Author: Mike Schumann

Selection Sunday is just under four weeks away, and with IU basketball in the mix The Daily Hoosier will check in each week to see where they stand in the eyes of the bracketologists. Our favorite resource for bracket predictions is bracketmatrix.com, an aggregation site that compiles dozens of prognostications and produces an average. As it stands on Monday, Feb. 14 at Bracket Matrix, Indiana is in in the field as a No. 10 seed.  That reflects a three seed drop after two losses last week at Northwestern and Michigan State.  It is fair to now call the Hoosiers a bubble…

Game Day Essentials Indiana (16-8, 7-7) v. No. 15/16 Wisconsin (19-5, 10-4) Tip Time: 9 p.m. Eastern Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana Television: ESPN2 (Jason Benetti, Jay Bilas, Myron Medcalf) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream:  Watch ESPN Point Spread: Indiana is an 3-point favorite KenPom Projected Score: No. 41 Indiana 67  No. 36 Wisconsin 64 Series: Indiana leads 96-79. Last Meeting:  WIS 64, IU 59 (Dec. 8, 2021 in Madison) Additional Game Coverage Hoosiers look to end losing skid, Tamar Bates works through freshman slump Trey Galloway and Tamar Bates pre-game Q&A Wisconsin Notes At 19-5, Wisconsin is off…

A miserable night shooting the basketball means things are now tighter at the top of the Big Ten standings. First place Indiana shot just 31.9 percent from the field overall and 8.7 percent (2-of-23) from behind-the-arc against Nebraska and fell 72-55 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Monday evening. Grace Berger led IU with 20 points, but she had little help.  Fellow starters Ali Patberg, Nicole Cardano-Hillary, Aleksa Gulbe and Kiandra Browne combined to go just 11-of-49 overall and 1-of-19 from three. “We were trying to get them into a lot of plug scenarios and really try to go…

Listen as IU basketball coach Mike Woodson joined legendary radio voice Don Fischer on Monday to discuss last week’s games against Northwestern and Michigan State, and preview Tuesday’s rematch against Wisconsin. Assistant coach Kenya Hunter joined Fischer in the final segment. Indiana and Wisconsin tip at 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The game will be televised on ESPN2. 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.

IU women’s basketball moved up to No. 5 in this week’s AP top-25. The Hoosiers have been ranked all season long, and with two losses by Michigan last week, IU is now firmly in first place in the Big Ten, up two games in the loss column. Berger named Big Ten player of the week Senior guard Grace Berger has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week, announced on Monday by the league. The Louisville, Ky. averaged 21.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, +5.0 assist-to-turnover ratio shot 60 percent from the floor and 92.3 percent at the free-throw…

Numbers can be misinterpreted, and used to fit just about any narrative. But in the case of Indiana’s offense, this seems about right — statistically speaking the Hoosiers have just had their three worst games of the season, back-to-back-to-back. And by no coincidence, IU is on a three-game losing streak at just about the worst time of year. Here are the easy numbers to understand — Indiana has averaged just 56.3 points per game over the last three games.  In those games they had their three lowest amount of points per possession on the season, and their three worst effective…

Not sure who to cheer for in tonight’s game? There is a deep IU connection on the Rams sideline. Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay’s father Tim was a two-time IU football captain (1976, 1977) playing under head coach Lee Corso. McVay played safety for IU from 1974 to 1977 and he played in the 1977 Can-Am Bowl. According to Sports Reference, McVay posted 178 total tackles, including 11.0 tackles for loss over his IU career. He had two interceptions, a fumble recovery and a defensive touchdown for the Hoosiers. As a senior in 1977, McVay posted career highs of…

We are not in crisis mode quite yet, but Indiana finds itself in an all too familiar February free fall. There were promising moments at The Breslin Center — a 9-5 start, a 9-0 late first half run and an 8-0 start to the second half.  But those stretches were the exceptions, and a 22-7 Michigan State run in the game’s final ten minutes the final dagger in a third straight loss for IU. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers fell with another edition of The Report Card. IU (16-8 7-7) will host Wisconsin on Tuesday evening…

Indiana lost to Michigan State by a final score of  76-61 on Saturday afternoon at The Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. The Hoosiers trailed 37-30 at halftime and were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 17 points.  Race Thompson added 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.  Tamar Bates also had 13 points, matching a career-high.  The Hoosiers opened the second half on an 8-0 run but couldn’t sustain their momentum. IU (16-8, 7-7) will return home to host Wisconsin on Tuesday night. See also:  Woodson, Jackson-Davis and Thompson post-game THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Inefficient…

Michigan State did Indiana a favor earlier in the week by knocking Michigan out of first place, elevating the Hoosiers into the top spot. On Saturday in Bloomington, the hosts showed MSU no gratitude. A dominant third quarter that saw IU extend a five point halftime margin to a 62-41 advantage was the difference as Grace Berger scored 17 of her career-high 29 points in that decisive ten minutes. “Great win against an opponent that just knocked off Michigan the other night, so give our kids credit for showing up in a big kind of way and getting a big…