Author: Mike Schumann

Bellarmine transfer big man Langdon Hatton has made it official. The Georgetown, Ind. native and North Harrison H.S. product announced on his social media accounts he has transferred to Indiana for his final season of college basketball. The 6-foot-10 and 240-pound Hatton started all 31 games for Bellarmine in 2023-24.  Taking on the biggest role of his career, he averaged 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds in 27.8 minutes per contest.  Hatton shot 48 percent from the field overall, including 33.3 percent (15-of-45) from three.  He added 24 blocks on the season. With the addition of Hatton, Indiana now has 12…

Knicks forward OG Anunoby is expected to miss Game 6 Friday night in Indianapolis, but is a “possibility” to return after that, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said Wednesday on “Get Up.” That means the former IU basketball star could be available for a Game 7 against the Pacers on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. if necessary. “He’s out of the pool and doing some court work for the Knicks,” Windhorst said. “If the Knicks advance, the fact that he’s already out there on the court and doing some light work makes it a possibility that the Knicks could potentially see him…

Bellarmine transfer big man Langdon Hatton is in Bloomington for a visit, he announced Tuesday evening on his X account. Hatton has been trending towards an IU commitment for a couple weeks, and this visit further points to that possible outcome.  He’s expected to be on campus on an official visit for a couple days. The 6-foot-10 and 240-pound Hatton started all 31 games for Bellarmine in 2023-24. He averaged 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds in 27.8 minutes per contest. From Georgetown, Ind., Hatton shot 48 percent from the field, including 33.3 percent (15-of-45) from three. He added 24 blocks…

There aren’t many names left on the board for Indiana when it comes to the transfer portal. One of their main prospects was formally crossed off the list Tuesday when Monmouth center Nikita Konstantynovskyi announced he’s headed to Notre Dame. Indiana had multiple discussions with the 6-foot-10 Konstantynovskyi regarded their opportunity to back up Oumar Ballo at center. Another name that surfaced this week is UT Martin 6-foot-9 forward Issa Muhammad.  The Atlanta, Ga. product averaged 11.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game last season for the Skyhawks. The Daily Hoosier can confirm there has been contact Muhammad, although it…

IU baseball has lost an opportunity to give its NCAA Tournament resume a major boost. Indiana’s final midweek game, a contest scheduled at Louisville on Tuesday night, has been canceled due to incoming storms and lightning in the area. Because it is the last week of the regular season, the game will not be made up. Instead, IU will turn its attention to the final series of the season, with a strong finish necessary on multiple fronts. The Hoosiers will finish the regular season at home. Michigan comes to town later this week for games on Thursday (5:00 PM), Friday…

Based on Indiana’s current roster, the Hoosiers will once again have a major reconstruction project ahead of them to prepare for the 2025-26 season.  As of this writing, IU will have at least six scholarships available as Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Oumar Ballo and Luke Goode are all expected to be out of eligibility. Building the 2025-26 team might follow a different course, as the Indiana staff is a strong contender for a number of prospects in the class of 2025.  That includes one of the better in-state classes in several years. As the focus pivots this spring and summer…

Indiana Softball earned an NCAA Tournament bid for the second consecutive season on Sunday night as announced on the NCAA Softball Tournament Selection Show. The Hoosiers will be the No. 3 Seed in the Columbia Regional. The regional will take place from May 17-19 at the University of Missouri. Missouri is the No. 7 overall seed in the tournament. Indiana will play against No. 2 seed Washington in their first game of the regional while No. 1 seed Missouri will start with No. 4 seed Omaha. According to the ESPN Selection Show, Indiana was one of the final four teams…

Indiana had plenty of chances the last two days to keep its streak of Big Ten series wins alive. Instead, missed opportunities were the story for the Hoosiers (28-21-1, 13-8 B1G) this weekend at Nebraska after a dramatic come-from-behind Friday evening win. IU left nine runners on base in the final five innings of a Saturday loss to the Cornhuskers, and were just 2-13 (.154) with runners on base in Sunday’s 4-2 defeat at Haymarket Park. Freshman second baseman Jasen Oliver and sophomore shortstop Tyler Cerny each hit solo home runs in the fifth and sixth innings respectively to tie…

As it turned out, Bob Knight’s memorable return to an IU basketball game in February of 2020 came just in time. The health of the legendary leader of the Indiana program was already hit-or-miss by that point. But as was always the case when Knight stepped foot on the court at Assembly Hall, he was firing on all cylinders for his much anticipated homecoming. “It was wild.  He was on that day,” his son Pat Knight said in a radio interview last week.  “ON.” “It was unbelievable.  He walked into that place, and the first thing that they wanted him…

There are plenty of Pacers and Knicks fans in the IU basketball fan base. And the health of a former Hoosiers star might end up playing a key role in the Eastern Conference Semifinals series involving the two NBA franchises. With the Knicks up 2-0 in the series, OG Anunoby missed Game 3, and his absence helped the Pacers pull to within 2-1 on Friday evening in Indianapolis. The Knicks fortunes have risen and fallen with Anunoby’s availability this season. And now Anunoby will miss Sunday’s Game 4 in Indiana as the forward continues to rehab from a hamstring strain…