Author: Mike Schumann

The Indiana football program has paused voluntary workouts as a result of six individual within the program testing positive for COVID-19. The pause in football does not impact any of the other Indiana athletic programs currently conducting activities on campus including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, and field hockey. In a release, Indiana described its procedures for handling positive test results. “Per the recommendations of the IU Athletics Medical Advisory Group, each positive test results in isolation until further notice and contact tracing measures are established to detect individuals who are considered close contacts, and may have…

The IU women’s basketball program announced on Friday that its first head has passed away. Bea Gorton led the Hoosiers from 1972 to 1976 and was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.  Gorton was 73 years old. For more on Gorton and the early days of IU women’s basketball, GO HERE. The full release from IU Athletics follows. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Bea Gorton, Indiana Women’s Basketball’s first head coach and an IU Athletics Hall of Famer, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 14 in Carol Stream, Ill. Gorton was Indiana’s inaugural women’s basketball varsity head coach who…

Tight end Peyton Hendershot became the third member of the Indiana offense to be named to a preseason watch list this week. The Friends of John Mackey released the 2020 John Mackey Award preseason watch list on Friday. Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee. Hendershot was one 36 tight ends around the country to be included. After a record-setting 2019 redshirt sophomore season, Hendershot was named third-team All-Big Ten (media) and honorable-mention All-Big Ten (coaches). The 6-foot-4 and 250 pound Hendershot set Indiana…

Former Indiana guard Robert Johnson inked a two-year deal to return to Parma Basket in Russia. Last season, Johnson made his debut in the VTB United League Championship where he scored 6.2 points and added 1.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. Johnson signed with a professional team in Poland in 2019 before exercising a buyout in his contract to make the move to Russia. The 6-foot-4 Johnson headed overseas after playing in 47 games for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G-League during the 2018-19 season.  There he averaged 7.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 20.5 minutes…

In his first AAU basketball action of the summer last weekend, class of 2022 point guard Tayshawn Comer made a statement. The COVID-19 shutdowns tested the resolve of athletes at all levels.  Who was going to make excuses, and who was going to find answers? As Comer walked on the court with his class of 2022 Indy Heat teammates it was clear which group he fell into. The Cathedral High School product got to work, and Comer has transformed his body. “I’ve been going three to four times a day,” Comer told The Daily Hoosier.  “In the morning I work…

Let’s be real. If there ends up being a 2020 college football season, few will be left still yearning for September non-conference contests against Western Kentucky, Ball State and Connecticut. In an effort to save the 2020 season, the Big Ten announced last week that all non-conference games were canceled. And if that was the necessary cost to have college football this fall, so be it. Indiana does what it needs to do when it comes to its schedule.  For a program trying establish momentum and develop a winning culture, the caliber of opponents on the Hoosiers’ non-conference slate is…

Indiana has accelerated its recruitment of another high-profile out-of-state guard in the class of 2022. The IU coaching staff offered a scholarship to 5-star combo guard Zion Cruz. Andrew Slater of The Athletic reported the offer on Twitter today. https://twitter.com/Andrew__Slater/status/1283763893018546176?s=20 Originally from Trenton, N.J., Cruz will attend Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for the upcoming school year.  He announced the transfer to Oak Hill from Hudson Catholic (N.J.) in April. Cruz checks in at 6-foot-3 and around 170 pounds.  He is a versatile guard that can play on or off the ball and he checks all of the boxes that…

After an electrifying 2019 campaign, it should come as no surprise that senior wide receiver Whop Philyor was named to the Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list.  The award annually recognizes the top receiver in the FBS. The Tampa product threatened the IU record books in 2019 with 70 receptions for 1,002 yards and five TDs despite missing more than one and a half games. The full release from IU Athletics is below. See also:  Philyor looking to put it all together in year four | Mullen on Bednarik Watch List | Scott on Doak Walker Watch List BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –…

Will he play or won’t he? That has been the question throughout the month of July surrounding Victor Oladipo and the resumption of the NBA season in Orlando. The former IU star gave a press conference this week to discuss where he is with his decision making process and why it has been such a fluid situation. https://youtu.be/5SwbHjoPUIQ 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.

With 1,982 yards rushing and 22 total touchdowns already for his IU career, Stevie Scott has received plenty of accolades during his first two seasons in Bloomington.  That continued on Wednesday when the Hoosier running back was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list for the second straight year. The full release from IU Athletics follows. See also:  Scott wants to be part of a bowl game in 2020 | Mullen on Bednarik watch list BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana junior running back Stevie Scott III for the second-straight year is a pre-season candidate for the Doak Walker Award, the…