Author: Mike Schumann

As previously reported, IU basketball coach Mike Woodson is in New York this week to speak at the New York Basketball Coaches Clinic Wednesday at Stepinac H.S. in White Plains. Before that appearance tomorrow, Woodson will conduct an in-home visit with class of 2024 5-star point guard Boogie Fland tonight.  That’s according to multiple reports. Ranked the No. 1 point guard in the 2024 class by the On3 Industry Average, and the No. 7 player overall, Fland visited Indiana for multiple days in June along with his family. “It was great,” Fland told The Daily Hoosier of his visit to IU.  “I…

Indiana has offered class of 2025 wing Jordan Scott. The 6-foot-6 Scott announced the offer on his Instagram page after IU assistant coach Kenya Hunter visited him today. “Thank you Coach Hunter for coming out to see me, and thank you Indiana for the official offer,” Scott wrote. Scott is a 4-star prospect in the 2025 class.  According to the On3 Industry Average, he’s the No. 63 overall player in the 2025 class, and the No. 22 shooting guard. He played with the Virginia Elite in the UA Association this summer after helping South Lakes H.S. (Reston, Va.) to a…

IU basketball’s recruiting weekend received a lot of national attention, but the staff still has more work to do to secure commitments in the class of 2024. Indiana rolled out the red carpet for Montverde Academy senior teammates Liam McNeeley, Derik Queen and Curtis Givens, and by all accounts the visits were a success. But all three have additional visits planned. McNeeley has a Texas visit on the schedule for Sept. 22, Givens has Memphis the same weekend, and Queen has Maryland in October.  At various stages of their recruitments, those schools have each been seen as a respective home…

Redshirt freshman Tayven Jackson is Indiana’s starting quarterback. IU coach Tom Allen made the announcement at a Monday morning press conference in Bloomington. Allen cited Jackson’s poise and ability to lead scoring drives as the main deciding factors for him winning the competition against fellow redshirt freshman Brendan Sorsby. “At the end of the day that’s what it really comes down to is being able to score points,” Allen said on Monday. Jackson was on the field for Indiana’s lone scoring drive against Ohio State, and all five touchdown drives against Indiana State. For the season, Jackson is 19-of-26 passing…

There was never much doubt Indiana was going to enter week three 1-1. And there isn’t much doubt about what’s going to happen down the line when the Hoosiers host Akron, and travel to Michigan and Penn State. But it’s those other seven games, beginning this week, that will determine whether IU can return to a bowl game for the first time since 2020. If you bake in a 2-3 mark as a result of the aforementioned contests, Indiana will need to win four of the other seven games to become bowl eligible. The bad news:  IU is an underdog…

IU football is going to play one quarterback this week. And Indiana fans are nearly unanimous in their belief that Tayven Jackson should line up behind center when the Hoosiers face Louisville on Saturday. The Daily Hoosier polled the fan base on Twitter/X this weekend, and 95.5 percent of fans said Jackson has earned the starting job. Here are the full results: https://twitter.com/daily_hoosier/status/1700533721542045802?s=20 Jackson and his fellow redshirt freshman Brendan Sorsby took turns starting during the first two weeks of the season, with each seeing action in both games. Jackson was on the field for a total of 76 snaps…

A Nigerian flag made waves during freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako’s official visit to IU. Mgbako is of Nigerian descent, and he took photographs and videos while in Bloomington with the flag that the IU staff gave him on the visit.  People in his circle said the flag made a strong impression on Mgbako and his family. Recruiting insider Andrew Slater posted a short video on Saturday from 2024 5-star Liam McNeeley’s current visit to IU, and once again Indiana seems to be on top of its flag game. Here’s the video Slater posted to Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1700649735701287290?s=20 Did you catch that…

Indiana posted its week two injury report with the Big Ten office on Friday afternoon. In total IU has two players out and four who are questionable. OUT 5 Dexter Williams II 9 Jamier Johnson Williams is expected to be out for at least one more week.  Johnson left the Ohio State game with what appeared to be a concussion. QUESTIONABLE 5 Kobee Minor 24 Bryson Bonds 45 Trey Walker 60 Max Longman Indiana and Indiana State kick at 7 p.m. ET on BTN. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can…

Indiana has a good chance to get back on track when they host FCS opponent Indiana State on Friday evening. The Hoosiers will also look to solve their quarterback riddle, and open up an offense that failed to find the end zone in week one. It’s a special Friday night edition of IU football in Bloomington. Here’s everything you need to know about Indiana’s week two matchup against the Sycamores. INDIANA STATE (0-1) at INDIANA (0-1) Kickoff:  7 p.m. Eastern, Friday Location:  Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,626; field turf) Television: BTN — Pat Boylan (pbp), Brock Vereen (analyst), Meghan McKeown…

When he arrived two and a half years ago, then new IU coach Mike Woodson knew he had to elevate the expectations when it came to what was possible on the recruiting trail. “When I took the job, I made it clear to my coaches that we deserve to sit at the table with the best players,” Woodson said. Since then, Indiana landed the No. 17 high school class in 2022 and No. 16 in 2023.  He’s also brought in significant talent via the transfer portal. Indiana doesn’t have a commit yet in the high school senior class, but they’re…