Free agent guard Victor Oladipo has agreed to a deal to rejoin the Miami Heat for the 2021-22 season, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic. In a follow-up tweet, Charania said that Oladipo’s plan is rebuild his value and return to the open market in 2022, meaning that is a one-year deal for the former IU and Pacers star guard. Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files is reporting via sources that the new arrangement is a veteran minimum deal. The 29-year-old Oladipo was named an All-Star in 2018 and 2019 with the Pacers. He has been slowed in recent years…
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Indiana is widely expected to be ranked in the AP and coaches preseason top-25s to open the 2021 season. One strong indicator of where the Hoosiers will land in those polls came this week by way of ESPN. Thirty-three ESPN college football analysts submitted their own top 25s, leading to the outlet’s composite preseason top-25. The ESPN crew expects some familiar schools to end up at the College Football Playoff. The usual suspects — Alabama, Oklahoma, Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State make up the top-five. If the Buckeyes have a vulnerability that IU can pounce on, it will likely be…
He has a reputation for making a splash, and former Indiana shooting guard Devonte Green did just that in NBA summer league action on Tuesday evening. Known as a player who can produce a lot of points in relatively short spurts, Green came out firing in Utah. He scored 10 points in 15.2 minutes, making 3-of-6 shots including 2-of-4 from behind-the-arc. Green also made 2-of-3 free throws and added three rebounds. His Jazz White team was +19 when Green was on the floor in a game they won 87-58 over San Antonio. Green is getting his chance to make an…
No sooner than we got the roster page updated for the 2021-22 season here at The Daily Hoosier yesterday, the IU basketball program has made an update. Added by the school on Tuesday was freshman walk-on guard Shaan Burke. A 2021 graduate of Vista High School near San Diego, Burke lettered two seasons. He averaged 14.7 points and 5.7 assists and led the team in three-pointers as a senior. For AAU Burke ran with the Gamepoint Adidas Gold program. He was also twice was named Student of the Year at his school. Burke will study Finance at the Kelley School…
Class of 2022 guard Jalen Hood-Schifino is one of Indiana’s top recruiting targets, and his performance in July did nothing to change that. Below are more than two minutes of Hood-Schifino in action at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam qualifying action in July. The video highlights very well what kind of player Hood-Schifino is — a highly skilled combo guard who can score at all three levels. The 6-foot-5 Hood-Schifino was one of the top players in North Augusta in July playing for Team Thad. He averaged 16.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals in five full games…
ESPN is reporting free agent center and former IU basketball star Cody Zeller has signed a one-year deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. The 29-year old Zeller has spent the last eight seasons — his entire NBA career — in Charlotte, and he will now relocate across the country in search of more team success. Zeller said recently playing for a winning team was a high priority during a recent episode of “The Woj Pod” with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “In my mind, a team that’s top four in their conference, they’re playing for home-court advantage, they aren’t playing to make…
Listen as IU football head coach joined former Hoosier offensive lineman Ian Beckles on 95.3 WDAE in Tampa. Allen discusses his Love Each Other culture, how he started it at IU, how he ended up in Tampa early in his coaching career, quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. and much more. Beckles played for IU in the late 80s for head coach Bill Mallory. He then played in the NFL for nine years, seven with Tampa Bay and two with Philadelphia. For a complete library of interviews and podcasts with current and former Indiana players and coaches, GO HERE. Find us on…
Below is the updated IU basketball roster for the 2021-22 season reflecting additions and departures since the end of the 2020-21 season and the new coaching staff. Veteran guard Rob Phinisee changed his jersey number from 10 to 1. The jersey numbers for the new players and their preliminary measurements are all shown below. Look for some information such as players weights to be updated in the late summer or early fall. IU has foreign tour games in the Bahamas on Aug. 13 and 15. The 2021-22 campaign is expected to begin on Nov. 9. (Note: this post has been…
The IU basketball program has announced its graduate managers for the 2021-22 season. Graduate managers assist the head coach and the staff in a number of ways including preparation for practice, game management, team travel responsibilities, community outreach, camps, and many more administrative duties. The full release from IU Athletics with backgrounds on each new graduate manager follows. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University men’s basketball head coach Mike Woodson has announced the additions of Isaac Green, Nick Russell and Jacob Herrs, who will serve as Graduate Managers beginning this season. Isaac Green Isaac Green is in his first year as…
New Indiana basketball wing Miller Kopp published his second Vlog on Sunday evening. You can watch both the first and second episodes below and take a behind the scenes look at both Kopp and the program. Kopp transferred to IU from Northwestern where he averaged 26.4 minutes, 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest while shooting 36 percent from 3-point range on 339 attempts. Kopp started 74 times in 87 games for the Wildcats. The 6-foot-7 Kopp will have two years of eligibility with Indiana. He transferred from Northwestern to Indiana in April. https://youtu.be/L5ilqQudI9I https://youtu.be/5oY9nPaMDmo Click to go…