Author: Mike Schumann

LEXINGTON — For the first time since 2010, IU basketball is at Rupp Arena to take on the Kentucky Wildcats. We’ll have live updates here from Lexington.  The latest developments will appear at the top after you refresh the page. Share your thoughts during the game in the discussion thread below. Indiana (8-2) and Kentucky (6-4) tip at around 7:45 p.m. ET (ESPN). —————————————————– FINAL STATS SECOND HALF Kentucky leads 65-58 with 3:27 left.  This is the final media timeout. UK’s lead now up to 11, 65-54 with 5:12.  Indiana down to one timeout. Kentucky pulling away, up 59-51 with…

Indiana head football coach Curt Cignetti and quarterback Fernando Mendoza each earned accolades during ESPN’s 35th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards, while a trio of Hoosiers were selected for All-America honors during the telecast. Cignetti earns his second national coach of the year award this season in the form of the Home Depot Coach of the Year honor. He previously won the Walter Camp National Coach of the Year award. He earned each award in back-to-back seasons.  He the first coach to win the Home Depot Coach of the Year award in back-to-back seasons. Mendoza was named winner…

Indiana has locked up defensive coordinator Bryant Haines with another new contract “that will make him one of the nation’s highest-paid assistants.” That’s according to a Friday evening report by Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. A source confirmed the report to The Daily Hoosier. Zenitz’ report indicates Haines was receiving outside interest for job openings. Haines was already a highly-paid assistant coach.  He signed a new deal following the 2024 season that increased his base pay to around $2 million for 2025.  Overall it’s his third salary increase since coming to IU from James Madison. Haines’ new deal follows head…

Nearly a year after he played his final snap at Indiana, quarterback Kurtis Rourke is on the practice field in San Francisco. The 49ers have activated the rookie quarterback from the reserve/non-football injury list, the team announced this week.  It gives Rourke 21 days to practice with the team and a chance to get acclimated to the NFL. Barring injuries to other quarterbacks, it’s unlikely Rourke will be elevated to the 53-player roster. The product of Canada has been practicing this week without a knee brace. Kurtis Rourke, the #49ers 7th Round Pick and former Indiana QB, is here for practice.…

Although Indiana just beat Ohio State on a neutral field to win the Big Ten Championship, the Hoosiers are a consensus underdog to the Buckeyes when it comes to winning the national title. Surveying six different online gambling sites — Bet365, MGM, DraftKings, Caesers, FanDuel and Bet Rivers — Indiana has the second-best odds as of Friday morning at each outlet to win the 2025 national championship.  Ohio State has the consensus best odds, and Georgia the third-best. The consensus national champion odds at Action Network has Ohio State at +222, Indiana at +280, and Georgia at +550. Indiana is…

IU basketball will be getting an unofficial visit from class of 2027 guard Marcus Curry, Jr. The 6-foot-5 Curry will visit on Dec. 20 when the Hoosiers take on Chicago State in Bloomington. Indiana offered Curry a scholarship in late November.  Indiana assistant coach Rod Clark is leading this recruitment for the Hoosiers. Curry has an impressive list offers beyond Indiana.  Among the other high major programs, Clemson, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Florida State, Xavier, USC, Tennessee and others have also offered. Curry attends Grayson H.S. in Loganville, Ga.  He averaged 17.9 points and 6.8 rebounds as a sophomore. For…

Did Curt Cignetti make the right decision leaving James Madison for the college football program that had the most losses of all-time? His net worth emphatically says yes. Cignetti was making $677,311 during his final season at James Madison.  He’s already nearly tripled that figure just from bonuses tied to the 2025 season.  That follows a 2024 season during which he more than doubled his JMU salary with bonuses earned at IU. In total Cignetti has earned bonuses of $1.9 million during this 13-0 Big Ten Championship season.  Here’s detail on what Cignetti has already earned this year, with the…

For just the fifth time since 1967, one school earned the Walter Camp Player and Coach of Year awards. Indiana coach Curt Cignetti and quarterback Fernando Mendoza were honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation with its National Coach and Player of the Year awards, respectively. Both awards are bestowed by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and via a vote by the nation’s 136 FBS head coaches and sports communicators. Cignetti helped the Hoosiers to their first unblemished regular season in program history, a program-record 13 wins through their first Big Ten Championship Game victory, and the No. 1 seed…

Indiana football suffered a major loss during the postgame celebration following its 13-10 win over Ohio State Saturday. Edge rusher Stephen Daley suffered a serious lower body injury that “will probably make him not available for the remainder of the season,” coach Curt Cignetti said via Zoom on Wednesday. Cignetti described the situation as “sort of unbelievable.”  He had remarked Sunday no players suffered injuries during the Ohio State game that would keep them out of the College Football Playoff, but he was still processing this unique situation that occurred after the game, and awaiting further medical feedback. Photos and…

Penn State has made things challenging through the years.  But this was about as clean as it gets. Fueled by five threes in seven minutes to start the game, Indiana was up eight with 12:08 left in the first.  The lead just kept snowballing.  It was a 20-point margin with 7:33 left in the first, and 30 with 3:35 left.  The margin swelled to a ridiculous 49 (83-34) with 13:57 left in the game.  Penn State was never closer than a 33-point margin at any point in the second half. It was the first time IU defeated a Big Ten…