Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana guard Armaan Franklin is in uniform warming up for tonight’s game against Purdue. The sophomore from Indianapolis has missed the last two games with a rolled ankle that he suffered over a week ago against Maryland. Franklin is averaging 18.8 points over his last five full games.  Overall he is IU’s second leading scorer at 12.7 points per contest.  Franklin is the Hoosiers’ best 3-point shooter, making 47.6 percent from long range. The Daily Hoosier’s Dustin Dopirak is live on the scene at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.  He reports that Franklin is “moving a tad gingerly” but believes Indiana’s…

After one quarter it looked like a battle worthy of a hotly contested rivalry. By halftime Indiana was well on its way to another win in what has become a lopsided series against Purdue. With its defense leading the way, the Hoosiers turned a 12-12 first quarter tie into a 32-15 halftime advantage.  The Boilermakers would never get any closer after the break as Indiana cruised to a 66-45 win in West Lafayette. Indiana was led in scoring by Grace Berger with 22 points.  She added seven assists and five rebounds.  Mackenzie Holmes added 20 points and six rebounds. IU…

Indiana is looking to an end a seven-game losing streak against rival Purdue on Thursday night in Bloomington. When the Hoosiers last defeated the Boilermakers, Tom Crean was the Indiana head coach, and Yogi Ferrell, Troy Williams and the eventual 2016 Big Ten champion Hoosiers were still donning the candy stripes. Yep, it has been a while.  Head coach Archie Miller is looking for his first win in the series, and IU is looking to end its longest drought against Purdue since 1972. It is Hoosiers vs. Boilermakers in what is the first of 14 straight against KenPom top-60 opponents…

The Daily Hoosier team of Mike Schumann, Dustin Dopirak and Aidan Kunst got together to discuss Indiana’s game against Purdue and provide an overall assessment of IU basketball at the season midpoint. Host Kunst takes the team through the performance of Archie Miller and position-by-position on the roster. Later the team discusses what to expect for Indiana’s Thursday meeting with Purdue. 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.

Purdue head coach Matt Painter met with the media on Wednesday to preview their match up with Indiana. Indiana (8-5, 3-3) and Purdue (8-5, 3-3) tip at 7 p.m. ET in Bloomington.  The game will be televised on FS1. See also:  Archie Miller and Trayce Jackson-Davis preview the game https://youtu.be/po7oVjeDtFY Video credit – GoldandBlack.com 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.

One of the top in-state guards in the class of 2022 is set to come off the board in a few weeks. Indianapolis, Ind. based shooting guard C.J. Gunn announced on his Twitter account that he intends to announce a commitment on Feb. 7. https://twitter.com/CJ_Gunn22/status/1349558625438720000?s=20 When we spoke to Gunn in August, he had good relationship developing with the IU staff. “Just the chemistry.  It seemed like the coaches really care about me,” Gunn said at the time about Indiana.  “Just that they even took time out of their day to give me a Zoom call.  It just feels amazing…

Former Hoosiers will unite in Houston, while a homecoming of sorts in Indiana has reportedly come to an end. Former IU star Victor Oladipo has been traded to the Houston Rockets according to multiple reports.  Shama Charania of the Athletic appears to have been the first to report the news. The deal is part of a megadeal that sends James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets and former Michigan star Caris Levert and a second-round draft pick to the Pacers. Oladipo, who came back a year ago after a serious knee injury, had recently started his fourth season with Indiana.  He…

Indiana head coach Archie Miller met with the media on Wednesday to preview Thursday’s game against Purdue. Joining Miller for the Zoom video conference was sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. Indiana (8-5, 3-3) and Purdue (8-5, 3-3) will tip at 7 p.m. ET in Bloomington.  The game will be televised by FS1. See also:  Miller updates status of Armaan Franklin and Parker Stewart | Indiana in the advanced metrics https://youtu.be/LEZtI7KjmMo https://youtu.be/ttrsyE9xhFA 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…

Indiana absorbed a second blow on its defensive line in as many days. First team All-Big Ten redshirt senior Jerome Johnson posted on his Instagram account on Wednesday morning that he has decided not to use the extra year of eligibility granted to all athletes and play professionally after five seasons with the Hoosiers. “In 2016 I started a new chapter in my life,” Johnson wrote in his Instagram post.  “I became part of a team; a team that would eventually grow to become much more than just that, my family.  I’ve grown so much over the past five years,…

Although the 2020-21 college basketball season is only seven weeks old, we are already roughly halfway through the pandemic shortened 27-game slate. That means it is time to look at how Indiana is stacking up nationally and relative to years past according to the KenPom.com advanced metrics. While such analysis 13 games into a season is ordinarily not particularly instructive on the heels of a typical non-conference slate, this season has of course been different.  Indiana has faced high major competition in 11 of its 13 games, providing a fairly instructive sampling of who these Hoosiers are. The headline right…