Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana lost to Iowa by a final score of 83-74 at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Thursday evening. The Hoosiers led at halftime 48-41 and were led in the game by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 18 points and 11 rebounds. IU (12-4, 3-3) will next travel to Nebraska for a Monday evening contest in Lincoln. See also:  Mike Woodson and Trayce Jackson-Davis discuss the game THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. The turnovers return.  Indiana’s run of several games in a row with low turnover totals came to an abrupt end on the road against an Iowa defense that…

Indiana was without its leading scorer on Thursday evening, but the result remained the same as the Hoosiers defeated Nebraska 72-65 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to move to 13-2 overall and 5-0 in the Big Ten. The No. 6 Hoosiers were led by Grace Berger with 22 points.  Aleksa Gulbe added 17.  Starting center and leading scorer Mackenzie Holmes was out with a knee injury.  With her out, the Hoosiers went with just six players, all of whom played at least 24 minutes. Nicole Cardaño-Hillary shined in the first half, and ended up 13 points, 5 rebounds and two…

Game Day Essentials Indiana (12-3, 3-2) at Iowa (11-4, 1-3) Tip Time: 9:00 p.m. Eastern Location: Carver Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa Television: FS1 (Joe Davis and Bill Raftery) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream:  Fox Sports Live Point Spread: Indiana is a 5-point underdog KenPom Projected Score: Iowa wins, 79-76 Series: Indiana leads, 106-78. IU won both meetings last year against the Hawkeyes, 81-69 in Iowa City and 67-65 in Bloomington. The Hoosiers have won three straight in the series. More Game Coverage Mike Woodson pre-game Q&A Fran McCaffery and Keegan Murray pre-game Q&A Iowa presents several unique challenges Indiana…

Watch as Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery took questions from the media as the Hawkeyes get set to face Indiana. Also taking questions was star forward Keegan Murray.  The 6-foot-8 sophomore is averaging 24.7 points and 7.9 rebounds on 59.5 percent shooting. Indiana (12-3, 3-2) and Iowa (11-4, 1-3) tip at 9 p.m. Eastern in Iowa City on Thursday night.  The game will be televised on FS1. https://youtu.be/_rIKHQDr6qE Video – Iowa 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…

Indiana is set to hire Paul Randolph as its next defensive line coach as first reported by Bruce Feldman of the Athletic. Most recently Randolph held the defensive line coach job at Texas Tech for the last three seasons.  The Red Raiders hired a new head coach in November. Randolph has more than 20 years of collegiate coaching experience with stops at the likes of Alabama, Arizona State and West Virginia. He replaces Kevin Peoples, who left to take the same position at Missouri.  Randolph will work under new defensive coordinator Chad Wilt, who is expected to coach the linebackers.…

Count Mike Woodson among the IU basketball fans who popped open a bottle of champagne last night. Two college basketball teams entered Tuesday with an undefeated record, and both — USC and Baylor — suffered their first defeats of the season. Indiana’s 1976 team was the last to finish a season without a loss of course, and many celebrate each year when the final undefeated team loses. Woodson is one of them. “I know records are meant to be broken, but that’s one record I would never want to see broken,” Woodson said on Wednesday during a Zoom media availability.…

Indiana will still open the 2022 season against a Big Ten West opponent at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, but that foe will no longer be Northwestern. The Big Ten announced a modified 2022 schedule on Wednesday afternoon.  The primary change impacting IU was swapping out Northwestern in that week one slot and replacing them with Illinois. There were no others changes to Indiana’s 2022 opponents, although the weeks of some games have been changed.  Specifically, a Nov. 12 home game against Michigan has been moved up to Oct. 8, the Maryland home game previously on Oct. 8 is now on…

Indiana head coach Mike Woodson met with the media on Wednesday morning to preview a Thursday evening matchup with Iowa. The Hoosiers (12-3, 3-2) and Hawkeyes (11-4, 1-3) tip at 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The game will be televised on FS1. https://youtu.be/0ktpGtYGZks

One day Indiana fans will love to hate Jalen Hood-Schifino’s fellow point guards at Montverde Academy. But right now they are helping prepare him to be ready to contribute immediately when he suits up for the Hoosiers in about 10 months. Down the road Montverde point guards Skyy Clark and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn will be leading the way at Kentucky and Purdue, respectively.  Today they provide Hood-Schifino exactly what he and so many of the nation’s top players look for when they attend national powerhouse prep schools — every day high-end competition. Although he is a top-20 five-star class of 2022…

While much is made of starting lineups in basketball, closing lineups often paint a clearer picture of where a head coach’s mind is at relates to the five he trusts most to go win the game. Through 15 games of his college coaching career, IU’s Mike Woodson has only departed from his starting five of Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, Miller Kopp, Parker Stewart and Xavier Johnson once, and that ostensibly related to a punishment rather than anything performance related. But over the last two games, only three of the first five have had major roles in the last ten minutes…