It was the final send-off for beloved seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill. It was an all-time attendance record at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. And quite frankly, this WNIT Championship game was over before it started. It’s time to raise another banner in Bloomington. To be sure, Virginia Tech was good. Very good. But Indiana just wasn’t going to lose this game, on this day, in front of that crowd. After a recount it was announced that 13,007 fans showed up to support this deserving team, obliterating the previous program record by nearly 3,000 people. The game started out with…
Author: Mike Schumann
The Indiana Hoosiers (22-14) host the Virginia Tech Hokies (23-13) in the WNIT championship game. The game will be played at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomingtion, Indiana and the tip-off is set for today at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on the CBS Sports Network. The programs have only met one other time. Indiana won that contest in Bloomington in 2013 by a score of 71-65. IU and Virginia Tech played multiple common opponents this year: Louisville – Indiana lost 72-59; VT lost twice 73-70 and 67-56 Chattanooga – Indiana lost 64-61; VT won 64-44…
Indiana University men’s basketball recruiting target Romeo Langford spent the week in Atlanta participating in the McDonald’s All-American Game and related activities. After several different interviews and other media events, we heard more from the New Albany, Indiana guard in the last few days than we have heard in months. Whether or not we actually learned anything is another question. Langford fielded every question imaginable regarding his final three recruiting choices (Indiana, Kansas and Vanderbilt), and there never really seemed to be a “tell” when he was talking about his options. Some have suggested via social media and other reports…
The calendar still says March, and while the IU baseball team continues to battle the snow and cold, today is opening day across Major League Baseball. With a top 20 program that has been nationally relevant for nearly a decade, it should come as no surprise that the Hoosiers are represented on the rosters of MLB and AAA teams. Below are the players that are listed on those rosters for opening day along with the 2017 stats that they registered at the MLB level. We’ve also listed some players to watch at the AAA affiliate level. At the end of…
It is late March in Indiana, and save for the Pacers, basketball has largely gone dormant in this hoops crazed state. There is one other team still playing. And just like water always finds its level, Hoosiers are finding their basketball. As connoisseurs of the game, Hoosiers won’t just watch any basketball. No, Hoosiers require something more, and the Indiana University women’s basketball team is delivering it in front of big crowds. On Wednesday night, IU defeated Texas Christian 71-58 to advance to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) championship game. The Hoosiers will face Virginia Tech for the WNIT…
On the anniversary of a memorable 1987 Final Four win over UNLV, the Indiana University men’s basketball family has lost one of its champions that played in that game. Daryl Thomas passed away this morning due to an apparent heart attack. Thomas was 52 years old. A Chicago native, he was coaching high school basketball at Montini Catholic in Lombard, Illinois. The Indiana University men’s basketball program tweeted out this message as a tribute to Thomas: https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/979062947728240641 Thomas was key player on the IU 1987 National Championship team. In what was his senior year with the Hoosiers, he averaged 15.7…
Indiana University’s Archie Miller said recently that there are no days off as a Division 1 college basketball coach. If you have followed Miller’s travels across the state of Indiana and beyond during the month of March, you know he isn’t kidding. On what seems to be a daily basis, the leader of the IU program and his staff are seen somewhere watching someone play. And there is good reason for that — the Hoosiers have holes to fill, including in the upcoming class of 2018. As we mentioned in our recap of the top off-season questions, there could be…
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo. It is all anyone wants to talk about, and we are as guilty as anyone else. But truth be told, even with one-and-done Romeo Langford, the 2018-19 Indiana Hoosiers probably won’t be an elite team without one-more-and-done Juwan Morgan. Morgan, who earned 2nd team All-Big Ten honors, is the only proven commodity at the forward position slated to be on next year’s team. Sure, De’Ron Davis should be back from injury, but although the roster says he is a forward, he plays the game like a center. Justin Smith is clearly an emerging star, but he isn’t…
Indiana University class of 2018 recruiting target Romeo Langford is in Atlanta for the McDonald’s All-American game and related events this week. He sat down with Eric Bossi of Rivals to discuss his high school career, the McDonald’s game and to give his views on the Indiana, Kansas and Vanderbilt programs. It should come as no surprise, but one clear thing that Langford appears to be focused on when evaluating his final three options is how they can best prepare him for the NBA. Langford will most likely play only one season at the college level before entering the NBA…
The dynamic duo reigns supreme once again. Two of the greatest players in the history of the Indiana University women’s basketball program apparently don’t want their college playing careers to come to an end. Sparked by a dominant effort from seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill on Sunday afternoon, the Hoosiers knocked out UC Davis 81-66 and advanced to the Women’s NIT Final Four. Buss, who is IU’s all-time scoring leader and also leads the Hoosiers in a number of other career statistical categories, continued to add to her totals. On the day she poured in 30 points to go with 7…