The Indiana University football program begins fall camp on Friday and kicks off the 2018 season in 30 days at Florida International. Head coach Tom Allen and offensive coordinator Mike DeBord met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington to preview the upcoming season. HEAD COACH TOM ALLEN https://www.facebook.com/IndianaFootball/videos/1972324379491159/ OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE DEBORD https://www.facebook.com/IndianaFootball/videos/1972241336166130/ 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…
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It has been a while since Indiana has had a 7-foot center on its roster that had the high major talent to go with his size. In fact, Cody Zeller was the last such Hoosier in 2013. Indiana is looking to change that in the class of 2020 with Ohio center Zach Loveday. Hailing from the small town of Gallipolis, which is nestled along the Ohio River in the southeastern part of the state, there is nothing small about Loveday. Depending on which recruiting service you read, his height ranges from 6-foot-10 to 7-feet, but irrespective of the precise number,…
Believe it or not, it’s August, and with that football starts to creep to the front of the minds of many Hoosier fans. The season kicks off one month from today — September 1st at Florida International. Fall camp begins on Friday, as the Hoosiers prepare to begin their 131st season of college football, and their 119th as a member of the Big Ten. To kick-off our coverage of the 2018 Indiana football season, today we look at the top themes for the upcoming campaign. Tom Allen — Year Two Year one is in the books for the Tom Allen…
[Go here to see all of our individual class of 2019 profile pages. Go here to see our class of 2019 big board with the recruiting targets listed in our order of likelihood of a commitment.] ESSENTIALS Hometown – Valparaiso, Indiana (Valparaiso High School) Position – Shooting Guard Height – 6-foot-4 Weight – 180 247 Sports Composite Rating – 4-star (101st overall/17th SG) Primary Competition – Purdue, Xavier, Ohio State (Top Four) Timeline — Newman hasn’t established a clear timeline. He took an official visit to Purdue on the weekend of September 1 and is taking an official visit to IU on the weekend of…
Indiana has offered another top prospect in the class of 2020 in Michigan native Isaiah Jackson. The 6-foot-9 forward announced the offer today via Twitter: https://twitter.com/IJackson22/status/1024381679761350656 According to the 247Sports Composite, Jackson is 17th ranked player in the class of 2020, and the top recruit in the state of Michigan. He has received offers from Michigan State, Louisville, UConn, and many others according to the recruiting service. Jackson has been a rising star since the spring, and his ranking has followed his ascension. He played up on The Family U17 team this Spring and Summer. That team finished as a…
The July college basketball recruiting live periods have come and gone. For member of the class of 2019, their AAU careers have come to an end. It’s time to get serious. Lists will be trimmed, visits will be scheduled, and decisions will be made. With busy travel schedules and basketball tournaments now largely behind them, high-major recruiting targets are finally able to sit back and contemplate their futures with their families with much less distraction. Some Indiana fans are anxious. They look at the IU class of 2019 recruiting boards and see no commitments. Meanwhile schools like Kentucky, UCLA, Ohio…
The Indiana University men’s basketball program continues to extend offers in the class of 2020. The latest to be offered by IU is Missouri point guard Caleb Love. He announced the IU offer via Twitter on Sunday: https://twitter.com/caleb2love/status/1023697063253553153 Love is the second point guard that the Hoosiers have offered in the class, following Ethan Morton out of Pennsylvania. If IU ends up not obtaining a point guard commitment in the class of 2019, the position will almost certainly be highly emphasized in 2020. At 6-foot-3, the St. Louis product is ranked 36th nationally in the 2020 class according to the…
This is the fifth in a five-part series on the historic home courts of the Indiana University basketball program. Today we take a look at the current home of the Hoosiers — Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Finally, an Arena Befitting a Blue Blood… By the mid-1960’s, despite Indiana being the only Big Ten team with more than one national title, the New Fieldhouse was the second smallest home court for basketball in the conference. It wasn’t for a lack of trying to upgrade to a state-of-the-art facility. By 1967, Indiana University had been trying to build a new 15,000 to…
The pace of offers in the Indiana University basketball recruiting class of 2020 is starting to accelerate. The latest prospect in the class to receive an offer from the Hoosiers is Nimari Burnett. The California-based four-star shooting guard announced the offer via Twitter on Friday evening: https://twitter.com/NimariBurnett/status/1023255749768577024 The 6-foot-3 Burnett has been a rising star over the spring and summer on the Nike EYBL circuit. Playing a year up, Burnett’s progression culminated in his being named to the Peach Jam All-Underclassmen team. D1circuit.com had this to say about Burnett in connection with the announcement of his Peach Jam honors: “Nimari…
Former Indiana stars Jordan Hulls, Will Sheehey and Christian Watford are competing for a piece of a $2 million prize in The Basketball Tournament. This year’s edition marks the fifth for the winner-take-all event. The former Hoosier duo of Hulls and Sheehey plays for Armored Athlete. They’ll face off Saturday against Boeheim’s Army, a group of former Syracuse players. The matchup is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. in Atlanta. Watford plays for a team called Eberlein Drive. They’ll play Saturday against GaelForce, a group of former St. Mary’s players. That contest is set for Saturday at 5 p.m. in Atlanta.…