Author: Mike Schumann

Ohio’s reigning Mr. Basketball will sign his National Letter of Intent with Indiana this week. Class of 2023 4-star point guard Gabe Cupps told The Daily Hoosier he will sign his NLI with IU at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.  The early signing period runs from Nov. 9 to Nov. 16. Cupps verbally committed to Indiana a year ago.  He was named Ohio Mr. Basketball following his junior season at Centerville H.S. near Dayton. Cupps helped lead his father’s Centerville team to 45 consecutive wins, which included a state championship in 2021 and a state runner-up finish in 2021-22. For his…

Indiana kicked off its highly anticipated 2022-23 season with a convincing win over Morehead State. The Hoosiers let an early 16-9 edge slip away as Morehead State tied the game at 21 with 9:17 left in the first half.  But it was lights out from there, as IU outscored the Eagles 67-32 over the remainder of the contest. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers won with this season’s first edition of The Report Card. IU (1-0) will next play Bethune Cookman on Thursday evening.  That game will tip at 8:30 p.m. Eastern and will air on the…

Indiana opened its 2022-23 season with an 88-53 win over Morehead State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. IU led 41-29 at halftime and the Hoosiers were led by Trayce Jackson-Davis and Malik Reneau, who each had 15 points.  Jackson-Davis had a team high seven rebounds. The Hoosiers (1-0) return to action on Thursday evening when they host Bethune Cookman in Bloomington. See also:  Woodson, Geronimo and Thompson post-game Q&A THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Indiana dominates the paint.  Morehead State was much bigger than the IU’s exhibition foes, but they often played four guards and the Hoosiers…

The Daily Hoosier is live at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for Indiana’s 2022-23 season opener against Morehead State. Follow along for live updates and join us in the discussion thread below. The game is expected to tip at 7 p.m. Eastern and will air on BTN Plus. Stay tuned for post-game coverage. Final Stats 2nd Half FINAL:  Indiana wins it 88-53. 1:25 left, IU leads 83-49.  All 13 scholarship players have seen the floor.  Kaleb Banks scored his first career points. Under-4 media timeout:  Indiana 81 Morehead State 47.  3:37 left.  Reneau ties Jackson-Davis with 15 points for the team…

Three quarterbacks saw the field on Saturday in Indiana’s blowout loss to Penn State. But none of them will start when the Hoosiers resume action this weekend and face No. 2 Ohio State. Instead, eight-game starter Connor Bazelak will return to that role and lead the 40-point underdog Hoosiers against the Buckeyes. “Connor Bazelak will be back with us and has come back from his time being injured and will be our starting quarterback (against Ohio State).” head coach Tom Allen said on Monday afternoon. Allen indicated Bazelak had not practiced leading up to the Penn State game. “He did…

After Indiana walk-on forward Nate Childress soared through the lane for a dunk in the closing minutes of a dominant exhibition win over St. Francis Thursday evening, starting fifth-year guard Xavier Johnson’s knees buckled, and then he fell flat on his back.  Literally. Don’t worry, Johnson was fine. But with one minute left and IU up by 48 points, that moment told you something about the Virginia product who transferred to Indiana a year ago. It seems Johnson only knows how to do things one way — he’s all in — in this case celebrating to the extreme for his…

Watch as IU football coach Tom Allen met with the media following a 45-14 loss to Penn State on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. Further below are highlights from the game and final stats. Losers of six in a row, Indiana (3-6, 1-5) will travel to Ohio State next Saturday. TOM ALLEN POSTGAME https://youtu.be/G63KNnxQhAU Video credit – IU Athletics HIGHLIGHTS https://youtu.be/JxGybwHepHM Video credit – Big Ten Network FINAL STATS 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.

A quarterback already in the transfer portal will start for IU on Saturday when the Hoosiers take on No. 16 Penn State. Jack Tuttle will lineup under center for IU on Saturday afternoon. Tuttle could be seen taking first team snaps during pre-game warmups.  Regular starter Connor Bazelak is on the sidelines not in uniform.  He does not have an obvious injury.  Radio announcer Don Fischer said Bazelak was “banged up the last couple weeks.” The 6-foot-4 Tuttle has played in 14 games over four seasons with Indiana. He completed 95-of-170 passes (55.9 percent) for 819 yards with four touchdowns…

Can a bye week and heavy winds bring meaningful change for Indiana? Losers of five in a row, the Hoosiers desperately need to find answers.  And they’ll need to do that against their most difficult stretch of the season. Next up, the Penn State Nittany Lions, a team that has also hit a rough patch, with two losses in their last three outings. Here’s everything you need to know about the Hoosiers’ week nine matchup. No. 16 PENN STATE (6-2, 3-2) at INDIANA (3-5, 1-4) Kickoff:  3:30 p.m. Eastern, Saturday Location:  Bloomington, Ind., Memorial Stadium (52,656; field turf) Television: ABC…

IU guard Grace Berger and forward Mackenzie Holmes were both named to the Naismith Trophy women’s watch list, announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Friday. Berger is a unanimous preseason All-Big Ten selection as she enters her fifth season with the Hoosiers. She earned a trio of All-American honorable mention accolades last season as she was a first team All-Big Ten honoree as well. The Louisville, Ky. native led Indiana in scoring with 16.2 points and 4.7 assists per game last season. She additionally added 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game.  She scored in double figures 30 times…