Update: Indiana offered Graham a scholarship on Thursday. Graham reported the offer on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/JamesGrahamIII2/status/1278740749337722880?s=20 The original profile follows. Class of 2021 wing James Graham III has gone from relative unknown to prized recruiting target during the pandemic. According to multiple reports, including Jake Weingarten and Jake Lieberman on Twitter, Indiana is one of more than a dozen schools that has gotten involved with Graham during the last few months. The 6-foot-8 Graham led Nicolet High School in Milwaukee to a 22-3 record before the state playoffs were canceled due to the pandemic. Graham averaged 20.2 points per…
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If you are an Indiana basketball fan you likely have heard of Uwe Blab, and if you are old enough you may recall his IU career. But the stories of how he arrived in the U.S. from Germany, how he chose to play at IU, and several other aspects of Blab’s life are fascinating. WAND-TV’s Gordon Voit produced a three-part series on Blab covering his high school, college and professional career. The 7-foot-1 Blab averaged 11.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game over his four year career from 1982-1985 at Indiana. He scored 1,357 points during his IU…
What’s that you say? Sports? Major League Baseball is on track to be the first professional league in the US to resume play this summer, and several former Hoosiers should be a part of the action. The league finalized a 60-game schedule for the 2020 season last week. Players are expected to report to their camps by July 1, and the league says it will start the season on July 23 or 24. With organizations announcing their 60-man player pools on Sunday and 30-man rosters to be determined ahead of Opening Day, there are more opportunities than usual for former…
Several IU coaches and athletes voiced their support for the now retired IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass. Also further below is a video from IU Athletics that includes comments by several former Hoosier athletes. Scott Dolson officially takes the reins as the new AD on July 1. All quotes are via Twitter unless otherwise noted. “Congrats Fred! Thank you for believing in me!!! Wishing you the very best in the Future. You left Indiana University a better place!” — Football head coach Tom Allen “Thank you Fred for bringing this Indiana kid home to fulfill a life long dream…
On his last day in office as the Director of Athletics, Fred Glass sent an e-mail to student athletes outlining important information related to COVID-19. Various IU athletes have started returning to Bloomington over the last two weeks. The full e-mail to student athletes is below. To: All Students Participating in Intercollegiate Athletics From: Athletic Director Fred Glass and Athletic Director Designate Scott Dolson Re: Some Important Information Regarding Your Return to Campus Date: June 30, 2020 Cc: Head Coaches, Senior Staff As we trust you already know through your coaches and otherwise, earlier this month we released the Indiana…
The Daily Hoosier is teaming up with The Hoosier Experience podcast to bring you interviews with IU players, coaches and recruits. Lawrence North High School incoming junior and IU basketball recruiting target C.J. Gunn answered a wide range of questions with hosts Aidan Kunst and Scott Schultheis. Playing on perhaps the best team (Lawrence North) in Indiana in 2019-20, Gunn averaged 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds as a sophomore. As an upperclassman Gunn projects to be one of the best in-state players in the class of 2022. For more information on Gunn, go here. Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You…
The Big Ten Network named former IU offensive lineman Dan Feeney to its All-Decade team. The 6-foot-4 and 310 pound Feeney is likely the greatest offensive lineman in the history of Indiana football. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, two-time captain Feeney became just the fourth player in IU program history to earn first team All-America status twice and just the third to earn first team honors in back-to-back seasons. Indiana has had six offensive lineman that have been first team All-America, but only Feeney can claim that status twice. Feeney started 46 games during his career playing right guard…
Outgoing IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass received one of the school’s highest honors when President Michael McRobbie awarded him with the President’s Medal of Excellence on Monday. Glass is set to step down from his role this week, and Scott Dolson will take over the AD position on July 1. Below is the full release from Indiana University. https://youtu.be/Q2nGbYpere0 Bloomington, Ind. – Fred Glass, who will retire as Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics tomorrow, has received the IU President’s Medal for Excellence. Glass received the award during an unannounced appearance from IU President Michael…
Sellersburg, Ind. class of 2021 forward Trey Kaufman returned to AAU action this weekend at Grand Park in Westfield, Ind. The reigning Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year and consensus top-65 and four-star recruit played in two games at the Pacers Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon for Indiana Elite 2021. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Kaufman after those games on a number of topics including his training during the pandemic and the latest with his recruitment. What has your training routine been like the last few months? TK: I just took a two week vacation so I’ve kind of…
George McGinnis made a big impact at every level of basketball that he competed. Below on the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame podcast he speaks primarily about his legendary days as a high school basketball star in Indianapolis Upon graduating from Washington High School in Indianapolis, McGinnis had to sit out a season under the NCAA’s rules for freshmen at the time. He would only play one season at IU, but it might have been the best single season performance in the program’s history. For his sophomore campaign McGinnis averaged 29.9 points and 14.7 rebounds at IU. He led the…