Author: Mike Schumann

Via release, IU Athletics announced on Thursday its plans to honor and celebrate the life of Hall of Fame head men’s basketball coach Bob Knight in the coming days and throughout the 2023-24 year. Knight, who led IU to three NCAA titles and 11 Big Ten titles from 1971-2000, passed away Wednesday at the age of 83. The IU men’s and women’s basketball players will wear commemorative ‘RMK’ patches on their home and road uniforms for the duration of the 2023-24 season. Head coach Mike Woodson’s team will be the first to wear the patch at Friday night’s exhibition game…

Bob Knight, a college basketball coaching great who won three national titles at Indiana, an Olympic gold medal, and retired as the game’s all-time winningest coach, has died at the age of 83. Knight dealt with health issues over the last five-plus years, and he moved back to Bloomington in 2019 to be closer to friends and family. His relationship with IU was strained for 20 years, but Knight returned publicly to a basketball game at Assembly Hall in 2020. Head coach Mike Woodson played at IU from 1976 to 1980 and was one of Knight’s favorite players during his…

The calendar says it was still less than three years ago. But it feels like a lifetime for IU football fans. 8-25 (.242) will do that to you. On Dec. 5, 2020, Indiana marched into Madison, Wisc. with a backup quarterback and did the unthinkable — they ended a 10-game losing streak to the Badgers that dated back to 2002. The scenes on the field and in the locker room after that 14-6 Indiana win marked what appears to have been the climatic moment of the Tom Allen era. As Allen did a postgame interview in the end zone, his…

Former IU coach Bob Knight developed a reputation through the years as a man who would do just about anything for his former players. Mike Woodson didn’t need much from Knight in 1996 when he was offered his first full-time coaching position in the NBA. But he did need his former college coach to come through for him — on very short notice. Woodson was offered an assistant coaching role by new Milwaukee Bucks head coach Chris Ford in 1996.  The late Ford discovered Woodson when he was coaching summer league squads in the early 90s. But before Ford’s offer…

Trayce Jackson-Davis scored his first career NBA points on Monday night when Chris Paul found him on a pick-and-roll in the first half. But the former IU star was just getting warmed up in New Orleans. In just his second career game, TJD posted a stat line that will look familiar to Hoosier fans — 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. And he did it in just 19 minutes and 50 seconds on the floor.  On a per-48 minute basis his numbers would be 31 points, 22 rebounds and 10 blocks. Jackson-Davis was matched up at times with fellow…

Tom Allen’s initial reaction when asked about the Michigan sign stealing investigation suggests he has a lot of thoughts about the situation involving a team he’s faced every season since becoming the head coach at Indiana. And some of those thoughts won’t be shared with the public anytime soon. Allen grinned ear-to-ear Monday morning when he was asked about it, then dropped his head and let out a laugh. “Do I have any thoughts? That’s loaded,” he said. Tom Allen asked by @SethTow if he has any thoughts on the Michigan sign stealing situation: pic.twitter.com/8KbfjLuRDU — Mike Schumann @ The…

After Jalen Hood-Schifino’s impressive one-and-done season running the show at Indiana, it feels like an anomaly the Hoosiers would be unable to land a point guard in the 2024 class. After all, Hood-Schifino’s success at IU was a hot topic on the recruiting trail all spring and summer. Enter 2024 point guard Daquan Davis into the conversation.  Davis decommitted from Providence on Sunday, and On3’s Joe Tipton named only Indiana as a team to watch. Indiana could be a team to watch here. Hoosiers recently missed on 5⭐️ Boogie Fland (Kentucky). Davis is now one of the top available PGs.…

IU basketball opened the exhibition portion of their 2023-24 season with a 74-52 win over UIndy on Sunday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Here are some quick observations and the final stats from the game. IU will return to exhibition action on Friday evening against Marian in Bloomington (6:30 p.m. ET/BTN Plus). See also:  Postgame Q&A with Woodson, Walker and Gunn | Highlights ——————————— Indiana opened the game in full exhibition mode.  The Hoosiers shot just 32.3 percent from the field in the first half against an aggressive and extended UIndy defense.  IU trailed 27-25 at the break, and…

Indiana continues to be a relatively healthy football team going into their week nine contest against Penn State. Headlining IU’s injury report for their game at Penn State is safety Phillip Dunnam, who went down last week and did not return.  He’s listed as questionable, along with starting wideouts Cam Camper and E.J. Williams. Penn State has a long list of players out for the Noon ET kickoff. The injury reports for both teams are below. For the full gameday primer and prediction, GO HERE.

There’s no let up in this Big Ten grind for Indiana. Next up are the Penn State Nittany Lions, coming off their first loss of the season and intent on remaining in the College Football Playoff hunt. Meanwhile the Hoosiers are looking for their first Big Ten and road wins of the 2023 campaign. Here’s everything you need to know for Indiana’s eighth game of the season. INDIANA (2-5) at No. 10 PENN STATE (6-1) Kickoff:  Noon Eastern, Saturday Location:  University Park, Pa., Beaver Stadium (106,572; natural grass) Television: CBS — Tom McCarthy (pbp), Jason McCourty (analyst), Tiffany Blackmon (sideline)…