Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana has not formally announced who will participate in Senior Day festivities Sunday following their home finale against Michigan State. But the program sent a pretty clear signal today via a social media post. It looks like IU fans should expect Anthony Leal and Trey Galloway to be honored along Anthony Walker and Xavier Johnson. Hoosiers for life. ⚪️🔴 Join us at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall as we honor our seniors after today’s game vs. Michigan State. pic.twitter.com/Cba3LFNzlo — Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) March 10, 2024 The Daily Hoosier expects both Leal and Galloway will in fact participate. Walker and Johnson…

Former IU basketball star Trayce Jackson-Davis went viral earlier this week. In one sequence he blocked two shots by NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, and then dunked a lob on the other end of the court. What a sequence for Trayce Jackson-Davis 😤 pic.twitter.com/oq9V3nq5Pb — NBA TV (@NBATV) March 7, 2024 Warriors coach Steve Kerr was already thinking about playing Jackson-Davis more, and his performance against the Bucks and Giannis only served to reinforce that idea as Golden State readies for another postseason run. “We have to get Trayce more minutes to get him ready for the playoffs because he needs…

If Indiana’s lone path to the NCAA Tournament comes via winning the Big Ten Tournament, that route got ever so slightly easier over the last week. It appears Indiana has played their way out of the first round of next week’s tournament with their current three-game winning streak. Where they ultimately land seems like a bit of a formality at this point.  In any case Indiana is going to have to win four games next week, and at some point that will likely include facing No. 1 Purdue. A week ago Indiana’s seeding range was anywhere from N0. 5 to…

John Isenbarger, one of the star players on Indiana’s lone Rose Bowl team, died Thursday at age 76. Isenbarger is one of only four IU football players to earn first team All-America recognition on two different occasions.  Isenbarger and the 1967 Indiana squad were co-Big Ten champions and played in that Rose Bowl game against USC.  After going to IU as a quarterback, Isenbarger switched to running back when Harry Gonso was named that team’s starter. For his career the Muncie, Ind. native averaged an impressive 5.0 yards per carry.  Isenbarger is currently tenth on IU’s all-time rushing yards list…

Indiana coach Mike Woodson spoke with the media Friday morning, just hours after the news broke his lone class of 2024 commit, 5-star Liam McNeeley, was reopening his recruitment. IU leaked earlier this week Woodson would be back as head coach for the 2024-25 season, his fourth in Bloomington. Woodson was asked during a Friday Zoom conference about his level of concern with having no commits in the 2024 class.  It was just the latest uncomfortable question the 65-year-old has faced this week. On Wednesday following his team’s 70-58 win at Minnesota, Woodson was asked about the news of him…

Watch as IU basketball coach Mike Woodson met with the media on Friday morning in advance of the Hoosiers final home game of the season. Indiana (17-13, 9-10) and Michigan State tip at 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday for Senior Day. https://youtu.be/R5Y9uAPSrmU The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no cost to you.

This feels like the canary in the coal mine moment. And strangely enough, it comes just a day after Indiana leaked its decision to retain Mike Woodson for a fourth season. Admittedly, it is a bit difficult to process this moment.  And a part of you wonders, “what is really going on here?” On Thursday evening the news broke Indiana’s lone class of 2024 signee has reopened his recruitment. Liam McNeeley, perhaps the best 3-point shooter in the class of 2024, will not attend the high major college basketball program that shoots the least threes this season.  Let that sentence…

Indiana will enter the spring with no class of 2024 commits. 5-star wing Liam McNeeley has requested a release from his national letter of intent, according to multiple reports.  Joe Tipton of On3 broke the news. The news comes a day after Indiana announced the return of Mike Woodson as head coach for the 2024-25 season. McNeeley chose Indiana over Kansas in the fall. Yesterday Indiana announced McNeeley, a consensus five-star commit out of Montverde Academy, was named to the 2024 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Boy’s High School All America Third Team. In 30 games at Montverde Academy, the top-ranked…

Indiana might have been able to let the season play out and make an informed decision based on a full body of work. But it seems like the message board and chat server crowds, gaslighted by those who fan the flames at such outlets, put the question on referendum sooner than expected. So tucked neatly within a two-game winning streak, Indiana fans were delivered unexpected news just hours before the final road game of the 2023-24 season. Mike Woodson will be back for a fourth season. How did we get here? Somehow Auburn coach Bruce Pearl’s name started showing up…

The rumors about the death of Indiana basketball have been greatly exaggerated, we think.  For the first time in over a year, the Hoosiers are on a three-game winning streak against high-major competition. Indiana started fast with an 8-0 run to open the game.  They did fall behind 23-18, but closed the first half on a 12-2 run.  After trading baskets to open the second, the Hoosiers pulled away in convincing fashion.  A 26-12 stretch over 10 minutes of the second half proved decisive. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU won 70-58 with another edition of The Report…