Author: Mike Schumann

Believe it or not, Indiana has played more than half of its 2022-23 regular season games. And by this point we typically have a pretty good read on the identity of each edition of IU basketball — strengths, weaknesses, tendencies, and so on. So as we do around this time each season, let’s take a deep dive into the advanced statistics to see what they can add to our understanding of this year’s team. Below we’ll focus on games against top-100 opponents — nine of IU’s 17 games played to this point — thereby eliminating all of the games against…

The transfer portal continues to be a two-way street for Indiana. While there has been plenty of positive news lately, the Hoosiers have seen multiple key players from the 2022 squad announce their intent to leave IU over the last few weeks. This might be the end of the portal departure announcements, at least for now.  The current window to enter the portal ends on Jan. 19.  There is a second window following spring practice.  Note that a player who enters the portal during the established windows can choose his next destination outside of the window. Here are the latest…

The clock is ticking. We are past the midpoint of January, and Indiana has just 14 regular season games remaining.  There’s less than eight weeks to Selection Sunday. With an 11-6 overall record and a 2-4 mark in league play, IU is no lock to make the NCAA Tournament.  That is a shocking thing to say about a team that was a preseason Big Ten favorite, and 7-0 and ranked in the top-10 six weeks ago. So time is running out for the Hoosiers to get back to full strength and revive their once promising season.  Down two veteran starters,…

Dusty May grew up playing high school basketball in the shadow of Bloomington at nearby Eastern Greene High School. He knew he wanted to be a coach, and he didn’t have to look very far to find a good one to learn from. But May needed a break to garner one of IU’s highly sought after manager positions in 1996. As it turned out, mowing team doctor Larry Rink’s lawn would be the first of many breaks for May. That connection was enough to get him into the IU program as a team manager after playing Division II basketball for…

Coming on the heels of a three-game losing streak, an 18-point win over then No. 18 Wisconsin was not enough for IU men’s basketball to receive even a vote for the AP top-25.  After falling out of the top-25 last week, this week marks the first time the Hoosiers have fallen completely out of the votes this season. From the Big Ten, Purdue is leading the way at No. 3 this week, and Rutgers made their season debut in the top-25 at No. 23.  No one else from the Big Ten is ranked right now.  Illinois, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Ohio…

Watch as IU basketball coach Mike Woodson sat down with CBS analyst Clark Kellogg leading up to Indiana’s game against Wisconsin. The pair discussed their legendary meeting in 1980 with the Big Ten title on the line, Woodson’s second season in Bloomington, and the importance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. The video was shot by CBS Sports at Cook Hall in Bloomington. https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1614330355716349952?s=20&t=8yjZ0AJniL1Ro1ulm3P8fw 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.

After a first half with little offense from either side, Indiana pulled away after the break against Wisconsin on Saturday with a flurry of scores. The Hoosiers appeared to mix in a combination of set plays with some read-and-react concepts, and for a while everything was clicking as IU opened the second session with an 18-2 run. How’d they awake from the first half slumber? Let’s take a look with another edition of film study. FREEING UP TJD’s LEFT HAND Indiana started the second half with a four-out set with Trayce Jackson-Davis positioned on the low block.  Jalen Hood-Schifino made…

A massive crowd got to see just how dominant this IU women’s basketball team can be. In front of a regular season record crowd of 10,422 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, the Hoosiers crushed Wisconsin 93-56 on Sunday afternoon. IU (16-1, 5-1) used a 23-8 second quarter to pull away from the Badgers for good.  Senior center Mackenzie Holmes had another highly efficient game on the offensive end, making 11-of-15 shots.  She scored 29 points and had eight rebounds in just 26 minutes of action. The Hoosiers had their way in the paint, allowing Holmes to go into halftime leading…

Tayven Jackson will make it a family affair in Bloomington. The Tennessee transfer quarterback announced on Sunday he has committed to IU. https://twitter.com/tayvenjacksonn2/status/1614672844922691585?s=46&t=EvGj85EmaZJksTLtONEJVA Jackson formally entered the the transfer portal on Friday and visited Indiana on Saturday. He was at the IU basketball game on Saturday along with IU coaches Tom Allen and Walt Bell. While he watched his brother Trayce Jackson-Davis play against Wisconsin in an IU sweatshirt, the crowd chanted his name several times. https://twitter.com/SidelineStormer/status/1614380106184622081?s=20&t=9gCoKa_Ge5zniQtlE5Y_Qg Jackson has four seasons of eligibility remaining. He’ll join a thin quarterback room for spring practice. As of right now, Indiana only has…

Indiana had to find a way to stem the tide, and they got it done against a Wisconsin program that has tortured them over the last 20-plus years. It was a rock fight for the first 20 minutes, with Indiana’s two 4-point leads serving as the largest by either squad in a 21-20 first half.  But IU jumped on the Badgers coming out of the halftime locker rooms.  An 18-2 run to start the second half all but buried Wisconsin, who would never get back within single-digits. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers won 63-45 with another…