Watch below as incoming IU freshman Tamar Bates joined AJ Guyton on the House of Hoosier podcast. A 5-star recruit and Jordan Brand All-American, Bates played his senior year at IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) under coach Sean McAloon and averaged 11.4 points and shot 40.0% from long distance. A two-time All-State honoree at Piper High School in Kansas City Kansas under Coach David Birch, Bates averaged 22.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a junior while leading them to a 21-1 mark and a spot in the Class 4A state semifinals. The tournament was canceled…
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For the tenth consecutive year, former Indiana quarterback Antwaan Randle El is on the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Football Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday. He is one of 78 players and seven coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 99 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks. The Big Ten MVP and a first team All-American in 2001, Randle El was also sixth in Heisman Trophy balloting in 2001 after he finished 13th in 2000. The Riverdale, Ill., native was named All-Big Ten in 1999,…
May 30 was the last day to declare for the NBA Draft, and one Indiana player is on the final list. Northwestern transfer Miller Kopp is one of 353 early entrant candidates, an election that allows players to obtain feedback prior to making a final decision on whether to remain in the draft. Kopp’s name was not on early aggregations of the list, probably because he did not publicly announce his decision to enter the draft. He appears on the list now as Northwestern player, meaning he likely quietly entered his name prior to his decision to transfer to Indiana. …
The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to terms with former Indiana defensive lineman Jovan Swann according to a report by Tom Pelissero of NFL Media. Swann went undrafted in April and had a tryout with the Pittsburgh Steelers at their mini-camp on May 14-16, his agent Greg Bookey told The Daily Hoosier in early May. He recently worked out with the Houston Texans. Swann, a 6-foot-2, 280-pound defensive tackle, recorded four tackles, three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup last season. At Stanford in 2019, he recorded 4.5 sacks and seven tackles for loss. Hailing from the south Indianapolis suburbs, Swann…
If you trust the oddsmakers, Indiana could be in for a slow start and a strong finish in 2021. Barstool Sportsbook has published point spreads for each of Indiana’s 2021 games, and Indiana fans can hope that the early expectations are as wrong as most IU prognostications were in 2020. The outlet projects Indiana to finish with a 7-5 record in 2021, and to reach that mark the Hoosiers will need to win four of their last five games. Here is a game-by-game summary of Barstool’s lines for IU’s 2021 season: Sept. 4 – at Iowa (Indiana +5.5) Sept. 11…
It has been a long time since Indiana brought football recruits on campus. And the group arriving this month looks a little different than who you may have grown accustomed to seeing come to check out Bloomington. IU is 14-7 over the last two seasons, and the Hoosiers are expected to enter their 2021 campaign as a top-20 program. All of that momentum has helped Tom Allen and his staff schedule a highly talented group of class of 2022 visitors in June. In-person visits have been off limits since the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down in March of 2020. The…
He came storming out of the Illinois huddle like an Indy 500 driver who just saw the green flag. And he crashed into Indiana’s Eric Gordon on turn one. Gordon first verbally committed to Illinois in November of 2005 before having a change of heart and signing on with Indiana in October of 2006. In the intervening months, IU had hired new head coach Kelvin Sampson, and he proceeded to recruit Gordon, much to the ire of Illini head coach Bruce Weber. That whole turn of events led to one of the more memorable regular season basketball games in IU…
AAU basketball is about to move to the backburner for a month as school ball and visits take precedence for IU’s recruiting targets. But the final spring weekend of major AAU events brought more tidbits on several players IU is focused on. Here are some of the more significant news items and notes Further below is the latest list of known visits scheduled by recruiting targets to Indiana in June, with a few updates since last weekend. FILIPOWSKI SET TO EMBARK ON BUSY MONTH 6-foot-10 4-star Kyle Filipowski is one of Indiana’s top targets in the class, but in order…
Indiana head coach Tom Allen has become a regular at the Indy 500. The Indiana native was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday and met with WISH TV’s Anthony Calhoun to discuss his experience at the 2021 race. https://youtu.be/ZLQNHxKPILI Video credit – WISH TV Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free IU coverage at no additional cost to you.
Former IU basketball player Charlie Miller joined the 19Nine podcast recently. Hailing from Miami, Fla., Miller played at Indiana from 1994 to 1998 and scored 810 points. In 1994, Miller was a McDonald’s All-American and the Florida Gatorade player of the Year. He played professionally for six years. Miller is the founder and owner of ATTACK Basketball Academy, a year-round basketball program geared towards developing youth in the game of basketball and in life. Charlie also travels as a Head Clinician with Breakthrough Basketball, an organization that is known as a leader in basketball camps, on-line resources, and products worldwide.…