A few months ago we wrote that you and I just needed a little patience when it came to the early days of the Archie Miller tenure. That was so a few months ago. Before we look forward, let’s go back even further — to April, 2017 when Miller was hired. The immediate concern at the time was player defections — both current players and recruits. As it turned out, no one defected. Indiana and their new head coach were quite fortunate and kept the roster largely intact. It is debatable whether Thomas Bryant and James Blackmon, Jr. might have…
Author: Mike Schumann
The final piece of the 2018-19 season puzzle was put in place tonight. Juwan Morgan announced via his Instagram account on Tuesday night that he will be returning for his senior season at Indiana University. You can see his announcement here: via Juwan Morgan Morgan has improved significantly in each of his first three seasons and Indiana. He earned 2nd team All-Big Ten honors after a productive junior season. He will have the opportunity to play along side a deep and talented supporting cast that includes incoming 5-star freshman Romeo Langford. The IU basketball program made this statement on its…
The primary spring AAU circuits (Nike EYBL/Adidas Gauntlet/NY2LA) have wrapped-up play until their respective championship events in July. Today we take a look back out how the main Indiana recruiting targets in the class of 2019 performed cumulatively through the end of the spring sessions. Performance on these circuits is often a good indicator of readiness for the next level, as the competition here is much steeper than at the high school level. Several IU targets have seen their profiles emerge over the last two months. With one exception as noted below, these are all players that IU has already…
You can’t get closer than Game 7 of the conference finals, but once again no former Indiana Hoosiers will participate in the NBA Finals. The streak goes back to 1990 when Isiah Thomas led the Detroit Pistons to an NBA title. Eric Gordon and the Houston Rockets gave it a valiant effort but came up short on their home floor in the final game of the Western Conference Finals. A total of 10 different former Indiana players have appeared in 15 different NBA Finals, winning eight of those appearances. Here is the complete list of former IU basketball players that…
As expected, the Indiana University baseball program received an invitation to the 2018 NCAA tournament. The 64-team NCAA Division I baseball championship field was revealed today live on ESPNU. The Hoosiers (38-17) will travel to Austin, Texas as a No. 2 seed. IU will face No. 3 seed Texas A&M (39-20) on Friday at 5PM EST on ESPN 2. Indiana is the only team in the Austin regional that is not from the state of Texas. You can see the IU players react to the announcement here: https://twitter.com/IndianaBase/status/1001149764396879873 Regional site host and No. 1 seed Texas (37-20) is ranked 22nd…
It is late May, and on the NFL calendar, that means that teams are conducting organized team practice activities, or “OTAs.” As we previously reported, several former IU football players were either drafted or had other various opportunities to make NFL rosters this summer. Today we check in on the latest news and notes related to these Hoosier athletes and take a look at photos of them in their new uniforms as they pursue their NFL dreams. IAN THOMAS – PANTHERS DRAFT PICK Ron Rivera and Marty Hurney believe they have a star in the making (quote via Josh Norris at…
The 64-team NCAA Division I baseball championship field will be revealed at 12 p.m. ET with the selection showing airing live on ESPNU. Indiana currently stands at 38-17 (.691) overall and is widely expected to be in the tournament field as either a 2 or 3 seed. Here are the latest projections: RPI: Indiana is currently ranked 29th, which when considered alone, would suggest that the Hoosiers would be a No. 2 seed. Baseball America has Indiana as a No. 2 seed in Arkansas. This projection was just completed on Sunday after the conference tournaments. D1 Baseball has IU as…
Indiana University has a rich history of its student athletes serving in the military. On this Memorial Day weekend we take a look back at some of the more well-known Hoosiers that served their country and risked their lives during times of war. War time often had a significant impact on the ability to field a team, and often impacted the outcome of seasons. The 1917 football team struggled to maintain enough players on its roster due to World War I, but they still managed to be one of the highest scoring teams in IU history, scoring more than 32…
With the sad news that former Indiana University football coach passed away on Friday, memories began to flood in from all over the internet. While Hoosier fans are well acquainted with Mallory’s successful run at the helm of the IU program, not as many are familiar with his many accomplishments along his path that led to Bloomington. How many people knew that he was an assistant coach on a national championship team, was the head coach of a perfect season, that he won a Big Eight Conference title, and that he led a program to their first ever conference title? …
Former Indiana University head football coach Bill Mallory passed away at the age of 82 on Friday. IU released quotes from former players, coaches, and other members of the Hoosier family: “Coach Mal was respected like none other. Revered, in fact. The kind of respect and reverence that is earned through love and leadership. Not because of a title or being in a position of power. Rather it’s because he led with every fiber of his being along with his booming voice, his locked jaw and his whole heart.” — Anthony Thompson, Indiana and College Football Hall of Fame Inductee “Coach…