Mackenzie Holmes has made the long trek home many times since joining IU women’s basketball in 2019. The entire program will join her on that journey in November. IU will make the 1,100 mile trip to face Maine in late November. Holmes grew up in the town of Gorham, Maine, with a population roughly the size of the number of seats in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. “I am so excited to announce that I will be returning to my home state with Indiana to face The University of Maine at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on November 30,” Holmes…
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IU football is represented by 16 former players on 13 NFL franchises as training camps open around the country. Here is a summary of who to look for in the NFL as preparations begin for the 2023 campaign. Further below you can find key dates for the NFL preseason. For more news about Hoosiers in the NFL, GO HERE. Carolina Panthers Ian Thomas, TE Cleveland Browns Wes Martin, OL Dallas Cowboys Peyton Hendershot, TE Detroit Lions Nate Sudfeld, QB Green Bay Packers Caleb Jones, OT Kansas City Chiefs Ty Fryfogle, WR Cam Jones, LB Los Angeles Chargers Raheem Layne, DB…
For the second time in the last couple weeks, Memphis, Tenn. based point guard Curtis Givens III has told reporters Indiana wants to get him on campus this summer or fall for a senior year official visit. So we thought we’d take a closer look, and share a few things Givens told The Daily Hoosier about Indiana as well. The latest update on Givens came via Jamie Shaw of On3. Givens told Shaw he’s been to Georgia Tech on an official so far, and he has another scheduled to LSU. Beyond those, he’s talking to IU, Memphis and Texas about…
Bracketology in July? Sure, why not. Now that rosters are mostly set for the 2023-24 college basketball season, we’ll take a peek at what the game’s best-known bracketologist has to say about the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The man former IU coach Archie Miller once compared to Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi published a new prognostication of the 2024 field of 68 last week. The good news for Indiana fans — Lunardi sees the Hoosiers making the Tournament for the third straight year after missing out for five consecutive years prior to that, including all four of Miller’s…
We always like to see what the sports books have to say during the preseason, because they may have the least biased opinion out there. And it should come as no surprise — IU women’s basketball is expected to compete near the top of the national conversation once again. According to BetOnline, the Hoosiers have 14/1 odds to win the 2024 NCAA crown. That represents the sixth best odds in the country, and second best in the Big Ten. Ahead of IU are defending national champ LSU (3/1), along with UConn (5/1), Iowa (7/1), South Carolina (9/1) and Utah (9/1).…
Class of 2024 5-star forward Liam McNeeley will visit Indiana for the second time. The Montverde Academy and Plano, Texas product will come to Bloomington for a senior year official visit Sept. 8-10, he confirmed with The Daily Hoosier. The 247Sports Indiana site first reported he had set a date. He also visited IU a year ago in September. “The energy that Indiana has as a state and school is just crazy,” McNeeley told The Daily Hoosier about his first visit. “The fans show so much love, the coaches show so much love. It’s hard to not like Indiana.” McNeeley…
Indiana landed one player on each of Pro Football Focus’ first, second and third All-Big Ten preseason teams announced on Tuesday. Two of the players — kick returner Jaylin Lucas, and punter James Evans, come from the special teams. They join wideout Cam Camper, who suffered a midseason knee injury a year ago. Here is a quick summary of the 2022 seasons for each of three Hoosiers named to the PFF squads. Further below you can see the number of players who received PFF recognition by team. Indiana opens the 2023 season on Sept. 2 against Ohio State in Bloomington. …
Indiana fans have been through the highs and lows with head coach Tom Allen. Following an eight win 2019 season, Allen was the national coach of the year in 2020 as he led the Hoosiers to a 6-1 regular season with wins over Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin. That two year run has been sandwiched by the kind of frustration IU football fans are accustomed to. There were back-to-back five wins seasons in 2017 and 2018, and the last two years have been downright miserable. The fans have ridden the wave of emotions in a predictable manner. Allen…
IU’s top point guard target in the rising senior class named his top eight schools on Monday. Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Maryland, UConn and St. John’s will battle it out for New York based primary ball handler Boogie Fland. The 6-foot-3 Fland is the No. 7 overall player in the class of 2024 according to the On3 Industry Average, and he’s the No. 1 point guard in the class. Fland visited Indiana in mid-June and walked away impressed. “I love their environment, love the coaching staff, the fans are nice, everything about it is cool,” Fland told The…
We are 16 weeks away from the start of the 2023-24 college basketball season. Around this time every year we begin to see preseason outlooks from the national pundits who cover the sport. CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein issued his annual Big Ten outlook on Monday, and it should come as little surprise he’s got Purdue slotted in as the league favorite, with Michigan State the preseason No. 2 squad. That’s a top two we expect you’ll see on repeat as the national coverage rolls out in the coming weeks. After Purdue and Michigan State, we suspect you’ll see a wide…