Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana has the look of an NCAA Tournament bubble team according to the preseason analyses published by top advanced metric sites KenPom and Bart Torvik. According to KenPom.com, IU will finish the 2021-22 regular season with a 20-11 record and a 10-10 mark in Big Ten play.  Barttorvik.com has the Hoosiers at 20-11 also, with an 11-9 record in the league.  The two sites project IU to finish eighth and seventh in the conference, respectively. Nationally, KenPom places IU at No. 31 while Torvik has the Hoosiers at No. 30 to open the season. KenPom puts Michigan at the top…

A key IU basketball recruiting target in the class of 2023 narrowed things down a bit over the weekend. Joliet, Ill. point guard Jeremy Fears, Jr. cut his recruitment down to eight schools — Memphis, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Kansas, UConn, Indiana, and Missouri. Fears, Jr. and his family have made multiple trips to Indiana, including a visit in June and another in September.  Currently a four-star according to the 247Sports Composite, he is right on the edge of five-star status, ranked No. 27 nationally and the No. 7 point guard in the class. The Fears family is impressed with Indiana…

The IU basketball program had a visitor in town over the weekend. Top-70 class of 2023 combo guard Jakai Newton was in on an official visit to Bloomington along with his family. Hailing from Covington, Ga., Newton attends Newton High School there.  As with most prospects in his part of the country, assistant coach Yasir Rosemond is the primary point of contact.  He is ranked the No. 67 player overall in the class of 2023 and the No. 12 combo guard according to the 247Sports Composite. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Newton after he returned home to Georgia.  Here…

Indiana suffered a homecoming loss to Michigan State on Saturday afternoon to fall to 2-4 on the season overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten. Let’s go position-by-position and take a look at what went right and what went wrong at Memorial Stadium with our weekly report card. The task won’t get any easier for Indiana next weekend.  The Hoosiers will host Ohio State on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. See also:  Game story, stats and highlights | Tom Allen post-game | Tuttle, Carr, Matthews and McFadden post-game QUARTERBACK (D) A “D” is probably too harsh for a backup…

Watch as Indiana players Jack Tuttle, Stephen Carr, Devon Matthews and Micah McFadden discuss their team’s 20-15 loss to Michigan State on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. The Hoosiers (2-4, 0-3) will host Ohio State next Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium. See also:  Offensive mistakes plague IU football once again | Tom Allen post-game https://youtu.be/AEt2h1_JZsA https://youtu.be/UhuzhVFFVl4 https://youtu.be/bItB38fwvyw https://youtu.be/5D10cDxVLYo 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.

Watch as Indiana head coach Tom Allen discusses his team’s 20-15 loss to Michigan State on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. The Hoosiers (2-4, 0-3) will host Ohio State next Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium. See also:  Offensive mistakes plague IU football once again | Players post-game https://youtu.be/cltGM7o9cnI 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.

Two Jack Tuttle interceptions proved to be the difference as Indiana lost to Michigan State 20-15 on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. Michigan State returned a first half Tuttle pass 30 yards for a score, and it needed just 39 yards to score a second half TD after Tuttle’s second interception of the game. It was Tuttle’s first start of the season and third of his career as he filled in for the injured Michael Penix, Jr. “Did some good things, but (he’s) got to protect the football,” head coach Tom Allen said of Tuttle’s performance after the game.  “We’ve got…

Indiana returns from the bye with yet another top-10 challenge waiting for them. Just 11 months removed from a shutout win at East Lansing, the Hoosiers enter Saturday’s game against Michigan State as a home underdog. Second year coach Mel Tucker and the Spartans have flipped the script on their program with a combination of in-house development and more than 20 transfers.  Meanwhile, Indiana entered the season in the top-20 but has struggled with turnovers early against a very difficult schedule.  The Hoosiers will try to design their own turnaround against their fourth top-10 opponent of the season. It’s IU…

The class of 2025 has yet to see the court for a high school basketball game, but already there are signs of some very high-end talent in the state of Indiana. The Indiana staff did something this week they haven’t done in a while — offer a player before he plays his first high school game.  And he probably won’t be the last in-state 2025 prospect who earns an IU offer this fall. Fishers, Ind. freshman Jalen Haralson announced on his Twitter page on Thursday that he had received an offer from head coach Mike Woodson, who gave an offer…

Watch as Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker met with the media this week to preview his team’ Saturday showdown at IU. The Spartans are one of the surprise teams of college football, surging out to a 6-0 start after a 2-5 campaign in 2020, Tucker’s first in East Lansing. Indiana (2-3) and No. 9/10 Michigan State (6-0) will kick at Noon Eastern in Bloomington on Saturday.  The game will be televised by FS1. See also:  Tom Allen final Thursday thoughts on MSU | Allen radio show – MSU week | Coordinators Sheridan and Warren on MSU https://youtu.be/kLTJB4Hbc_g Video credit…