Remember all that talk about a 5 game losing streak, and what is wrong with Indiana baseball? That was so last week. On its Senior Night, the Hoosiers finished off a 3-game sweep of Maryland, winning 13-3 at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington. IU won its sixth in a row overall to wrap-up the regular season. Indiana heads to post season play at 37-15 overall, and 14-9 in the Big Ten. IU is firmly in the eight-team Big Ten Tournament that starts next week. The Hoosiers will finish 5th overall in the regular season conference standings. While Maryland put up…
Author: Mike Schumann
If you ask just about anyone who they think is the most likely in the class of 2019 to attend Indiana, their response is Greenwood, Indiana native Trayce Jackson-Davis. The 6-foot-9 power forward is rated as a 5-star recruit based on the 247 Sports composite, and he is the 20th best player in the country according to that service. The 5-star rating reflects a significant move up the charts for Jackson-Davis, as he has made big strides over the last few years. As a freshman he used his size to primarily be a presence with rebounding and defense. Since then…
Catcher Josh Phegley has had some bad luck in recent years with injuries. The former Indiana catcher has only appeared in 82 games over the last two seasons for the Oakland A’s. That lack of availability might be part of the reason why the A’s went a different route this spring and Phegley ended up with Oakland’s Triple A affiliate in Nashville. While it probably wasn’t the path back to the majors that he was expecting or seeking, Phegley was called up by Oakland on Thursday and joined the A’s in Toronto for a four game series. Oakland placed catcher Bruce…
It is the final piece of the 2018-19 Indiana basketball season puzzle. If he stays, the season looks quite promising. If he goes, there might be more questions than answers. Several announcements have been coming out over the last few days regarding various decisions vis-a-vis the NBA Draft. IU’s Second Team All Big Ten forward Juwan Morgan has until May 30th to decide whether he will forego his senior season and pursue professional basketball. Multiple reports have indicated that Morgan has had workouts with NBA teams. These workouts can take on a lot of different looks on a team-by-team basis,…
The updated 2019 Top247 rankings were released Thursday by 247Sports. We’ve said it before and it bears repeating — Archie Miller is going “all-in” on his class of 2019. Based on the updated ratings it is once again clear that Indiana is focusing its recruiting at the highest levels. We believe that Indiana is in legitimate contention for at least eight 5-star rated players in the class, and the top 11 players that it is pursuing are all in the Top 100. While in years past the Hoosiers have had to dip into the lower rated and even unrated groups, that doesn’t…
Back in August of 2015, Indiana University donor Mickey Mauer contacted Louisville Athletics Department personnel via e-mail. That e-mail was first channeled through the IU Athletic Department, and its content alerted Louisville of a scandal involving its basketball program. That scandal, involving the Louisville basketball program’s use of strippers and prostitutes to entice recruits, resulted in significant ridicule and shaming of its head coach Rick Pitino. The scandal broke in October 2015 when Katina Powell, an escort that was central to the matter, wrote a book detailing her relationship with the Louisville basketball program. In the book she alleged that…
The Nike EYBL circuit was in Atlanta over the weekend, with several Indiana class of 2019 targets in action. Take a look at the news and notes that emerged from the weekend related to the players that the Hoosiers are the most closely connected. (Click on each player’s name for all of our coverage including videos, stats and more) TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS While widely viewed as headed to Indiana, he continues to say in interviews that he is going through the process and will take multiple visits. It appears that it will at least be a couple months before he announces…
Based on multiple reports, Indiana will host Marquette on November 14th in the first week of the 2018-19 basketball season. The contest will be part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, which is an annual eight game series played between the Big Ten Conference and the Big East Conference to tip-off the college basketball season. The series is named in honor of the late Dave Gavitt, former athletic director at Providence College and the first commissioner of the Big East Conference. Marquette is led by head coach Steve Wojciechowski, who will be entering his 5th season at the helm of the Golden Eagles. The former Duke star has a 73-58 record…
Another year, and another 5-star player in the state of Indiana is attracting all of college basketball’s blue bloods. With a limited time frame, Archie Miller, Ed Schilling and the rest of the Hoosier coaching staff worked miracles to get Romeo Langford to stay in-state and come to Bloomington. Now Keion Brooks, Jr. a small forward in the Class of 2019 from Fort Wayne, has a growing offer list that includes the best of the best. Brooks is ranked as the No. 16 overall player and 5th best small forward in the Class of 2019 according to 247Sports. Both of those…
Over the last few weeks, Hoosier Nation has shifted from hoping that one of the best high school players in the history of the state of Indiana would “stay home”, to dreaming about what he might be able to accomplish in Bloomington. Some will say that Romeo Langford is just one guy, and he will likely only be on Indiana’s campus for months, not years. How much can he really accomplish? Others will say that he is a once-in-a-generation talent. Even if he is a so-called one-and-done, he will have one big year and create momentum for the future. How…