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The Daily Hoosier spent the week down in The Bahamas in connection with IU basketball’s foreign tour and had several opportunities to see the team in action.  Since nothing was televised and not everything was public, we are going to go player-by-player in jersey number order to share our thoughts on what we saw and what to expect from Indiana’s 2021-22 roster. With a lot of new players on the 2021-22 roster, one of many things IU basketball fans were curious about when it came to the foreign tour was the starting lineup.  Before the trip head coach Mike Woodson…

It wasn’t long ago, 102 days to be precise, Indiana suffered a national championship overtime loss to Marshall at the College Cup. Wherever head coach Todd Yeagley and his players are in processing that defeat, it is time to press on. “This season came at a nice clip quicker than usual,” Yeagley said as his team opened practice a couple weeks ago. While the span of the offseason has been abbreviated, IU has seen its share of departures over the last few months along with plenty of new faces on the roster.  That reality has helped make it feel like…

Thomas Allen got a preview of life after football — and discovered he wasn’t quite ready for that.  But it was a decision that didn’t come easy. During a season filled with historic high points, one memorable 2020 low stands out above the rest at the Allen household. With his son on lying on the field clearly in agonizing pain at Michigan State, IU head coach Tom Allen looked on helplessly.  The trainers had the diagnosis right away, and after father and son embraced just before Thomas was taken away for medical attention in the locker room at Spartan Stadium,…

Nothing has been formally announced, but former 5-star recruit and USC running back Stephen Carr appears likely to be Indiana’s starting running back when it opens the season at Iowa on Sept. 4.  Watch below as he talks about fall camp, the running back competition, his transition from California, and much more. On Thursday his running backs coach Deland McCullough described Carr.  “His strengths are he is very explosive, his change of direction is high-end, his ability to make people miss, he runs with power, he runs with decisiveness,” McCullough said.  “His pass protection is where I want it to…

The Daily Hoosier spent the week down in The Bahamas in connection with IU basketball’s foreign tour and had several opportunities to see the team in action.  Since nothing was televised and not everything was public, we are going to go player-by-player in jersey number order to share our thoughts on what we saw and what to expect from Indiana’s 2021-22 roster. Many forget that Trey Galloway entered his freshman season with a fair amount of buzz surrounding his name as an unheralded recruit who might step in and play a meaningful role early in his career.  He did just…

There are early signs in Bloomington that quarterback will continue to be a position of strength for many years to come. True freshman quarterback Donaven McCulley was one of six first-year players who head coach Tom Allen recognized this week as fall camp standouts.  The fifth year leader of the IU program named three players on each side of the ball. “There were six freshmen that stuck out to me, and I had these guys stand up yesterday in our team meeting: Maurice Freeman, Jordan Grier, and Matt Hohlt on defense and Donaven McCulley, David Holloman, and Malachi Holt-Bennett on…

FOX College Football Analyst RJ Young interviewed IU football head coach Tom Allen this week as the Hoosiers get set to open the 2021 season. Young and Allen discuss the Hoosiers being ranked 17th in the AP preseason poll, who his football mentors were, and why “chase” is the term for his 2021 team. Indiana’s first game is at Iowa on Sept. 4.  The game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and will air on BTN. For a complete library of podcasts and interviews with current and former players and coaches, GO HERE. https://youtu.be/UvTRDiCIJjc Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can…

The Daily Hoosier spent the week down in The Bahamas in connection with IU basketball’s foreign tour and had several opportunities to see the team in action.  Since nothing was televised and not everything was public, we are going to go player-by-player in jersey number order to share our thoughts on what we saw and what to expect from Indiana’s 2021-22 roster. Race Thompson didn’t garner the headlines in The Bahamas, he just competed hard and made winning plays. In other words, he was Race Thompson. With a roster full of new faces, of course Indiana fans were most interested…

Watch below around 20 minutes of Jalen Hood-Schifino in action over the last 18 months from newest to oldest. The 6-foot-5 top-25 class of 2022 combo guard announced his commitment to Indiana on Tuesday. See also:  Hood-Schifino commits to Indiana | Hood-Schifino Q&A with Paul Biancardi | Hood Schifino profile page https://youtu.be/2U-eCvCCXr4 https://youtu.be/UIgKS9x820E https://youtu.be/4Z5KusMZwE4 https://youtu.be/AzLLOODRUUY https://youtu.be/mWzr58y4rKE 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.

Watch below as class of 2022 guard Jalen Hood-Schifino went on Instagram Live with ESPN’s Paul Biancardi after he announced his commitment to Indiana. Biancardi first gives his scouting assessment of Hood-Schifino, who he refers to as one of, if not the best on-the-ball defenders in the class of 2022. Then Hood-Schifino gives a nearly seven minute interview to share his views on his recruitment and Indiana. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul Biancardi (@paulbiancardi) Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re…