Author: Mike Schumann

Game Day Essentials Indiana (10-3, 1-2) v. No. 13 Ohio State (9-2, 3-0) Tip Time: 7:00 p.m. Eastern Location: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana Television: FS1 (Aaron Goldsmith and Bill Raftery) IU Radio Network: IU Radio Network Stream:  Fox Sports Live Point Spread: Indiana is a 3.5-point favorite KenPom Projected Score: Indiana W, 71-70 Series: Indiana leads, 108-87. The Buckeyes have won six of the last seven meetings. Common Opponents Indiana and Ohio State have faced the same three Big Ten opponents to open 2021-22 conference play.  While the Hoosiers have gone 1-2 in those games, the Buckeyes are 3-0.  Here is how…

Ali Patberg led the way with 18 points as No. 6 Indiana improved to 4-0 in the Big Ten and 12-2 overall with a 76-53 win at Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Patberg made 4-of-5 from three and was one of four in double figures for the Hoosiers.  She was joined by Mackenzie Holmes with 16, Aleksa Gulbe with 13, and Nicole Cardano-Hillary with 11.  Grace Berger flirted with a triple-double with 9 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds. A 19-9 second quarter that saw IU shoot 57.1 percent gave the Hoosiers a 36-21 halftime advantage and the Badgers never seriously…

Watch as Indiana senior point guard Rob Phinisee met with the media on Wednesday afternoon to discuss his team’s areas of focus this week as they prepare to face Ohio State. Indiana (10-3, 1-2) and No. 13 Ohio State (9-2, 3-0) will tip at 7 p.m. Eastern on Thursday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. See also:  Mike Woodson previews Ohio State https://youtu.be/CZhYKuSDivw 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…

A few weeks ago IU football head coach Tom Allen said he intended to find a transfer quarterback to add to the competition for the starting job for the 2022 season. Since then Indiana fans have been anxiously awaiting who the program would identify and bring in for a visit. Kevin Brockway of CNHI Sports Indiana is reporting on Twitter that two former high-profile recruits with Power Five experience will be on campus this week. One is former Missouri quarterback Connor Bazelak.  The Daily Hoosier confirmed with Bazelak he completed a visit at IU on Wednesday. A Dayton, Ohio product,…

Indiana has dipped back into Georgia for its latest high school offer. On Tuesday, class of 2025 forward Bryson Tiller announced on his Twitter page he had been offered by the Hoosiers. https://twitter.com/brysontiller_11/status/1478384301104369669?s=20 While there are no rankings yet for the class of 2025, Tiller appears to be on pace to be one of the best in the current group of high school freshmen. A 6-foot-8 forward at Atlanta (Ga.) Pace Academy, Tiller has already landed scholarship offers from Auburn, Xavier, Georgia Tech, Cleveland State and Tulane in addition to IU. With a versatile inside-out game, Tiller projects early on…

Watch as Indiana head coach Mike Woodson met with the media on Wednesday morning to preview a home matchup with Ohio State. Indiana (10-3, 1-2) and No. 13 Ohio State (9-2, 3-0) tip at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.  The game will be televised on FS1. See also:  Woodson looking for more shots for Stewart and Kopp, bigger role for Bates https://youtu.be/VSzPHypFkKU 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…

Mike Schumann of The Daily Hoosier joined The Hoosier Report with Matt Denison on Tuesday to discuss Indiana’s loss to Penn State and their struggling offense, the Big Ten race, and Thursday’s matchup with Ohio State. The segment with Mike Schumann starts at the 17:35 mark. The Hoosier Report with Matt Denison features coverage of the Indiana Hoosiers and sports from a Southern Indiana perspective. The show can be heard weekdays at 11 a.m. on 1450 WXVW and 96.1 in Southern Indiana and Louisville, Ky. Looking for more Hoosier sounds?  For a complete library of interviews and podcasts with current…

Through three Big Ten games, Indiana’s offensive profile looks a bit like the IU teams of the last four years. And not much like the offense head coach Mike Woodson described when he took the job in the spring. The Hoosiers are doing a better job of taking care of the ball in league games, but that comes at the cost of a pace slower than what Woodson has in mind.  For the most part in the Big Ten, teams are content to focus on their defensive scheme and eliminate transition opportunities rather than gamble to create turnovers. The 4-out,…

As a player, Micah Shrewsberry was a three-year starting guard and team tri-captain at Hanover College in southern Indiana along the Ohio River. He led the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in free throw shooting (.833) and assists (4.4) in 1998-99. But make no mistake, the Indianapolis Cathedral High School graduate would have preferred to play up the road, about 80 miles to the northwest, to be precise. An Indiana basketball kid during the Bob Knight era, he had the same dream as thousands of other boys of that generation. “I grew up idolizing Coach Knight in terms of his teams…

Indiana football radio analyst Buck Suhr announced his retirement on Monday afternoon, IU Athletics announced in a release. His announcement marks the end of a long affiliation with the IU football team. Suhr spent 17 years in the broadcast booth after 18 seasons as a coach and administrator within the program. “I am thankful for the friendship and the opportunity to work with the absolute best in the business, Don Fischer,” Suhr said in the release. “To say working with Don, Joe Smith, and the rest of the crew has been enjoyable is a huge understatement. It was a tremendous…