Author: Mike Schumann

What’s old is new again in 2022. On Friday afternoon the IU football Twitter account debuted new road uniforms to be worn throughout the 2022 season. The cream jerseys, crimson pants and crimson helmets with the popular “block I” logo harken back to a successful era of the program. “The Hoosiers will wear these uniforms on the road to mirror those worn by Coach Bill Mallory’s teams from the early 1990s,” the program said in a caption accompany the Twitter post. Indiana also wore Mallory era uniforms at home last year in a high profile game against Cincinnati.  Certain aspects…

The Daily Hoosier is previewing each position group during the final days leading up to the opening kickoff of the 2022 Indiana football season on Sept. 2 against Illinois (schedule here). Today we take a look at the defensive line.  For a complete position-by-position look at who is coming and going in 2022, go here. THE ROSTER THE SURE THING The one sure thing with this group is that first year defensive line coach Paul Randolph has a lot of experience and young talent to lean on. James Head, Jr. (39 games, 58 tackles, 4 sacks), Sio Nofoagototo’a (30 games,…

IU basketball freshman Jalen Hood-Schifino will participate this weekend at the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp, Aug. 25-28 in Los Angeles, Calif. “It’s a blessing to be recognized and honored for my hard work,” said Hood-Schifino. “Being able to go learn from one of the best point guards in NBA history and pick his brain is going to be a great experience. “I already have a relationship with Chris Paul, so just getting to chop it up and play with him I’m excited about. I’m thankful to be getting to play against some of the other top college point guards…

Now that we’ve gone team-by-team through the league and carefully examined roster turnover, it is time to put everything together with our first edition of 2022-23 Big Ten basketball power rankings.  In this stage of the evaluation we add in factors such as league schedule and overall roster talent. We’ll no doubt be accused of being homers for this, but on paper it just becomes impossible to go any other direction than Indiana at the top spot.  The Hoosiers return simply more production and have more depth than anyone else. The No. 2 through No. 9 spots were by far…

The Daily Hoosier is previewing each position group during the final days leading up to the opening kickoff of the 2022 Indiana football season on Sept. 2 against Illinois (schedule here). Today we take a look at the linebacker and bull positions.  For a complete position-by-position look at who is coming and going in 2022, go here. THE ROSTER THE SURE THING Stinger linebacker Cam Jones will be a starter and team captain for a third straight season.  Over his four seasons with the program, Jones has played in 42 games and amassed 154 tackles including 10.5 for loss, 10…

The Daily Hoosier is previewing each position group during the final days leading up to the opening kickoff of the 2022 Indiana football season on Sept. 2 against Illinois (schedule here). Today we take a look at the safety and husky positions.  For a complete position-by-position look at who is coming and going in 2022, go here. THE ROSTER THE SURE THING They call him the monster, and when Devon “Monster” Matthews is healthy he is a force at strong safety.  He amassed 55 tackles in nine games a year ago, but missed three due to injury, and parts of…

Indiana continues to emphasize length as it dipped back into Texas for another 2024 prospect. The IU staff offered Dink Pate on Tuesday, he announced on his Twitter page. A Dallas, Texas product, Pate attends Pinkston H.S.  He played there as a freshman before transferring to Prolific Prep and then returning to Pinkston for his junior campaign.  Pate averaged 18 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game as a high school freshman before bouncing around as a sophomore between multiple schools. Pate is a 4-star prospect according to the 247Sports Composite.  He’s the No. 32 overall player in the…

Many of you have been asking, and on Tuesday information finally came regarding Indiana’s trip to Las Vegas in December. IU will face Arizona for the first time ever on Dec. 10 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.  The game will tip at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. A full release with more details on the Las Vegas Clash follows below. Via IU Athletics —  Arizona will face Indiana for the first time and UNLV will battle Washington State in the “Las Vegas Clash” on Saturday, Dec. 10, at MGM Grand Garden Arena, bdG Sports announced Tuesday. The Arizona-Indiana game will tip…

Indiana fifth-year point guard Xavier Johnson has closure on the legal proceedings stemming from his April arrest related to a late-night traffic incident. According to Indiana public court records, Johnson appeared in court in person on Tuesday and plead guilty to the charge of reckless driving at and unreasonable high speed so as to endanger safety, a Class C misdemeanor. Johnson’s felony charge of resisting law enforcement was dismissed. Dustin Dopirak of the Bloomington Herald-Times first reported the news. Johnson received a 60 days suspended sentence, and he is subject to a term of unsupervised probation for 360 days.  Johnson…

Mike Woodson could not have been more clear a year ago. Whenever he was asked about the rollout of his system prior to his first season as the IU basketball head coach, Woodson would quickly remind his team was mainly focused on the defensive end. For those who wanted to hear more about how he was going to fix the broken offense, it became a predictable response.  But the results on the defensive end say Woodson was right to emphasize defense first. A lifetime in the game has allowed Woodson to quickly dissect the strengths and weaknesses of a team. …