Watch below an in-depth behind the scenes look at IU basketball class of 2022 signee Kaleb Banks and his teammates published on Sunday. The 6-foot-8 Banks, a hybrid small/power forward, attends Fayette County High School in Georgia. Through his first nine games Banks was averaging 26 points and 9 rebounds per contest while shooting 58 percent from the field overall and 43 percent from 3-point range. Banks will join Indiana in June. This is what IU head coach Mike Woodson said about Banks when he signed with the Hoosiers last month: “Kaleb is someone who continues to improve his game…
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Listen in as Indiana head coach Mike Woodson joined legendary radio voice Don Fischer on their radio show, Inside Indiana Basketball. Woodson and Fischer covered a number of topics including the team’s holiday schedule, discussion of a number of players, and the upcoming schedule. Graduate assistant Isaac Green was the special guest in the final segment. Indiana (10-2) will host UNC Asheville on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern in Bloomington. The game will be televised by BTN. 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…
Replenishing the front court is a major area of focus as IU looks to finalize its 2022 additions and supplement its guard-heavy 2023 class. One class of 2023 big man the Hoosiers have their eye on is forward Baye Ndongo. The Daily Hoosier was the first to identify IU’s interest in Ndongo two weeks ago. Originally from Senegal, Ndongo played in the 2021 U19 FIBA World Cup and averaged 7.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists in that event. Growing up in Senegal, Ndongo was a soccer player, and that helped develop quickness and athleticism that has translated to the…
Watch below the fall season highlights of class of 2023 Finnish guard Miro Little. Indiana is recruiting Little to join their 2023 backcourt along with commits Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton. USC, Dayton, and Wake Forest have also offered. Assistant coach Dane Fife has traveled to Finland to visit Little and IU is working to get him to the US for a campus visit. The 6-foot-4 Helsinki Basketball Academy product averaged 20.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game during the fall playing in the top division in Finland. https://youtu.be/-oNMwZ0M8CU https://youtu.be/NqE7Fu60mMU The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re…
Indiana made the final four for former UCLA linebacker/edge rusher Myles Jackson. Jackson, a redshirt freshman from Jonesboro, Ga., appeared in seven games this season for the Bruins and made six tackles, with one sack and one fumble recovery. Jackson was a three-star recruit in the class of 2020 coming out of Mill Creek H.S. (Ga.) according to the 247Sports Composite. He was the No. 21 weakside defensive end by 247Sports, the No. 33 strongside defensive end by Rivals, and the No. 34 inside linebacker by ESPN. The 6-foot-2, 248-pound Jackson suffered a season-ending knee injury one game into his…
For the first time since March 28, 2013, two former Indiana Mr. Basketball winners walked out to midcourt as starters for the IU basketball program. When Jordan Hulls and Cody Zeller did it more than eight years ago, it was widely expected. They had started all year for IU’s last team to achieve a No. 1 ranking. It was a team that cemented Indiana sophomore guard Anthony Leal as a crazed Hoosier fan. But very few knew that Leal would be joining Trayce Jackson-Davis in the starting lineup on Wednesday night against Northern Kentucky. Leal found out a couple days…
IU had little trouble with its latest mid-major foe on Wednesday evening in Bloomington, cruising to a 79-61 win over Northern Kentucky. The Hoosiers ran out to a 32-8 lead with 2:28 left in the first half, and extended their advantage to as much as 28 in the second half before letting up on the defensive end down the stretch. Let’s take a look back at the details of what went right and wrong with another edition of The Report Card. Indiana (10-2, 1-1) will host UNC Asheville next Wednesday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. OFFENSE (B+)…
Watch as Indiana head coach Mike Woodson met with the media after a 79-61 win over Northern Kentucky on Wednesday evening in Bloomington. Joining Woodson for the post-game was sophomore guard Anthony Leal and junior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. IU (10-2) will have a week off before facing UNC Asheville next Wednesday. The full transcript is below the videos. See also: Three keys, highlights, final stats https://youtu.be/YN8Ce22zLYY https://youtu.be/mYhfABY9JuE Q. When you’re three days before Christmas and you’ve got a bunch of college kids, how tough is it to prepare them to play basketball this close to Christmas and everything? MIKE WOODSON: Well,…
Indiana defeated Northern Kentucky by a final score of 79-61 on Wednesday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. The Hoosiers led 38-14 at halftime. They were led by Trayce Jackson-Davis with 21 points. Race Thompson added 14. IU (10-2, 1-1) will now have a week off. They host UNC Asheville next Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern in Bloomington. See also: Woodson, Leal and Jackson-Davis discuss win over Northern Kentucky THREE KEYS TO THE GAME (Will be updated). 1. Paint domination. Indiana outscored NKU 48-12 in the paint and outrebounded them 38-24. Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson combined…
As it stands, Big Ten teams who cannot play league games due COVID-19 are forced to forfeit the contest and take a loss. With the efficacy of vaccines on the decline and new variants more transmissible, the conference announced on Wednesday it is reconsidering that policy. “The Big Ten Conference is in the process of evaluating its 2021-22 Forfeiture Policy for conference contests, including whether a contest should automatically be considered a forfeit,” Big Ten Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Borchers said on Wednesday in a release. “The health, safety, and well-being of our student-athletes and our campus communities is…