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…
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Indiana added talent to its defensive backfield on Thursday night. Ellenwood, Georgia based safety Jordan Grier has verbally committed to play football at IU. Grier broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/TreGrier/status/1286428623503798272?s=20 The 6-foot and 185 pound Grier chose Indiana over a list of schools that included Kansas, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Appalachian State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis, and South Florida. In total he had more than 20 offers. Grier recorded 56 tackles and he returned four interceptions for touchdowns as a junior for Cedar Grove. The Saints went 13-2 and won the Georgia AAA State Championship in 2019. Grier’s…
Indiana offensive lineman Harry Crider is on the watch list for the prestigious Wuerffel Trophy. The Wuerffel Trophy honors college football players who have made a positive impact through community service. Crider joins the following IU players on preseason watch lists: Tiawan Mullen – Bednarik Stevie Scott – Doak Walker Whop Philyor – Biletnikoff Peyton Hendershot – John Mackey Below is the full release from IU Athletics on iuhoosiers.com, including more on Crider’s role in the community. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Wuerffel Trophy announced its Watch List today and Indiana senior offensive lineman Harry Crider is one of 114 honorees.…
A strange and stressful pandemic journey for minor league baseball players is turning into a momentous occasion for a former IU pitcher. Left-hander Caleb Baragar has made the San Francisco Giants opening day roster as Major League Baseball gets set to kick-off its long awaited 2020 season. This is Baragar’s first appearance on an MLB roster after spending four seasons in the minor leagues. Baragar was a late addition to the Giants’ 60-man roster and seemed like a long shot to make the opening day squad. But a couple strong exhibition outings were enough to convince the Giants to keep…
Watch as former Indiana star OG Anunoby discusses his time off during the pandemic and the resumption of NBA action later this month. In his third season in the league, Anunoby is putting up career best numbers across the board. The 6-foot-8 wing is averaging 10.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.4 steals and .7 blocks in 30.1 minutes of action per contest. Anunoby is shooting 50.7 from the field overall and 38.1 percent from behind the three-point arc. Toronto will begin play on August 1 against the Lakers in Orlando. See more former Hoosiers discuss the NBA’s resumption of…
National recruiting service 247Sports released their latest class of 2022 basketball recruiting rankings on Wednesday. Below we highlight where Indiana targets and prospects landed in the updated look at the class that reflects some AAU summer evaluation as well as prioritization by college coaches. The names mentioned below range from players that Indiana is keeping an eye on to those that they have offered and are recruiting heavily. Note: These are 247Sports’ own in-house rankings and not the industry aggregated 247Sports Composite. To see the complete 247Sports’ 2022 rankings, GO HERE. To compare to Rivals’ top 150 released in early…
The latest piece of Indiana’s 2020-21 non-conference schedule emerged on Wednesday. But the larger question remains — will Indiana play a non-conference schedule this winter? The D1 Docket obtained public records that indicate IU will host Western Michigan on Nov. 13 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. https://twitter.com/TheD1Docket/status/1285989326963318786 The Big Ten recently announced that it canceled all 2020 football non-conference games, but that ruling does not apply to men’s basketball. In a recent interview, IU head coach Archie Miller seemed to imply a preference for a conference only schedule for basketball as well. “Everything is a moving part,…
Former IU forward Noah Vonleh took a few questions with the media as he prepares to participate in the NBA’s resumption of play later this month in Orlando. Vonleh was dealt midseason to the Denver Nuggets, a team that currently stands third in the Western Conference standings. The Nuggets are Vonleh’s sixth team in six NBA seasons. For the 2019-20 season, Vonleh is averaging 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in 11 minutes per contest. While the 2013-14 season wasn’t a memorable year for the IU program, Vonleh certainly made his mark in Bloomington. On his way to Big Ten Freshman…
Class of 2022 wing Will Lovings-Watts is one of the top players in the state of Indiana. The Jeffersonville, Ind. product is playing with the Indiana Elite U16 Adidas Gauntlet AAU team this summer. Below are more than five minutes of video highlights from action over the last few weeks. For his sophomore season Lovings-Watts averaged 13 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game for Jeffersonville High School. Indiana is in periodic contact with the 6-foot-5 Lovings-Watts, but the Hoosiers have not offered a scholarship to this point. Lovings-Watts is ranked No. 76 nationally in the class…
Could the wildly successful freshman season enjoyed by Indiana cornerback Tiawan Mullen impact the next crop of Hoosier recruiting targets? The opportunity to see the field right away has put Indiana in some prestigious company in the recruitment of Mississippi cornerback M.J. Daniels. Daniels announced a top six last week that included IU along with Georgia, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Minnesota. https://twitter.com/MjDaniels11/status/1283041421910511621?s=20 When it comes to the Hoosiers, the chance to play right away caught Daniels’ eye. He spoke to The Daily Hoosier about his recruitment including what stands out about IU. Daniels said he wasn’t familiar with…