Indiana picked up its second new player for the 2021-22 season in as many days. Former Northwestern forward Miller Kopp announced that he is transferring to Indiana on Tuesday morning. He broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Miller_Kopp/status/1384490848629362692?s=20 Over three seasons at Northwestern, the 6-foot-7 Kopp has 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. As a sophomore in 2019-20, Kopp started all 31 games and led the team in minutes with 999 and 405…
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Below are a selection of highlights of Indiana class of 2021 commit Tamar Bates. The 6-foot-5 Bates is a Kansas City, Kan. product who played his senior season at IMG Academy in Florida. For more Bates coverage: Tamar Bates’ coaches: ‘He’s special’ Tamar Bates: Mike Woodson promised ‘to make me a better man’ https://youtu.be/sae2mU9mipo https://youtu.be/mlBUNQDyWDs https://youtu.be/EVsNEEdlyNk https://youtu.be/I4lpyhgo9WM https://youtu.be/3qA583GS9vw 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.
The roster news continues for Indiana in what has been a hectic offseason since a March 11 loss to Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament. In just the last few days redshirt senior center Joey Brunk entered the transfer portal and landed at Ohio State, and IU next received a commitment Monday from class of 2021 top-60 guard Tamar Bates. On Tuesday Northwestern transfer Miller Kopp committed to IU. The latest scholarship chart reflecting those changes is below. With the addition of Kopp, IU is presently oversigned by one player for the 2022-23 season, although the transfer portal remains open…
Mike Woodson upgraded his arsenal of shooters on Monday. Class of 2021 guard Tamar Bates has committed to Indiana and will join the program for the upcoming 2021-22 season. The 6-foot-5 top-60 guard announced the news on his Twitter page on Monday morning. https://twitter.com/tbates_11/status/1384146790023254022?s=20 Bates is a native of Kansas City who who played a starring role for one of the nation’s top programs at Bradenton (Fla.) IMG this season. Bates asked to be released by Texas from his national letter of intent after former Longhorns’ head coach Shaka Smart departed. He chose Indiana over Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Marquette, Oregon,…
New Indiana assistant coach Dane Fife appeared recently on The Drive with Jack Ebling. The former star IU player and longtime Michigan State assistant coach spoke with Ebling for nearly 40 minutes about the coaching influences in his life and other topics. Fife has the rare combination of playing under Indiana legend Bob Knight, and working under Michigan State great Tom Izzo. Moreover, his father Dan Fife is one of Michigan’s best ever high school coaches. He talks extensively about all three. For more interviews with current and former IU players and coaches, GO HERE. Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You…
Watch below the junior season highlights for one of the top players in the state of Indiana, class of 2022 guard Will Lovings-Watts. The 6-foot-5 Lovings-Watts has had an ongoing dialogue with Indiana going back to his freshman year. The long and athletic guard averaged 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while shooting 58 percent from the field overall including 48 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. He helped lead Jeffersonville to a 15-7 record and a sectional title in 2021. Lovings-Watts is currently ranked No. 177 nationally in the class of 2022 according to the 247Sports Composite. The…
Indiana doesn’t have a long history of successfully recruiting players from South Carolina, but with a new staff of assistants the Hoosiers are venturing into untapped geography. Noah Clowney is one of two big men from the Southeast who received Indiana offers over the weekend as assistant coach Yasir Rosemond helps the program establish more of a presence in the area. Clowney announced an offer from IU on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/NoahClowney/status/1383179772096827393?s=20 With Clowney, Indiana appears to be involved relatively early in a recruitment that appears destined to accelerate rapidly this spring and summer. While he has historically been described…
The top-seeded Indiana men’s soccer team earned the Big Ten Tournament Championship Saturday, defeating No. 2 seed Penn State on penalty kicks at Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. Following a 1-1 contest, the Hoosiers were victorious on penalty kicks, 3-2, to claim their third consecutive tournament title and fourth overall. Indiana becomes the first program to win three consecutive Big Ten Tournaments since Maryland claimed three in a row from 2014-16. With today’s victory, Indiana earns the Big Ten’s automatic qualifier into the 2020-21 NCAA Championship. Indiana’s Victor Bezerra was named Offensive Player of the…
Joey Brunk won’t be playing his sixth season at IU, but he will be playing against the Hoosiers in the Big Ten for the 2021-22 season. The Indianapolis, Ind. native announced on Saturday evening he intends to play his final season of college basketball at Ohio State. Brunk broke the news on his Twitter page. Embrace your journey #gobucks pic.twitter.com/fctSouTBxN — Joey Brunk (@JoeyBrunk) April 18, 2021 The move to Columbus reunites Brunk with his former Butler head coach Chris Holtmann. Brunk committed to Butler in 2015 when Holtmann was the head coach at the Indianapolis based school. Holtmann left…
New Indiana assistant coach Yasir Rosemond hit the ground running on Friday with a pair of offers to class of 2022 prospects based in the Southeast. The first we’ll take a quick look at is top-100 forward Kaleb Banks. The 6-foot-8 Banks announced an offer from IU and Rosemond on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/Kalebb_3/status/1383188279642763265?s=20 Hailing from Fayetteville, Ga., Banks plays school ball for Fayette County. As a junior there he averaged 23.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game while shooting 63 percent from the field overall including 38 percent from behind the arc on 105 attempts. He led Fayette to…