The Big Ten Conference announced the bracket for the 2024 Big Ten Baseball Tournament scheduled for May 21-26 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Neb. The eight-team, double-elimination tournament will determine the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. The tournament begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT when No. 3 seed Indiana (30-22-1) takes on No. 6 seed Purdue (33-22). The teams met two weeks ago in West Lafayette, and IU took the series 2-1. It will be the first meeting of the rivals in the postseason since 2012. The winner of Tuesday’s opening game will head to the…
Author: Mike Schumann
A former IU star could make the difference as the Knicks and Pacers get set for Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. New York forward OG Anunoby, out since Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals due to a left hamstring strain, plans to participate in shootaround on Sunday morning and test for a potential Game 7 return against the Indiana Pacers, ESPN is reporting. The Knicks upgraded Anunoby to questionable on Saturday afternoon. He has averaged 16.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block in eight playoff games this season. New York has been ravaged by…
Westfield, Ind. — The Daily Hoosier is at the Nike EYBL this weekend catching up with various IU basketball recruiting targets. Here are a some quick notes from the event. Check back for more updates. IU had three coaches watching class of 2025 4-star guard Kiyan Anthony on Saturday morning, including head coach Mike Woodson. Kiyan is the son of NBA great Carmelo Anthony, who played for Woodson with the New York Knicks. Kiyan told the media he doesn’t plan to take visits until after summer basketball in July. He says Indiana is a school he plans to visit. Class…
The one and only live recruiting period of the spring is upon this weekend, and that means college basketball coaches will descend upon various national high school basketball events across the country over the next few days. Given the limited opportunities to watch players in person and make their presence felt, look for the IU staff — Mike Woodson and his three assistant coaches — to be out in full force this weekend. The major events are open to the public, and one is close to a significant portion of the Indiana fan base. For IU fans in the Indianapolis…
A home game on Indiana’s 2024-25 nonconference schedule has been reported. The Hoosiers are expected to host Eastern Illinois on Sunday Nov. 10 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, The Daily Hoosier can confirm. That would likely be IU’s second or third game of the season. The regular season starts on Nov. 4. Indiana is 2-0 all-time against Eastern Illinois, with a 94-55 NCAA Tournament win in 1992, and an 88-49 win in Bloomington in 2015. Eastern Illinois is led by former IU basketball player Marty Simmons. A member of the Ohio Valley Conference, the Panthers finished the 2023-24 season as…
The story of Bob Knight’s relationship with Tates Locke is one of friendship and second chances. And it highlights a side of Knight that is rarely discussed. The softer side. Locke, who passed this week at the age of 87, was head coach at Army for two years and gave Knight his first college job there as an assistant coach in 1963. With Knight as his assistant, Locke had a 40-15 record in his two seasons at Army (1963-64, 1964-65). The pair became close friends during their time together at West Point. And that friendship stood the test of time…
Tracy Smith led IU baseball to the College World Series in 2013. But on Thursday, Smith was in Bloomington as the head coach of Michigan, trying to keep the Hoosiers out of the postseason altogether. Instead, Indiana and their former head coach split a doubleheader at Bart Kaufman Field. The win by the Hoosiers was enough for them to clinch an 11th straight trip to the Big Ten Tournament. That’s the longest active streak in the league, and one that dates back to Smith’s time at Indiana. Michigan won the first contest on Thursday afternoon 3-2, and the Hoosiers responded…
The IU football program has made a late addition to the 2024 roster at linebacker. Lakeland, Fla. based Rolijah Hardy announced his commitment to Indiana on his X account. Part of the class of 2023, Hardy signed with Navy out of high school. He spent his first collegiate season as part of the Naval Academy Preparatory School. As a senior at Lakeland H.S. in 2022, Hardy led his team with 101 total tackles, including 69 solo tackles. He had 11.5 tackles for loss, and added two sacks, five quarterback pressures, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery. He was the…
Via release, IU head coach Mike Woodson announced the addition of transfer Langdon Hatton to the Indiana men’s basketball program on Thursday. Hatton, an Indiana native, will join Indiana after spending three seasons at Bellarmine and William & Mary. The 6-10, 240-pound center averaged 6.9 points and 4.6 rebounds to go along with 60 assists and 45 stocks (steals plus blocks) in two seasons at Bellarmine. He shot 50.3% (176-of-350) and 34.0% (16-of-47) from the 3-point line. He added five double-doubles with the Knights. Hatton began his career at William & Mary and earned Coastal Athletic Association Rookie of the Week…
As they build a new football stadium, Northwestern has updated plans to host games for the 2024 season. Northwestern’s football team will play a majority of its games this season at a temporary setup at the Lanny and Sharon Martin athletics facility near Lake Michigan on the University’s Evanston campus. That includes Indiana’s Oct. 5 game at Northwestern. The location includes views of the lake, North Campus and downtown Chicago. The Wildcats will also play two home games at Wrigley Field, but those come towards the tail-end of the season after the Chicago Cubs’ baseball season will have ended. Earlier…