Author: Mike Schumann

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 cornerbacks. We’ll start our 2021 position previews with the group many feel is the program’s best going into the season. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have an All-Big Ten cornerback, and Indiana was the only team in the league to have two.  Both of them are back along with a highly respected third piece of the puzzle and a lot of younger talent…

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. For the first time in his IU career, Rob Phinisee has serious competition at the point guard position.  But even if the presence of Xavier Johnson means Phinisee is likely to see the floor less in 2021-22, he…

Indiana’s top big man on the board in the class of 2022 has cut his list down to four. South Carolina based forward Noah Clowney told Joe Tipton of On3 he will choose between Indiana, Florida, Alabama and Virginia Tech for his college destination. The 6-foot-10 Clowney is scheduled to take an official visit to Indiana on the last weekend of August.  The Hoosiers were one of the first high majors to start recruiting him when they offered a scholarship in April.  Since then Clowney has moved into the national rankings as a 4-star recruit and the No. 75 overall…

Watch below as Indiana’s Tiawan Mullen meets with the media to preview the 2021 season. Indiana’s first-ever first team All-American cornerback, the 5-foot-10 and 180 pound Mullen made 38 tackles (27 solo) with 3.5 sacks, 4.5 for loss, three interceptions, one forced fumble, four pass breakups, and one quarterback hurry.  He led Big Ten defensive backs in sacks and tackles for loss, and shared sixth in the conference in interceptions. Indiana opens the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Iowa at 3:30 p.m. Eastern on BTN.  To see the complete schedule, GO HERE. See also:  Tiawan Mullen added size and…

The NBA Summer League concluded on Tuesday in Las Vegas.  Just three former IU players were involved this year.   Here is a quick recap of how they performed. ROMEO LANGFORD Preparing to enter his third season in Boston, the franchise wanted Langford to get more experience after playing in just 50 games over his first two campaigns mostly due to injuries. Langford played in three games in Las Vegas, where he saw 25.7 minutes per contest and scored 11 points per game.  He shot 44 percent from the field overall including 38.5 percent from behind-the-arc on 4.3 attempts per game. …

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. As it stands right now, Indiana’s starting point guard is Pittsburgh transfer Xavier Johnson.  And after seeing him in action, it is fairly easy to see how he got there. Head coach Mike Woodson wants to play with…

Parker Stewart appears to have taken positively to Mike Woodson’s efforts to get him back to playing at a high level. Back on Aug. 6 Woodson was asked about Stewart and he said this about the 6-foot-5 redshirt senior (redshirt junior eligibility-wise) transfer shooting guard. “Early on he went through a stretch where he was probably the best player in the gym, and then he just took a back seat, and now I’m trying to retool him and get him back to how he was playing earlier when he first started but he’s doing fine,” Woodson said. Assistant coach Kenya…

He was always regarded as a leader on the basketball court, and former IU star Quinn Buckner is still making his way to the top. Buckner has been named the chair of the Indiana University Board of Trustees.  He has served on the board since his appointment in 2016. The chair of the board presides over all trustees meetings, names and identifies the duties and responsibilities of all board committees, and fills committee vacancies. “I am most familiar with the dynamics of a team,” Buckner told the trustees. “We’re all better when we do what we’re responsible for. So let’s…

Watch as IU football starting quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. addresses the media on Monday. The Tampa, Fla. product provides an update on his health, discusses the offensive performance at a closed Saturday scrimmage, and much more. Penix spent the offseason rehabbing a torn ACL, his third season ending injury in as many seasons.  Over the course of his three-year Indiana career, Penix has completed 255 of his 414 throws (61.6 percent) for 3,258 yards, 25 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Indiana opens the 2021 season on Sept. 4 at Iowa. https://youtu.be/ebA5Nh6CTuk Video credit – IU Athletics Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You…

And then there were two. Just a week before he is set to announce his college decision, top-30 class of 2022 combo guard Jalen Hood-Schifino has made another list cut. According to a report by Joe Tipton of On3, Hood-Schifino has reduced his list from five to two schools and will now announce a decision between Tennessee and Indiana. The 6-foot-5 Hood-Schifino visited both schools in June.  He will announce his decision on August 24. Hood-Schifino is ranked No. 24 nationally in the 2022 class by the 247Sports Composite. The latest list cut means Memphis, Texas and Florida are no…