Author: Mike Schumann

The Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 announced an alliance Tuesday, with the three conferences coming together “on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling.” While there aren’t a lot of details to this point and near-term impacts are not expected, the three leagues emphasized common values and unanimous support impacting key topics affecting college athletes and schools in all sports. Tuesday’s announcement included mention of a scheduling alliance in football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball, which will go into effect “as soon as practical” based on existing contracts. The full joint release from the three…

Indiana secured a commitment from one of the top guards in the class of 2022 on Tuesday afternoon. Jalen Hood-Schifino announced he will play college basketball at IU during a live interview on CBSSports HQ. The 6-foot-5 Hood-Schifino will come to IU next year from Montverde (Fla.) Academy.  According to the 247Sports Composite, he is the No. 23 player in the class of 2022 overall and the No. 3 combo guard.  Hood-Schifino’s current rating by that outlet makes him the 11th highest rated player to commit to Indiana in the rankings era.  He sits in that spot between current players…

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. You can throw out all of that talk about Trayce Jackson-Davis playing less minutes in 2021-22.  At least you could for a few days in The Bahamas. Much has been written and discussed about the junior big man…

Apparently Ty Fryfogle didn’t come back to school to study up on how to be the NFL’s next diva wide receiver. After being named the Big Ten’s receiver of the year and third team All-American in 2020, many assumed Fryfogle would ride the wave to the NFL Draft.  He finished his degree in May, he was part of one of the best seasons in IU football history — what more could there be to accomplish, right? Fryfogle would have been drafted had he chosen to go that route in the spring, but there was a belief that with one more…

Indiana fans have been waiting anxiously for class of 2022 combo guard Jalen Hood-Schifino to announce his college decision.  That wait ends on Tuesday afternoon. The top-30 4-star prospect will announce his destination at 2 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday and fans can watch for free on CBSSports HQ. Hood-Schifino is announcing a decision between Indiana and Tennessee, two schools he visited in June. The versatile 6-foot-5 Montverde Academy product would be a major recruiting win for Mike Woodson and assistant Kenya Hunter, and someone who projects to play a meaningful role early in his career.  The versatile guard can play…

Watch as IU football head coach Tom Allen met with the media on Monday afternoon to review the team’s second fall camp scrimmage held over the weekend and provide an overall program update. Allen discusses the health of the team, freshman standouts, the defensive line, and much more. Indiana opens the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Iowa.  That game will kick-off at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be aired on BTN. See also:  McFadden and Mullen named AP preseason All-Americans https://youtu.be/du_Nj4EO0Yk Video Credit: Indiana University Athletics Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier…

In a summer full of recognition, two IU defenders earned one of college football’s more prestigious preseason honors. Indiana linebacker Micah McFadden and cornerback Tiawan Mullen were both named second team preseason All-Americans by the Associated Press on Monday. Mullen became the first cornerback in program history to earn first-team All-America honors (FWAA, Phil Steele) one year ago. He was just the second cornerback (Tim Wilbur, 1980 second-teamer) in school history to achieve All-America status and was the first Hoosier since offensive lineman Dan Feeney (2015, 2016) to claim first-team recognition. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, Mullen became…

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. Jordan Geronimo told me it was coming the day before the first game in The Bahamas. “I’m going to be a hustle player,” he said. A lot of guys say that, but Geronimo backed it up.  Convincingly. No…

With several sports about to commence, the Big Ten has finally announced its policy for teams that cannot play a game due to COVID-19. The league announced on Monday morning teams that cannot play a game due to COVID-19 must forfeit the contest and such games will not be rescheduled.  The rule applies to all sports for the 2021-22 athletic year and is similar to the approach being used by other major conferences. “The conference has determined that if one of its member institutions is unable to play a conference contest due to COVID-19, that contest shall be declared a…

The Daily Hoosier is previewing each position group during the final days leading up to the opening kickoff of the 2021 Indiana football season on Sept. 4 against Iowa. Today we take a look at the defensive line. While the back seven generated all of the headlines in 2020, Indiana’s defensive line was much improved.  And while unheralded, the interior group was a strength of the team. Still, head coach Tom Allen wants more splash plays from his front four, and he will have plenty of new experienced faces to look to as the unit tries to keep the positive…