Iowa redshirt junior wing Patrick McCaffery will be taking an indefinite leave to address anxiety, he announced on Tuesday. Indiana plays Iowa on Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern in Iowa City. Patrick is the son of Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery. “Patrick is one of the millions of people who battle through anxiety on a daily basis,” Fran said in a release. “It has become more noticeable on and off the court over the past couple weeks. “Patrick has the full support of his family, coaches, teammates, and administration as he fights through this. All of us admire his courage…
Author: Mike Schumann
Even after producing a triple-double against Nebraska, and a nine block effort against Kansas, Trayce Jackson-Davis hasn’t seemed like himself since suffering a back injury in November. Some of it is because he is the literal center-of-attention, drawing double and triple-teams as opposing defenses have learned Jackson-Davis is too dangerous to cover one-on-one. But Jackson-Davis hasn’t been 100 percent as the back issue has lingered, causing him to miss three games — one in late November, and two more in late December. IU will have had 12 days off between games when they face Iowa on Thursday evening in Iowa…
Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson was the only Hoosier to stay in Bloomington over the team’s long break between games over the holidays. That meant he got some one-on-one time to bond with his head coach, who has also been in town for much of the time. The pair had dinner together along with Johnson’s mother, who came to Indiana. Johnson stayed behind because he is rehabbing his surgically repaired foot as he tries to make a late season comeback during his final year of college basketball. Woodson even tried out some of Johnson’s rehabilitation techniques, like attempting to pick…
Indiana head coach Mike Woodson is going to shake up his lineup when Big Ten play resumes. With starting point guard Xavier Johnson out for an extended period of time, the second year head coach will turn to Tamar Bates at shooting guard on Thursday night when the Hoosiers face Iowa. Woodson said he is making the change with an eye towards his team getting off to better starts — something that was a problem in their three losses. “We’re going to have to shake the lineup up a little bit probably, and see if that works,” Woodson said on…
IU basketball four-year starter Trayce Jackson-Davis has been quietly moving up multiple all-time statistical lists this season. And he has a good chance to end up on top of at least one category. Jackson-Davis is already top-eight all-time in points, rebounds and blocks. That’s an accomplishment only he and Alan Henderson can claim. Here’s a look at where Jackson-Davis currently stands in several categories — and where he might end up by the end of the season. CURRENT POINTS – 1,752 Jackson-Davis is presently eighth on the all-time scoring list. So far this season he has passed Damon Bailey, Kent…
The first AP top-25s of 2023 were released on Monday, and the IU men’s and women’s basketball programs made slight moves in opposite directions. The IU men moved up one spot to No. 15 despite not playing a game over the last week. The Hoosiers return to action on Thursday at Iowa, a team that has lost four of its last five games. In-state rival Purdue (13-0) is No. 1 for the fourth straight week. The Boilermakers will be tested this week with three league games. They host Rutgers on Monday, and then travel to Ohio State and Penn State…
For the second straight season, Purdue has reached the top of national polls and positioned themselves as the leading contender to win the Big Ten. A league title would be nothing new for Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter, who can claim three regular season crowns to go with a conference tournament championship. Painter, 52, still has a long way to go to reach Bob Knight’s 11 Big Ten titles, but the former IU head coach saw something he liked very early in Painter’s tenure in West Lafayette. It was something that looked very familiar to the IU coaching legend. “‘You…
With a long break until IU basketball returns to the floor, it seems like a good time to check in on each player on the roster and examine how they are performing against preseason expectations. Today we look at junior guard Trey Galloway. See also: Jordan Geronimo | Tamar Bates Trey Galloway’s traditional numbers through 13 games: MPG: 23.6 PPG: 6.2 RPG: 3.6 APG: 1.8 BPG: 0.2 SPG: 0.5 TPG: 0.7 FG%: 56.4 3FG%: 50.0 The preseason chatter: Galloway had offseason groin surgery, so one question was whether he’d be fully ready at the start of the season. The Culver, Ind. product worked his way…
Indiana’s secondary got a second boost in as many days when defensive back Noah Pierre announced his return for a sixth season on New Year’s Eve. Pierre started all 12 games at the husky position in 2022 and had 39 tackles including 25 solo. He added three sacks, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, three pass breakups and a quarterback hit. According to PFF, Pierre was Indiana’s second highest graded pass rusher with more than 25 rushes, and he was respectable in coverage, but he did not achieve high marks as a run defender. The versatile defensive back started six…
31 years. You’ve no doubt heard about that this week. On this date 31 years ago Indiana claimed its most recent win in a bowl game, and the Hoosiers did it in impressive fashion. In a game played on New Year’s Eve at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Indiana dominated a once 5-0 and No. 8 ranked Baylor team in the Copper Bowl, 24-0. In front of 35,751 fans and airing on TBS, IU got off to a fast start and jumped to a 17-0 halftime lead. The Hoosiers were never threatened on their way to winning their second bowl game…