Watch as Indiana football head coach Tom Allen met with the media on Thursday morning as the Hoosiers approach the close of spring practice. IU has completed 14 of 15 allowed practice sessions, with the final one coming in the form of a scrimmage on Saturday. The Hoosiers open the 2022 season on Sept. 2 at home against Illinois. https://youtu.be/1Vb5kU_v4cw Video provided by 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.
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Indiana continued its development of a list of a 2024 priority recruiting targets on Thursday with another offer following the first recruiting live period. The latest to receive an offer from the Hoosiers is 6-foot-11 center Yves Missi, who attends West Nottingham Academy in Maryland and plays for the PSA Cardinals on the Nike EYBL Circuit in the spring and summer. Missi’s profile has risen quickly over the last year. After arriving in the US from Centre, Cameroon, he is now a top-40 prospect according to the 247Sports Composite, which lists him as a 4-star, No. 32 overall, and the…
Wichita State transfer guard Dexter Dennis will take an official visit to IU next week he confirmed with The Daily Hoosier. The visit will take place April 18-19. Here is what we wrote about Dennis in our names to know feature when IU first made contact. Further below are his 2021-22 highlights. ———————- Mike Woodson is building his program on a foundation of defense, and there are few better on that end than Wichita State transfer guard Dexter Dennis. The 6-foot-5, 210 pound Dennis entered the NCAA transfer portal Wednesday. He started in 27 of Wichita State’s 28 games and…
Listen as former IU football wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine joined the Titan Up podcast on the A to Z Sports network. Westbrook-Ikhine joined the Titans as an undrafted free agent prior to the 2020 season and was a significant contributor to the team in 2021. He posted 38 receptions for 476 yards and four touchdowns across 16 games, highlighted by a 107-yard performance in Week 11 against Houston. The Lake Mary, Fla. product finished his career with 144 receptions for 2,226 yards and 16 touchdowns. He ranks sixth in catches, seventh in yardage and TDs, and tied for seventh in…
Watch as Indiana fifth year cornerback Jaylin Williams met with the media via Zoom this week as IU competes during spring practice in Bloomington. Williams is team’s active leader with six career interceptions, and expected to form half of a potent starting duo at cornerback along with Tiawan Mullen this fall. The Honorable-mention All-Big Ten performer earned the team’s Corby Davis Memorial Award for outstanding back in 2021. Williams totaled 41 tackles, 28 solo, one for loss, and 11 pass breakups. He led the team and shared fourth in the Big Ten in PBUs. https://youtu.be/zcLgB91hwKI Video credit – IU Athletics…
You can breathe a little easier now. You won’t have to awkwardly turn on Rob Phinisee next year. When initial lists surfaced of the schools pursuing the former IU point guard out of the transfer portal, there they were: The Purdue Boilermakers. He couldn’t. Right? Leaving aside the obvious connection to his hometown, it was hard to believe Phinisee would seriously consider playing in West Lafayette. For a player who has struggled with confidence throughout his college career, it seemed like the last thing he needed was the complexity of switching to the other side of the Purdue-IU rivalry, even…
Watch as Indiana football tight end A.J. Barner took questions from the media on Tuesday morning via Zoom. The 6-foot-6 and 251-pound Barner is entering his third season with the program out of Aurora, Ohio. After playing two seasons behind Peyton Hendershot, Barner is widely expected to jump into the starting tight end role this fall. Barner had 14 catches for 162 yards and a touchdown in 2021. https://youtu.be/PzOYeMXytIM 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…
The state of Georgia continues to be a wealth of opportunity for Indiana led by assistant coach Yasir Rosemond. Hailing from Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern H.S.), class of 2024 small forward Airious (Ace) Bailey is the latest from the Peach State to receive interest during the first live period of the spring. Trent Markwith of On the Radar Hoops reported an IU offer of Bailey, and we are working to confirm that part. According to the 247Sports Composite, the 6-foot-8 Bailey is a 5-star prospect, and the No. 19 overall player and No. 6 small forward in the 2024 class…
Ali Patberg’s basketball career has never had a home base outside of the state of Indiana. On Monday night the Indiana Fever gave her the chance to keep playing home games in front of Hoosiers when they selected the Columbus, Ind. product in the third round. Patberg becomes the fourth IU player selected in the WNBA Draft since the league began and the first since 2011. The versatile 5-foot-11 guard started in all 33 games for IU in 2021-22. She averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds and shot 42.6 percent from the floor, while regularly drawing the toughest defensive…
Indiana’s quest for more scoring pop from the wings has seemingly resonated to some extent with West Virginia transfer Sean McNeil. IU was one of the first schools to reach out to McNeil when he put his name in the portal a couple weeks ago, and they will be one of the six schools he gives final consideration to for his final season of college eligibility. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Union, Ky. told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein he has a final six of Indiana, Ohio State, Virginia, Louisville, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. McNeil averaged 12.2 points per game in…