Indiana football radio voice Don Fischer caught up with Director of Athletics Scott Dolson to discuss the news of Tom Allen’s new contract. Allen’s contract was amended to pay him average annual compensation of around $4.9 million per year the school announced on Monday. See also: Allen discusses new contract and start of spring practice https://youtu.be/Ki9B0O_xkzI Video credit – IU Athletics 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.
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Indiana women’s basketball placed four players on the 2020-21 All-Big Ten teams as the conference announced its annual postseason awards on Monday. For the second-consecutive season, two Hoosiers were named to the All-Big Ten First team by both the coaches and media in sophomore forward Mackenzie Holmes and junior guard Grace Berger. Berger repeats as a first team honoree from last season while Holmes earns the league’s highest honors for the first time in her career and also earned a spot on the media’s All-Defensive Team. Senior guard Ali Patberg is now a three-time All-Big Ten selection as she was…
Indiana head coach Archie Miller joined radio voice Don Fischer on the final edition of Inside IU Basketball for the 2020-21 season. Miller and Fischer looked back at the loss to Purdue and previewed this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Indiana (12-14, 7-12) will face Rutgers (14-10, 10-10) at 6:30 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. See also: Franklin and Thompson still day-to-day 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…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen met with the media on Monday afternoon to preview spring practice. The Hoosiers begin spring practice on Tuesday and will hold 15 practices through April 10. The program has yet to release information about a spring football game. IU is scheduled to open the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Iowa. You can see the complete schedule HERE. See also: Tom Allen’s contract amended, will get $4.9 million per year https://youtu.be/-8nYhPXCxgU Video credit: Indiana University Athletics Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when…
The Hoosiers plucked a recruit right out of the heart of Razorbacks’ country. Indiana picked up its first class of 2022 commit on Monday afternoon when 3-star linebacker Kaiden Turner announced his verbal pledge. The Fayetteville, Ark. based linebacker broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Thekaidenturner/status/1368984888767115266?s=20 “First off I would like to say that nothing I’ve accomplished to this day has been done by myself,” Turner said in an attachment to his Twitter post. “I’ve been blessed by God with the ability to play the game and use football as my platform to spread His name. After a lot…
Although its athletic department is navigating challenging financial times during the pandemic, Indiana found a way to further solidify its relationship with football coach Tom Allen. Indiana University and Allen have agreed to an amendment to his current seven-year contract that will increase Allen’s annual average compensation to $4.9 million through the 2027 season the school said in a release. The increase reflects a roughly $1.1 million per year bump for Allen. According to the USA Today college football coaches salary database, Allen will be in the neighborhood of 20th nationally in annual compensation, in the same vicinity as Nebraska’s…
Mark Cuban’s money is not walking through that door. Many believe IU coach Archie Miller’s contract buyout is the most significant impediment to firing him. And because he is the most famous wealthy Indiana graduate they know of, fans reflexively spit out Cuban’s out name as the answer to that financial hurdle. But Indiana’s most famous billionaire alumnus is on the record. Although he is a passionate fan, there will be no Cuban intervention. He playfully jabbed at the fan base that he considers himself a part of last week in an interview. “Let me tell you about IU fans,”…
In many ways Indiana’s two losses to Rutgers have been season defining. On Thursday, a third loss to the Scarlet Knights could be season ending. The No. 10 seeded Hoosiers will face No. 7 seed Rutgers on Thursday evening at the Big Ten Tournament. The game will tip at 6:30 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Indiana would face No. 2 seed Illinois on Friday evening if they defeat Rutgers. IU was coming off an upset win at No. 4 Iowa when Rutgers defeated the Hoosiers 74-70 in Bloomington…
After a record setting 2020-21 campaign, the No. 10 IU women now turn their attention to the postseason. Indiana (18-4, 16-2) is the No. 2 seed for this year’s Big Ten Tournament after the Hoosiers finished second in the conference standings, their highest placement since sharing the Big Ten title in 1982-83 and set a school record for conference wins in a season. Indiana, which advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals last year for the first time since 2006, will tip off its postseason schedule at 6:30 p.m. (ET) Thursday with a tournament quarterfinal game against the winner of…
The why doesn’t seem to matter much anymore. The journey is different each time, but down the stretch of this season, and against this opponent, the results just always seem to be the same. Indiana lost its fifth in a row on the season and ninth straight to rival(?) Purdue by a final score of 67-58 in West Lafayette, Ind. on Saturday. There is some good news. Indiana fans have almost been put out of their misery. But first one of the program’s most miserable events looms. The Hoosiers (12-14, 7-12) will be the No. 10 seed at the Big…