Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana lost to Northwestern by a final score of 59-51 on Tuesday evening at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. The Hoosiers led 30-26 at halftime and were led in the game by Race Thompson with 14.  Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and 11 rebounds.  Indiana played the game without five suspended players. IU (16-7, 7-6) will stay on the road and face Michigan State in East Lansing on Saturday. This breaking story will be updated with highlights and expanded stats. THREE KEYS TO THE GAME (will be updated) 1. Awkward rotations lead to mixed results.  Indiana was without five…

Indiana University men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson has announced that Tamar Bates, Michael Durr, Xavier Johnson, Khristian Lander and Parker Stewart will not play tonight against Northwestern for disciplinary reasons. With Rob Phinisee out due to injury, that leaves seven scholarship players available for tonight’s game against the Wildcats. The starting lineup will be Anthony Leal, Trey Galloway, Miller Kopp, Race Thompson and Trayce Jackson-Davis according to Woodson.  Logan Duncomb and Jordan Geronimo are available off the bench. Watch:  Mike Woodson discusses the suspensions with the media after the game.

Game Day Essentials Indiana (16-6, 7-5) at Northwestern (11-10, 4-8) Tip Time: 9:00 p.m. Eastern Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117), Evanston, Illinois Television: BTN (Dave Revsine and Len Elmore) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream:  Fox Sports Live Point Spread: Northwestern is a 1-point favorite KenPom Projected Score: Northwestern 69 Indiana 68 Series: Indiana leads 120-52.  IU won last meeting 79-76 (2OT) on Feb. 10, 2021 More Game Coverage IU basketball’s Miller Kopp just wants to return to old stomping grounds and get a win Watch: Trey Galloway Q&A as Indiana prepares for Northwestern Northwestern’s Chris Collins Chris Collins is in his…

Selection Sunday is just under five weeks away, and with IU basketball firmly 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. 7 at Bracket Matrix, Indiana is solidly in the field as a No. 7 seed.  That is actually an improvement from where they stood a week ago when they were a No. 8.  At that time however some of the…

There are seven former Indiana basketball players currently with Division One programs around the country. Take a look at how each of them are performing at their new schools. Al Durham, Jr. After four seasons in Bloomington, Durham decided to play his fifth and final season of college basketball at Providence.  So far that is a decision that has turned out fairly well, although the results have been mixed. Durham is averaging career highs in minutes (35.6), points (13.3) and assists (3.2) per game, but he has been highly inefficient, making just 33.6 percent of his field goal attempts, easily…

Indiana appears to have completed a quick search to find Deland McCullough’s replacement. According to a report by Adam Rittenberg of ESPN, IU will hire long-time NFL coach Craig Johnson to take on the associate head coach and running back coach roles vacated by McCullough. The 61-year-old Johnson spent the last two years as an analyst on the Maryland staff, prior to a two-decade career in the NFL. Johnson and IU strength and conditioning coach Aaron Wellman were both on the New York Giants staff from 2016 to 2019.  Johnson arrived in New York in 2014. Under Johnson’s guidance, in…

Watch as Indiana sophomore guard Trey Galloway took questions from the media on Monday morning in advance of the Hoosiers road trip to Evanston, Ill. to face Northwestern. IU (16-6, 7-5) and Northwestern will tip at 9 p.m. Eastern Tuesday on BTN. https://youtu.be/C27FfnJYCKk Video credit – IU Athletics 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.

The Indiana women completed their third-straight season sweep of Purdue on Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 7,891 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers pulled out to a 49-30 lead in the third quarter and held on for 64-57 win to improve to 16-3 overall and 8-1 in the Big Ten. Nicole Cardano-Hillary led IU with 19 points and 7 rebounds.  Grace Berger added 17 points, 6 rebounds and five assists.  Chloe Moore-McNeil had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. “Outstanding crowd this afternoon in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall,” head coach Teri Moren said after…

After a week off, Indiana met its match on Saturday afternoon against first place Illinois.  The Hoosiers were outplayed on both ends of their home court in Bloomington. IU led by as much as eight in the first half after a Parker Stewart three gave them a 19-11 edge with 11:28 left in the first half.  From there Illinois outscored Indiana 63-38, including a 40-21 dismantling of the Hoosiers in the second half. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Hoosiers lost with another edition of The Report Card. IU (16-6, 7-5) will next travel to Northwestern for a…

Watch as Indiana head coach Mike Woodson discusses a 74-57 loss to Illinois on Saturday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. Joining Woodson for the post-game press conference was redshirt senior forward Race Thompson. Indiana (16-6, 7-5) will travel to Northwestern on Tuesday. See also:  Three keys, highlights, final stats https://youtu.be/237HnNldXDc https://youtu.be/Tjq22nnHDSA Video credit – IU Athletics 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.