Author: Mike Schumann

This is the fourth in a five-part series on the historic home courts of the Indiana University basketball program.  Today we take a look at the fourth home of the Hoosiers — the New Fieldhouse. A Temporary Solution That Became an Eleven Season Home The January 6, 1958 Indianapolis News reported that IU had announced plans to accept bids on a new $13 million “Athletic Plant” that would include a new football stadium, a new basketball arena and more.  The original plans at this time called for a 15,000 seat arena, which was the facility that we now know as Simon…

Indiana continues to put some definition around its recruiting class of 2020.  The Hoosiers have reportedly offered 4-star target Andre Jackson: https://twitter.com/PatLawless_/status/1020748857389592576 Various recruiting services list Jackson as either a small forward or shooting guard.  At 6-foot-6, he has the length to play in the front court, while also exhibiting the necessary skills to play the two-guard. The 247 Sports Composite lists Jackson as the 41st ranked player nationally and the top player from the state of New York in the 2020 class. Jackson, who originally hails from Amsterdam, holds a rapidly growing list of offers that includes Syracuse, UCONN, Maryland and…

Session two of the July live window for NCAA basketball recruiting began on Wednesday.  With the Nike EYBL formally wrapped up after the Peach Jam, action spreads out to multiple venues this week and weekend.  With that the IU coaching staff is spread out all over the country. We’ll use this post to monitor the activity of the IU coaching staff from Wednesday through Sunday to help give you a sense for where they are prioritizing their time as we hit the stretch run with the class of 2019. While all of these events have teams from multiple recruiting classes,…

Mike Schumann of The Daily Hoosier joined the Hoosier Breakdown and Hoosier Heartland podcasts on Friday.  Take a break on a rainy weekend and have a listen as we discuss the latest in Indiana University Athletics. HOOSIER BREAKDOWN We joined Nick Baumgart of Hoosier Breakdown and covered a number of topics including Trayce Jackson-Davis, Yogi Ferrell, the July live period, IU football and more. Give Nick a follow on Twitter here.  Also check out www.hoosierbreakdown.com.  There is a really good podcast there with former IU guard and Indiana Mr. Basketball Pat Graham that goes into a lot of good insider…

It has been an interesting couple of weeks on the Yogi Ferrell NBA news front. First Dallas had rescinded their $2.9 million qualifying offer to Ferrell two weeks ago, making him an unrestricted free agent.  That announcement came with wide speculation that the qualifying offer was “a placeholder” as the team worked to re-sign Ferrell. Yesterday came rumors that Ferrell had moved forward and re-signed with Dallas.  Here’s the latest on Friday: Friday Afternoon Update: The latest news appears to be that Ferrell has now signed with Sacramento: https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1020399250704928768 Earlier Report: A new twist in the story has apparently unfolded today,…

When we last wrote about the recruitment of class of 2019 forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, we cautioned that Hoosier fans would need to exercise some patience.  That was two months ago.  We may need to take our own advice, because this is turning into a bit more than what we expected. It had been previously rumored that new high profile programs were expressing interest in the Greenwood, Indiana product.  In a recent Rivals article, Jackson-Davis made it clear that North Carolina is one of those programs. “Yes, Coach Williams has told me about their offense and that they watched me and they…

UPDATE:  This story has taken a new twist on Friday. So much for the concern that the Dallas Mavericks were crowding out Yogi Ferrell.  After drafting point guards in each of the last two seasons, the Mavericks nevertheless will reportedly maintain their commitment to Indiana University all-time assist leader Yogi Ferrell. https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1019985033887707136 Dallas had rescinded their $2.9 million qualifying offer to Ferrell two weeks ago, making him an unrestricted free agent.  At the time, various reports indicated that the team considered the qualifying offer “a placeholder” as the team worked to re-sign Ferrell. Ferrell joined Dallas as a D-League call-up…

Indiana University football wide receiver Nick Westbrook had a huge 2016 season.  Despite missing virtually the entire 2017 season, his performance has not been lost on the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, which released this year’s preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award. Westbrook was one of three Big Ten Conference receivers that were included on the 2018 Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list that was released on Thursday.  The other two Big Ten receivers are both from Nebraska — Stanley Morgan, Jr. and JD Spielman. The Florida native caught 54 passes for 995 yards and six touchdowns in 2016.  He led the team…

New Indiana baseball coach Jeff Mercer has made a major addition to the IU baseball staff naming former MLB All-Star Scott Rolen as the Director of Player Development.  Rolen was a seven time National League All-Star.  Rolen’s MLB career spanned from 1996 to 2012 and he played for Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Cincinnati.  He was a career .281 hitter with 316 home runs. The Jasper, Indiana native did not play college baseball.  Rolen made a major gift to IU back in 2013 in connection with the construction of Bart Kaufman Field. https://twitter.com/IndianaBase/status/1019661992456572928 Here is the full release from Indiana:…

Sports press conferences are notoriously void of any real substance.  You can usually anticipate the “we just need to take it one game at a time” before the words are uttered. Former Indiana University forward Collin Hartman, who had a memorable career with IU, was just like every other athlete playing a major sport in that regard.  After a forgettable blowout loss lost year against Fort Wayne, Hartman and the others who met with the media said “we didn’t come out ready” in about twelve different ways as they waited to be released from the podium. You can’t blame the…