Author: Mike Schumann

For the eighth time in program history, Indiana took down No. 1.  That the top team was in-state rival Purdue made this one that much sweeter.  But it didn’t come easy. IU went on a 10-0 run to take a 21-10 first half lead with 11:57 left before the break.  The Hoosiers kept their foot on the gas and took a 15-point lead into halftime.  But the Boilers immediately started chipping away after the break and had it down to a 5-point game with 13:15 left.  IU momentarily stretched the lead back to 10, but Purdue got it down to…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana defeated No. 1 Purdue on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 79-74 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.  It was IU’s fourth win over No. 1 in the building. The Hoosiers led 50-35 at halftime and were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 25 points.  Jalen Hood-Schifino added 16 points. Indiana (16-7, 7-5) will host Rutgers on Tuesday evening. See also:  Woodson, Hood-Schifino and Jackson-Davis discuss win over Purdue THREE KEYS TO THE GAME (will be expanded) 1. A massive first half.  Indiana was simply dominant before the break, posting 50 points on a Purdue…

Watch as legendary IU radio voice Don Fischer was recognized at halftime of the Indiana vs. Purdue game on Saturday in Bloomington. https://youtu.be/qQY5bWfSGgw https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/1621995471253143553?s=20&t=NPsQSPtijpBfK798y6RhNg 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.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana is getting closer to full strength. Forward Jordan Geronimo is in uniform and appears ready to play against Purdue. Geronimo was participating fully in pre-game warm-ups at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon.  He was wearing a sleeve on his left calf. The junior missed each of the last two games with a calf injury. Geronimo is averaging a career high 5.6 points to go with 3.2 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per contest.  He started five games before the injury and averaged 12.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in consecutive wins over Wisconsin and Illinois. Sophomore…

Iconic IU basketball radio voice Don Fischer will be honored at halftime tomorrow when Indiana hosts Purdue at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Fischer is in his 50th season of calling IU basketball and football games. Here is the release from IU on Fischer — ——————- The Indiana University athletics program is celebrating the 50-year career of the “Voice of the Hoosiers” football and basketball teams, Don Fischer.  He will be honored in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall at halftime of  Saturday’s game with Purdue. In 1973, WIRE-Radio in Indianapolis had obtained the rights to be the first exclusive network of IU…

Peak Assembly Hall is expected on Saturday afternoon when No. 1 Purdue comes to Bloomington. It will be the first time the No. 1 ranked team has come to Indiana since 2017, and the first time ever a No. 1 ranked Purdue team has played at Bloomington. It isn’t unprecedented for Indiana to knock off the top ranked team at Assembly Hall.  The Hoosiers are 3-3 all-time vs. No. 1 in the building, and 3-5 overall against the top-ranked squad in Bloomington. As you’d expect with games of this magnitude, each of the wins are etched in the memories of…

Mike Woodson was tempted by the dark side. The now Indiana head basketball coach has said often IU was the only place he wanted to go play college basketball, but at one point in his high school journey there was a visit up north scheduled. With his Hoosiers set to face Purdue on Saturday for the third time during his coaching tenure in Bloomington, Woodson recalled his momentary lapse in judgment. “I was recruited by Purdue and had a visit set to go to Purdue,” Woodson said on Thursday.  “I canceled it at the last minute based on my conversation…

Time after time they brought it up, burned eight seconds off the shot clock against the press, and then went about trying to figure out whether Maryland was in a zone or man-to-man defense. After some standing around at the top of the key to complete the diagnosis, and a few passes around the perimeter, Indiana’s offense had been stagnated.  Time to simply get up a shot. Rinse and repeat. IU came into its Tuesday night tilt in Maryland on a 5-game winning streak, in no small part because the Hoosiers had moved into the national top-40 in offensive tempo. …

Indiana has been missing three scholarship players for the last two games, including starting point guard Xavier Johnson, who suffered a broken foot at Kansas on Dec. 17. Johnson has given the appearance he is progressing in his rehabilitation.  He’s been seen shooting the basketball without a boot before each of IU’s last two contests, and the optics suggest Johnson will play again this season. But just how close is Johnson to an actual return to the court for live action? Head coach Mike Woodson still doesn’t know for sure. “He’s been out there trying to shoot a little bit,…

Indiana’s defense smothered Minnesota in the first half, forcing turnovers on 47 percent of the Golden Gophers’ possessions before the break. The No. 4 Hoosiers came into the game in Minneapolis as significant favorites, and the wave of miscues by the home team quickly put the game out of reach. IU jumped out to a 20-6 lead after the first quarter, and extended that to a 41-20 edge at the break.  22 of the Hoosiers first half points came off 18 Golden Gopher turnovers.  Minnesota coughed it up 11 more times in the second half and would never get closer…