Author: Mike Schumann

Former Indiana basketball great Ray Tolbert recently joined Harvey Harrington on the DreamChasers Podcast. While leading the Hoosiers to their fourth National Championship in school history, Tolbert set the pace in rebounding (224), field goal percentage (.588) and blocks (35) in his 1981 Big Ten Player of the Year campaign. Tolbert’s 428 points during his senior year placed him 18th on the all-time scoring list at IU with 1,427 points. He played in 127 games as a Hoosier, starting 123. The 6-foot-9 Tolbert was Indiana’s 1981 team MVP.  He was a first round selection in the 1981 NBA Draft and…

It was a radio sitting next to a speaker phone on one end of the line, and another speaker phone on the other end. In the days before the Big Ten Network, when big IU basketball games were often broadcast locally on WTTV-4 only in Indiana, out-of-state fans did what they had to do. That was fanatical Indiana fan Mark Cuban’s method at times for listening to IU games from Dallas in the ’80s and ’90s. The voice emanating from the radio to the speakerphone, through phone lines traversing the country, and ultimately to another speakerphone and then Cuban’s ears…

IU basketball class of 2023 in-state recruiting target Jalen Hooks spoke with Zach Schumaker on his recruitment, early high school career, and more. The 6-foot-7 Hooks averaged 9.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per contest as a freshman at Franklin Central in Indianapolis. He added 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steal per game, and Hooks shot 46 percent from the field for his 2019-20 season.  Hooks indicates in the video that he is transferring for his sophomore year. See also:  Hooks has several ties to the IU program. https://youtu.be/P9ObIlizB74 Video credit – Zach Schumaker Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow…

June 15 was the first day that coaches could directly contact class of 2022 recruits. Our “Names to Know” series provides a quick look at IU basketball recruiting targets as their names emerge on the trail. UPDATE:  Brown reported an offer from Indiana on his Twitter page.  Head coach Archie Miller made the call to Brown on Sunday morning. https://twitter.com/_averybrown3/status/1287405885636120578?s=20 Avery Brown is a point guard from Connecticut that plays high school basketball in Massachusetts.  He plays for Northfield Mount Hermon in Northfield, Mass. Indiana’s interest in Brown emerged publicly last week when Dushawn London indicated on social media that…

Below are more than four minutes of summer AAU highlights of top IU 2021 recruiting target Trey Kaufman.  With AAU action more regional right now, Kaufman has been facing inferior competition — and he has been dominant while showing off his versatile inside/out game. The reigning Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year, Kaufman averaged 25.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.1 steals per contest for Silver Creek (Sellersburg, Ind.)   The 6-foot-9 Kaufman helped lead the Dragons to a 25-2 mark before the season was interrupted.  He shot 64 percent from the floor overall, including 40 percent from…

An emerging Indiana women’s basketball program is bringing in high level talent. Canadian forward Kiandra Browne announced on Saturday that she intends to reclassify to the class of 2020 and join the IU women’s basketball program. The No. 75 player in the class of 2021 according to ESPN, Browne announced her decision on Twitter. https://twitter.com/KiandraB/status/1287086214827380737?s=20 “Finally I’d like to announce that I’ve decided to reclassify to the 2020 class and pursue my academic and athletic career at Indiana University,” Browne said in her post. ESPN’s Dan Olson gave these evaluations of Browne on her profile page: IE Independent Nationals-February 2020:…

When most Indiana fans think of A.J. Moye, they think of head coach Mike Davis, a block against Duke, and a 2002 Final Four run. But Moye didn’t come to Indiana to play for Davis. Moye arrived at IU in 2000 as part of Bob Knight’s last recruiting class. Knight was fired in September of Moye’s freshman year before the Georgia wing ever stepped on the floor in Bloomington. Moye left no doubt where his loyalties were in the days after Knight’s termination. “The only person I owed something to was coach Knight and they took him away from me,…

Indiana has multiple elite weapons at its offensive skill positions, and that was recognized on a national stage on Friday. Each of Michael Penix, Jr., Stevie Scott and Whop Philyor were included on the prestigious Maxwell Award preseason watch list. The Maxwell Award recognizes the most outstanding player in college football after each season.  IU legend Anthony Thompson won the award after his senior season in 1989. Below are the other preseason watch lists that other Indiana players have been named to this summer. Tiawan Mullen – Bednarik Stevie Scott – Doak Walker Whop Philyor – Biletnikoff Peyton Hendershot –…

During each offseason The Daily Hoosier plays coaching staff for a day and examines the IU roster for playing time. Now that the 2020-21 roster is set and team activities are well underway, it is time to allocate the minutes for the upcoming season. Head coach Archie Miller has indicated a preference for not utilizing the 13 permitted scholarship players, and for the second season in a row that will be the case in Bloomington. IU will have 11 players on a free ride for 2020-21, and that makes our job a bit easier. Miller has generally used a rotation…

Former IU basketball star Eric Gordon’s twelfth season in the NBA has been like no other. The Indianapolis native dealt with injuries prior to the pandemic, and the time off has allowed him to get healthy and transform his physique.  He discusses all of that and Houston’s chance to win the NBA title in the bubble in Orlando. Gordon is averaging 14.5 points per game in 28.5 minutes of action thus far for the 2019-20 campaign. Houston will begin play on July 31 against Dallas in Orlando. See more former Hoosiers discuss the NBA’s resumption of play: Romeo Langford Thomas…