According to a report by Jon Rothstein, Indiana will travel to Cincinnati to face Xavier in connection with the 2022 Gavitt Games. Game dates and times were not included in the report. The Gavitt Games are typically played during the second week of the college basketball season. In its seventh annual running, the Gavitt Games will will be televised on Fox Sports 1 or the Big Ten Network. The Gavitt Games is an early-season series between the Big Ten and the Big East, and named in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, founder of the Big East. Xavier is…
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Mark your calendars for a loaded weekend in Bloomington. Indiana is putting a new spin on its annual Hoosier Hysteria basketball tip-off event this year, combining it with the football homecoming game. Hoosier Hysteria will be held Homecoming Weekend on Friday, Oct. 7. The school did not announce a specific time but says the event will take place in the evening and will not conflict with the University’s annual Homecoming Parade which also occurs that day. IU men’s coach Mike Woodson and women’s coach Teri Moren will unveil their 2022-23 basketball teams to Hoosier fans that evening. Admittance to the…
It is never a bad thing when a top-10 national prospect pays a visit. Amid a hectic month full of national events like USA Basketball and the Pangos All-American Camp, local stuff like Indiana All-Stars, and practice and games with Indianapolis Cathedral H.S. — there hasn’t been much time for college visits for 2023 5-star Xavier Booker. But Indiana asked and Booker came for an unofficial visit he weaved into his schedule along with his parents. He also managed to get in stops at Purdue and Notre Dame in the last couple weeks. But you shouldn’t necessarily interpret those visits…
It will be peak-Assembly Hall on Nov. 30 when Indiana hosts North Carolina in connection with the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. It is always entertaining when two of college basketball’s more iconic programs meet on the hardwood, and that will be the case when the Hoosiers and Tar Heels meet for the 16th time in what will likely be the 9 p.m. primetime slot on ESPN. IU and UNC have a history that goes back to 1961. They’ve played in a national title game (1981) and had numerous recruiting battles along the way. Here are nine story lines to watch. TJD…
Indiana has a defensive commit in the 2023 class after highly-rated Florida-based safety Amare Ferrell pledged to the Hoosiers. The Columbia H.S. (Lake City, Fla.) product announced the news on his Twitter page on Sunday evening after taking an official visit to IU last weekend. Ferrell is ranked No. 437 overall in the 2023 class, and the No. 40 safety according to the 247Sports Composite. He is a 3-star prospect according to that service, and a 4-star at Rivals. The 6-foot-1 and 192 pound Ferrell has the versatility to play either safety or cornerback at the next level. He had…
Watch as two of the state’s top high school big men went head-to-head at the Charlie Hughes Shootout in Carmel, Ind. on Saturday evening. IU basketball target Xavier Booker (Cathedral) and Indiana Elite/Kokomo’s Flory Bidunga faced off at the main gym at Carmel High School. Class of 2024 Bidunga, who has multiple Division One offers, scored 27 points and added 10 rebounds. Booker, a top-10 player nationally, had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Cathedral won the game 72-66. https://youtu.be/6JSslj-c2OY Video via In the Gym Hoops The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You…
Indiana continues to emphasize Georgia as fertile ground for recruiting prospects. The latest player from the Peach State to receive an IU offer is 6-foot-7 wing Derrion Reid. He announced an offer from Indiana on his Twitter page on Saturday evening. Reid is not currently ranked by the national outlets, but with his recent high-level play and a wave of offers, you can expect that to change. Here’s what 247Sports national analyst Brandon Jenkins wrote about Reid earlier this week. “If there was one main takeaway from GBCA Live, it was that rising junior Derrion Reid needs to claim a…
Watch as IU women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren is interviewed by her former player Nicole Cardano-Hillary to discuss what Title IX has meant for her life as a player and a coach. Moren was named a 1987 Indiana All-Star from Seymour H.S. after averaging 18.4 points per game her senior season. She went on to be a member of Purdue University’s first NCAA Tournament team and started every game of the 1990-91 season. Moren was named to Purdue’s All-Decade team and was a member of their 1991 Big Ten championship team. Moren has taken the IU program to new…
Indiana offered Michigan based class of 2025 guard Trey McKenney on Friday. The Flint, Mich. product announced the offer on his Twitter page. The combo guard attends Orchard Lake St. Mary’s H.S. and plays AAU with Meanstreets on the Nike EYBL. There aren’t a lot of rankings just yet for the class of 2025, but ESPN puts him at No. 19 nationally. McKenney was named to the 2022 MaxPreps Freshman All-America second team, and he averaged 16.5 points and 6.3 rebounds this past season as a freshman in high school. At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, McKenney is already a solidly…
Indiana University Athletics has announced that a major renovation of the women’s basketball’s team center in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is well underway. The updates include a “much-needed renovation,” of the game day locker room, located in the northwest corner of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, which IU says is critical in keeping the Hoosiers at the top of the Big Ten standings. “The successful completion of this project will assist with our recruiting efforts while also providing our student-athletes with a gameday space that is in line with other Top 25 caliber programs,” IU women’s basketball said in a release.…