967 abound, and folks that have no idea what those years mean genuinely and enthusiastically want to believe.  God love ’em. But those days are gone.  Basketball season has commenced, and the fair-weathers have moved on, save for some incoherent mumbling about how Fred Glass hates football and Tom Allen hasn’t been a head coach beyond Pop Warner. Now it’s just us — the…

You are in good company if Romeo Langford was the first player that you were looking for in Thursday night’s IU basketball exhibition against Southern Indiana.  The New Albany, Indiana native was of course the headliner of a top ten 2018 Hoosier recruiting class. After the game, it was two of Langford’s 2018 classmates and fellow Hoosier natives that were generating the buzz. For everyone involved, exhibitions are about practice.  Even the IU legends are getting to know the new names and faces.  IU public address announcer Chuck Crabb needed a little practice getting Damezi Anderson’s name right. If you…

After a full eight months of waiting, Indiana basketball is back.  The Hoosiers tipped off with an exhibition against Southern Indiana on Thursday night.  IU won the contest by a score of 96-62. Indiana will kickoff the regular season next Tuesday at home against Chicago State. More than the final score, exhibitions are about learning through live game action about a team that we have been talking about ad nauseam during this long and arduous off-season. Below we summarize some of our more significant observations from the game. IT’S A GOOD THING IU HAS DEPTH Because it is already being…

IU head coach Archie Miller along with Johnny Jager, Justin Smith and Evan Fitzner met with the media after IU’s 96-62 exhibition win over Southern Indiana.  The Hoosiers open the regular season on Tuesday at home against Chicago State. https://www.facebook.com/IndianaMBB/videos/194589241417236/ Video credit – Indiana University You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier 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.

The 2018-19 NBA season is now well underway, and eight former IU basketball stars are back at it.  We will be monitoring their seasons with monthly updates. Below we summarize their performance through the end of October. OG Anunoby – Toronto Anunoby is off to a good start statistically but he has now missed several games in a row due to “personal reasons.” 2018-19 YTD Stats: Games/Games Started – 5/1 MPG – 24.2 (career high) Points – 7.2 (career high) Rebounds – 3.4 (career high) Assists – .6 Blocks – .4 (career high) Steals – .6 FG% – .455 3FG%…

Nine former Indiana University football players have registered at least one snap during the 2018 NFL season through October.  Below is a summary of their performance during the season through eight weeks. TEVIN COLEMAN, RB, ATLANTA FALCONS Att – 82 Yards – 310 YPC – 3.8 TD – 2 Rec – 15 Rec Yards – 137 TD – 2 Notes:  Coleman has started in five games for Atlanta and he has seen an expanded role to due an injury to Devonta Freeman.  Coleman recorded a 107 yard game in week two against Carolina and is currently 31st in the NFL…

Indiana University basketball head coach Archie Miller gave a press conference on Wednesday in advance of Thursday’s first and only exhibition game against Southern Indiana. The Hoosiers also held a closed scrimmage on Sunday against Loyola Chicago, and tip-off the regular season next Tuesday at home against Chicago State. You can see the full schedule here, and previews for all 17 players on the roster here. Here are a few noteworthy items from Miller’s press conference.  Further below you can see video of Al Durham and Zach McRoberts as they took questions as well. JEROME HUNTER IS GOLDEN As you probably…

With Halloween upon us and the 2018-19 edition of Indiana basketball now just days away, we decided to venture over to the lighter side. For each IU player expected to contribute this season we name one Halloween treat (i.e. – our take on what could be the best case scenario for that player), and then one perhaps no so realistic (but fun) headline or story from the season — or a “trick” if you prefer. Damezi Anderson — Emerges as a three point specialist on this team that still needs perimeter shooters.  Shoots near 50% from distance on the season. …