Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana forward Race Thompson is in uniform on Sunday morning during early warmups as the Hoosiers get set to face Michigan State.  He is wearing a brace on his right knee. Thompson has been out since he suffered a knee injury just over three weeks ago at Iowa. Indiana released the following statement an hour before tip-off: “Indiana senior forward Race Thompson has dressed out for pregame warmup and a determination on his playing status today against Michigan State will be made at game time.  He has been out since suffering a leg injury in the second half of the…

Mike Woodson has probably never gotten more value from a timeout. We don’t know what he said in the huddle when his team fell behind 4-0 at Illinois on Thursday, after he burned a timeout less than two minutes into the game. But Indiana responded convincingly, with a 12-0 run that set the tone for the rest of the game. Let’s take a look at some of the key moments of that stretch with another edition of film study. TERRENCE SHANNON PINBALL Indiana has been running a lot of sets with Trayce Jackson-Davis on the perimeter, and here they have…

Where did that come from?  After struggling on the road in the Big Ten, Indiana pulled together its most complete effort of the season at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday evening. After falling behind 4-0, Mike Woodson called a quick timeout, and his Hoosiers responded with a 12-0 run.  Their lead would never shrink below seven the rest of the game, and IU led by as much as 19 in the first half, and 21 in the second. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers won 80-65 with another edition of The Report Card. Indiana…

Indiana defeated Illinois by a final score of 80-65 at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. The Hoosiers led 43-33 at halftime.  They were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 35 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists — all team highs. Join us in the comments below to discuss the game, and stay tuned to The Daily Hoosier for more coverage.  Indiana returns to action on Sunday at Noon Eastern when they host Michigan State. See also:  Woodson, Jackson-Davis and Geronimo discuss the game. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME (will be expanded) 1. Illinois guarded Jackson-Davis how?  Indiana…

Watch as Illinois head coach Brad Underwood previewed a Thursday night matchup with Indiana. Indiana and Illinois tip at 8:30 p.m. Eastern at the State Farm Center in Champaign (FS1). See also:  Indiana at Illinois game day essentials. https://youtu.be/QC95bW5oOdM Video credit – Illinois Athletics 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.

With win No. 189, Indiana’s Teri Moren became the all-time winningest coach in program history on Wednesday evening when the Hoosiers defeated No. 21 Illinois 83-72 in Champaign. Moren passed Jim Izard’s 188 wins that he amassed over 12 seasons (1988-00). She was already the program’s all-time winningest coach in Big Ten play, and now has 89 victories against league foes. Now in her ninth season with Indiana women’s basketball, the Seymour, Ind. native has taken the program to new levels during her tenure, and appears to have her best team yet in 2023. “When I was recruited by IU,…

Indiana quietly lost senior director of recruiting Lee Wilbanks during the offseason.  He’s now with Mississippi State according to his Twitter bio. According to reports on Tuesday, they’ve found a replacement from the SEC. As first reported by Matt Zenitz of On3, IU will hire former Auburn director of player personnel Steven Ruzic as its “general manager.” Indiana confirmed the report on Wednesday evening and listed Ruzic as an Assistant AD for Recruiting. At Auburn Ruzic’s role was to oversee all recruiting evaluations and the recruiting pipeline, and to assist with overseeing and managing the recruiting department & its operations.…

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,…