Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana lost to Illinois on Saturday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington by a final score of 74-57. The Hoosiers led 36-34 at halftime and were led in the game by Race Thompson with 13 points.  Xavier Johnson added 12. IU (16-6, 7-5) will next travel to Northwestern for a Tuesday evening contest in Evanston, Ill. See also:  Woodson and Thompson post-game THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Indiana offense implodes in second half.  The Hoosiers couldn’t get anything going after the break.  They made just 29.6 percent of their shots and committed eight turnovers.  According to the…

Game Day Essentials Indiana (16-5, 7-4) v. No. 18 Illinois (16-5, 9-2) Tip Time: Noon Eastern Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana Television: ESPN (Jason Benetti and Robbie Hummel) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream:  Watch ESPN Point Spread: Indiana is an 1-point favorite KenPom Projected Score: No. 24 Indiana 68  No. 16 Illinois 67 Series: Indiana leads 93-90. Illinois won the last meeting 75-71 on 2/2/21. Illinois Notes During its current three-game winning streak, Illinois’ defense is holding opponents to an average of 59.3 points on combined 36.3% shooting, including 21.4% from three. Illinois has won seven of its…

Indiana will wear alternate uniforms for the second time during the 2021-22 season on Saturday. For the game against Illinois, the Hoosiers will wear a specially-designed “Cream” jersey from Adidas. While IU Men’s Basketball has long opted to utilize the color of white in place of the official school color of cream in its uniform designs, Saturday’s game against Illinois won’t be the first time that the Hoosiers have worn a Cream jersey. IU most recently more a cream jersey three years ago in 2019 against Ohio State as part of its celebration of the 70th anniversary of Bill Garrett breaking…

Watch below as Indiana coach Mike Woodson met with the media on Friday afternoon to discuss a Saturday matchup with Illinois. Further below you can watch Illinois head coach Brad Underwood discuss the game. Indiana (16-5, 7-4) and No. 18 Illinois (16-5, 9-2) tip at Noon Eastern on Saturday in Bloomington. https://youtu.be/xqiqr7Cm1EY https://youtu.be/IIHXpkeUPOk Illinois video via Illini Report 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.

Indiana projects to have front court openings next season, and the working assumption is that they will address those needs via the transfer portal in the spring. But there are a few class of 2022 big men still available, and at least one is on the radar of the IU staff. Orangeville Prep (Mono, Ontario) center Jeremy Foumena tells The Daily Hoosier IU assistant coach Yasir Rosemond will be watching him this weekend when he competes at the 2022 National Prep School Invitational in Rhode Island. The 6-foot-11 Foumena was born in France and lived there for nine years before…

Indiana was never down by more than six in the second half, but they couldn’t seem to get over the hump. When they finally did go in front on an Aleksa Gulbe 3-pointer with 4:26 left in the game, the floodgates opened. The Hoosiers closed the game on a 14-0 run to take down a pesky Minnesota squad 80-70 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Gulbe led the No. 5 Hoosiers (15-3, 7-1) with a career-high 28 points on 11-of-15 shooting including 4-of-4 from three, and Grace Berger nearly had a triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Minnesota…

Mike Woodson has said he believes his father worked himself to death trying to take care of him and his 11 siblings on the near northeast side of Indianapolis in the ’50s and ’60s. And when Chester Woodson passed away in 1971, a 13-year-old Michael Dean Woodson followed suit — he put his head down and got work. Just as he was starting to get serious with the game of basketball, a young Woodson also started to take on jobs to help keep the family afloat, all while trying to keep up at school. The demands on Woodson’s time outside…

Indiana has offered class of 2025 guard Darryn Peterson, he reported on his Twitter page on Wednesday evening. Peterson is a 6-foot-5 freshman guard at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in Cuyahoga, Ohio. For AAU basketball he played last spring and summer for Adidas affiliated Wildcats Select based out of Pennsylvania.  He played up two age groups for most of 2021 and at times three. There isn’t much in the way of rankings for the class of 2025 to this point, but given his skill level and ability to shine against older competition, Peterson looks like a clear top-25 prospect. 247Sports…

Juwan Burgess will seek a sixth season in college football elsewhere. A redshirt senior in 2021 for Indiana, Burgess played in 11 games as a reserve safety and on special teams.  He registered 14 tackles including one for a loss.  Over his four year playing career he appeared in 42 games and had 76 tackles including five for loss to go with three passes defended, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.  He redshirted the 2017 season. His best year was 2019 when Burgess started seven games, had 29 tackles, and shared the team lead with two forced fumbles and…

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced on Wednesday the signing of defensive lineman J’mari Monette and quarterback Brendan Sorsby to National Letters of Intent to play for the Hoosiers in 2022. Monette and Sorsby close out IU’s signing class at 32 student-athletes. Twenty-two of the 32 signed National Letters of Intent, while 10 transfers will suit up for Indiana in the fall. The 10 include quarterback Connor Bazelak (Missouri), linebacker Jared Casey (Kentucky), defensive lineman LeDarrius Cox (Ole Miss), running back Josh Henderson (North Carolina), outside linebacker Myles Jackson (UCLA), linebacker Bradley Jennings Jr. (Miami), defensive lineman Patrick Lucas…