After their closest game this week, Team USA’s U18 men’s basketball team will play for a Gold Medal on Saturday. Team USA defeated Argentina in the semifinal round of the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship on Friday, 104-92. The 12 point win is Team USA’s closest margin of victory in five games at the FIBA Americas this week. Coming into Friday, they had won their previous four contests by an average margin of 61 points per game. Rochester, Minnesota native Matthew Hurt registered another double-digit scoring performance, scoring 16 points. He added eight rebounds and blocked three shots in 27…
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Several IU class of 2019 recruiting targets gave interviews this week at the NBA Top 100 camp. We summarize below what they had to say about Indiana. Kira Lewis, Jr. “I’m still trying to take a visit there. With all of these camps and everything it’s hard to schedule. You can’t take visits in July, so I’m trying to get all I can in during June. If I don’t go in June then I’ll definitely go when I can go (on visits) again. People love basketball at Indiana, the tradition they have it’s just a great school. A great basketball…
More than anything else, the one thing that has us the most enthusiastic about Indiana’s 2018-19 basketball season is the depth on the roster. We see 13 to 14 guys that are legitimate Big Ten players. IU hasn’t had a top to bottom roster like this in a long, long time. Last time we checked, only five guys can be on the floor at a time, although we are all for trying to sneak a couple more out there. You don’t see many coaches using 13 to 14 player rotations either. In fact, no one does. Archie Miller had a…
Periodically over the summer we will check in with a quick look at former Hoosier basketball players to find out what they are up to now. Last week was Nick Zeisloft. Today we look at Jordan Hulls, who played for IU from 2009 to 2013. Just a local kid living out his dream. That was Jordan Hulls back in 2008 when the Bloomington High School South product committed to play at Indiana prior to his senior season. It was more than just a dream — it was a risk at the time. The Hoosier program was still reeling on the…
Alabama five-star forward Trendon Watford announced via Twitter that he has cut his list down to a group of eight schools: https://twitter.com/Trendon_2/status/1006990809172987906 According to the 24/7 Sports composite, the Birmingham, Alabama native is the 12th ranked player in the country and the 3rd best power forward in the class of 2019. Most observers believe that Indiana is legitimately in the hunt here. In a somewhat unusual turn of events, IU’s coaches took two in-home visits in the spring. There are other factors helping Indiana’s cause. First of course is Christian Watford’s positive experience at IU and Trendon’s own experience watching…
During the 2015 Indiana football season, it got to the point of being unbearable. 47 points to Southern Illinois, 52 points to Michigan State, 48 points to Michigan, 44 points to Duke. The resistance was futile. The tipping point was probably on October 17 at home against Rutgers. Indiana led that game 52-28 midway through the 3rd quarter. They lost 55-52. That 2015 Hoosiers team could have easily won nine games with even an average to slightly bad defense. Despite having a high powered offense led by NFL caliber players such as Nate Sudfeld, Dan Feeney, Jason Spriggs and Jordan…
Take a behind the scenes look at Romeo Langford from the people that know him best via this series produced by “Who’s Next”. Langford is one of the top 10 ranked incoming freshmen in the country. He joined his fellow class of 2018 teammates on the IU campus on Tuesday. Collectively, the class is ranked in the top 10 nationally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-P4UqJKy9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIuUabIbdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA6arOc0GIo&t=25s 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…
Indiana has offered class of 2019 four-star combo guard Anthony Harris. At 6-foot-4, and 180 pounds, Harris hails from Fairfax, Virginia and attends Paul VI Catholic High School. https://twitter.com/MANZANT3/status/1006727352641097733 According to the 24/7 Sports composite, Harris is the 62nd ranked player overall nationally in the class, and the 8th ranked combo guard. Playing for a stacked Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit, Harris has been a key player on a 16-0 team. He averaged 8.3 points and hit 54 percent of his threes (13 of 24). He is known for playing hard on both ends of the floor and…
Every conceivable story has been told from every conceivable angle when it comes to the Indiana class of 2018. It’s Archie Miller’s first class. It’s his “inside-out” initiative at its best. Robert Phinisee spurned his hometown school to come to Bloomington. Damezi Anderson was the first kid from South Bend to commit to IU since the early 70’s. Jerome Hunter, the #2 ranked player in Ohio chose IU over the Buckeyes. Jake Forrester comes from the Philadelphia area perhaps the least heralded, but also the most likely to surprise folks with his huge upside. Race Thompson is the top 100…
Romeo Langford’s quiet and humble manner has at times been confused for him being passive or soft. His opponents have made that mistake, and it generally hasn’t worked out well for them. If you have seen his senior year “mix tape” you might recall a moment that begins around 1:50 into the video. An opposing player on Charlestown called Langford soft. Verbally, Langford didn’t respond. What did he do? He scored a career high 48 points in that game. New Albany won by 74. No one knows for sure, but it is possible that Kentucky head coach John Calipari may…