Xavier Booker’s spectacular rise momentarily met its match on Wednesday evening at Mt. Vernon H.S. in Fortville, Ind. The culprit? Jet lag. Fresh off earning most valuable player honors at the prestigious Pangos All-American Camp in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Booker was back in Indiana the next day to join his Junior Indiana All-Star teammates for their annual game against the Senior All-Stars. But his four points on 1-of-5 shooting with three turnovers against the seniors bore little resemblance to the player who has gone from sophomore reserve to one of the top class of 2023 players in the country.…
Author: Mike Schumann
Maintaining success has never been more difficult in college basketball. The combination of the transfer portal and the NBA Draft makes each offseason both eventful and potentially transformative for most programs. Now that the smoke has mostly cleared following the 2021-22 season, we’ll go team-by-team in the Big Ten to assess which programs are set up for success, and who might take a step back. ———— Next up is Iowa. The Hawkeyes have won 20 or more games for four straight seasons under head coach Fran McCaffery, and he delivered a surprising 26-10 record and Big Ten Tournament title in…
A.J. Barner mostly watched as Peyton Hendershot rewrote the IU record books. A three-time All-Big Ten selection, Hendershot finished his career as the Hoosiers tight ends receptions (136) and yardage (1,479) leader. Tom Allen watched all of that production from Hendershot, who is now with the Dallas Cowboys, as well. And he believe his understudy has a chance to be even better. “A.J. Barner has a chance to be the best tight end we’ve ever had at Indiana,” Allen said in May at an alumni event. “That’s my prediction.” Barner is preparing for his third season at Indiana out of…
Maintaining success has never been more difficult in college basketball. The combination of the transfer portal and the NBA Draft makes each offseason both eventful and potentially transformative for most programs. Now that the smoke has mostly cleared following the 2021-22 season, we’ll go team-by-team in the Big Ten to assess which teams are set up for success, and who might take a step back. ———— We’ll start with Illinois. The Fighting Illini have gone 47-17 overall over the last two seasons and 31-9 in the Big Ten during that span. But perhaps no one has lost more production than…
Class of 2023 wing Jamie Kaiser’s recruitment is on the fast track, and Indiana is still clearly in the picture. On Sunday Kaiser said he had narrowed his list of potential schools to nine. But he also said he would like to finalize his choice by the end of June, meaning the Burke, Va. product likely has a smaller group that he is considering at this point. All signs point to Indiana being on that short list. Kaiser confirmed with The Daily Hoosier on Tuesday he is working on setting up an official visit to Indiana this month. He did…
With Indiana’s offseason roster changes behind us, we bring back our annual tradition of taking a closer look at the players expected to return to the program. Next up is Jordan Geronimo, who is training for his third year with IU basketball. THE 2021-22 NUMBERS Geronimo played in 34 games off the bench, missing just the Big Ten Tournament semifinal contest against Iowa after suffering an injury the day before. The New Jersey product averaged 4.4 points and 3.6 rebounds while playing 12.6 minutes per contest. He tied for second on the team with 24 blocked shots. Perhaps most noteworthy,…
Indiana has offered New York based class of 2024 5-star point guard Boogie Fland, according to a report by Eric Bossi, a national analyst with 247Sports. Fland’s given first name is Johnuel but he is commonly known as Boogie, a nickname he earned because of his dance moves as a young boy. According to the 247Sports Composite, Fland is a 5-star, the No. 13 overall player in the 2024 class, and the No. 2 point guard. He is the first point guard IU has offered in the 2024 class. Fland attends Stepinac H.S. in White Plains, N.Y. That is the…
The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced on Monday the names for the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. The list includes a pair of Indiana All-Americans, running back Vaughn Dunbar (1990-91) and quarterback Antwaan Randle El (1998-01). Dunbar and Randle El are part of 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks to make the ballot. “It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.54 million people have…
Coming off a weekend visit to Virginia, class of 2023 wing Jamie Kaiser announced a top-9 on Sunday. Indiana made the cut and they are joined by Virginia, Miami, Boston College, Iowa, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Maryland, and Wisconsin. While lists involving this many schools typically aren’t very significant, the real news that came out on Sunday relates to the timeline of Kaiser’s recruitment. Kaiser told 336 Edits he plans to commit the last week of June. When we spoke to Kaiser a couple weeks ago he said he had two of his five available official visits left for his…
Indiana will once again host three nonconference games in 2022 as part of a multi-team event, Jeff Goodman of Stadium is reporting. The Daily Hoosier has confirmed Goodman’s report that Miami (Ohio), Little Rock and Jackson State will all travel to Indiana for games in the Hoosier State. Here are each of those team’s 2021-22 records (and final KenPom rankings). Miami (Ohio) 14-18 (266) Little Rock 9-19 (328) Jackson State 11-19 (277) The Hoosiers will host Miami Ohio tentatively on Nov. 20, Little Rock on Nov. 23 and Jackson State on Nov. 25, according to Goodman’s daughter Talia. IU has…