Author: Mike Schumann

Here we go again. Although we are just six months removed from IU’s run to the national championship match, it is time once again for the NCAA men’s soccer tournament.  The NCAA announced its 48-team field for the 2021 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship on Monday during its selection show, with Indiana men’s soccer earning a national seed. The No. 15 overall seed, Indiana receives a first round bye and will host the winner of Louisville and Bowling Green Sunday (Nov. 21) in the second round of action. Kickoff time is to be determined. Indiana is the only program to earn a…

Their goal is the Final Four in March.  Already the IU women look the part to AP voters in November. Indiana women’s basketball jumped four spots to No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 week two poll on Monday. It marks another historic feat for the Hoosiers, appearing for the first time in the top-5 in program history. The ranking comes on the heels of a 2-0 start to open the 2021-22 season where the Hoosiers defeated Butler on the road on Wednesday and No. 13/13 Kentucky at home on Sunday. The Hoosiers shot 53.2 percent in the two…

So far so good on that decision to return. Indiana All-American forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has been named Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after averaging 20 points, 10.5 rebounds and five blocked shots in leading the Hoosiers to wins over Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois to start the season. The Greenwood, Ind., native and Center Grove High School graduate shot 65.2% from the floor, making 15-of 23-field goal attempts. It is the third time in his career that he has earned the distinction from the league, and it is the first time an IU player received the honor…

They’ve got it, and now all they have left to play for is keeping it. Indiana’s season has turned into a “Bucket or Bust” campaign, and now we know when the Hoosiers will defend their possession of the Old Oaken Bucket, and how you can watch. IU and Purdue will meet at 3:30 p.m. Eastern at Ross Ade Stadium in West Lafayette on Nov. 27 the program announced today.  The game will be televised by FS1. For the first time since 1900 the teams will meet for a second consecutive time at Purdue as a result of the 2020 game…

You want an exhaustive list of what went wrong with this once promising IU football season? How much time do you have?  We are going to break our analysis of that question into multiple articles because, well, there is a lot of meat on the bone. Time is an operative word, because in so many ways it seems the program has suddenly and inexplicably warped back to Gerry DiNardo era, with all hope lost.  From an inauspicious beginning when freshman running back David Holloman ran on the field at Iowa with “Indinia” sewn to his chest plate, to a 38-3…

There would be no fourth quarter collapse this time. No. 7/8 Indiana pulled away in the second half and claimed a convincing 88-67 win over No. 13 Kentucky on Sunday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Forward Mackenzie Holmes poured in a career-high 29 points to the lead the way for IU.  The Hoosiers moved to 2-0 on the season. The 6-foot-3 Holmes scored in every way, making 11-of-15 shots overall including a 3-pointer to go with a 6-of-6 night from the free throw line.  But the junior forward was particularly impactful running the floor, when she routinely…

Not sure what to do on a snowy and cold Sunday afternoon in Indiana? How about not one but two marquee matchups for two of IU Athletics’ premiere programs — both on national television. First up Indiana men’s soccer (14-4-1, 5-3-0 B1G) will try for its 16th Big Ten Tournament title as it visits Penn State (12-6-1, 6-2-0 B1G) in the championship match Sunday at noon Eastern on Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pennsylvania.  The match will be aired live on Big Ten Network with Dean Linke and Patrick Doody on the call. Indiana is appearing in its fifth straight…

Watch as Indiana’s Micah McFadden and Donaven McCulley met with the media after a 38-3 loss to Rutgers on Saturday. The Hoosiers (2-8, 0-7) will host Minnesota next Saturday. See also:  Stats and highlights | Tom Allen post-game https://youtu.be/UQZBNdRra8A https://youtu.be/ZNyYonbXZzg 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.

Watch as Indiana head coach Tom Allen discusses a 38-3 loss to Rutgers on Saturday afternoon in Bloomington. See also:  Stats and highlights https://youtu.be/egGOyanOsnk 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.

In almost every imaginable way, Indiana’s season has been an unmitigated disaster. If there was any lingering doubt about that remaining, it dissipated into the frigid, cloudy, November Bloomington air as 7-point favorite Indiana was trounced by Rutgers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. “Very disappointing, frustrating bad performance by our team,” coach Tom Allen said after the game.  “Very upset about it.” The Hoosiers fumbled on their first play from scrimmage, an omen for what was to come.  The onslaught began as Rutgers scored a touchdown four plays later.  Shuffling between quarterbacks Donavan McCulley and Jack Tuttle, Indiana produced…