Author: Mike Schumann

Below is the Indiana men’s basketball roster for the 2019-20 season. A few notes about this year’s roster: There are 16 total players on the roster vs. 17 last year.  Indiana is carrying just 11 of 13 available scholarship players and five walk-ons at this time.  IU had four walk-ons last year. There is a total of eight new players this year including the walk-ons. The Hoosiers have good class balance with three each of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors plus two seniors from an eligibility perspective for scholarship players. 8 of the 16 players hail from the state of Indiana.…

Indiana basketball redshirt freshman Jerome Hunter is participating in all basketball activities as the Hoosiers prepare for the 2019-20 season. The Ohio native missed the entire 2018-19 campaign after having surgery for an undisclosed lower leg condition. Below are Hunter’s comments on Tuesday at the IU basketball media day.  A press release by IU Athletics is further below. On what the last year has been like and what he learned. “I’ve never had to sit out a year before of basketball, so last year really hurt, but as you keep getting through it, you start thinking of other things of…

Indiana’s non conference schedule has concluded and the Hoosiers (3-1) will now turn their attention to the Big Ten for the remainder of the 2019 season. First up are the No. 25 Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing for IU’s first true road test.  That game kicks off at 3:30 Eastern on Saturday and will be aired on the Big Ten Network. IU wide receiver Ty Fryfogle and defensive end Michael Ziemba spoke about this weekend’s contest and looked back at the win over UConn. https://youtu.be/tW47qen8TtE https://youtu.be/X2oPz9oQDeE https://youtu.be/vYbFN_AKnVc https://youtu.be/u9Ak0wgfB2E Video credits – IU Athletics / Jim Coyle (Indiana Sports Beat)…

Indiana’s non conference schedule has concluded and the Hoosiers (3-1) will now turn their attention to the Big Ten for the remainder of the 2019 season. First up are the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing for IU’s first true road test.  That game kicks off at 3:30 Eastern on Saturday and will be aired on the Big Ten Network. IU linebacker Cam Jones and center Hunter Littlejohn spoke about this weekend’s contest and looked back at the win over UConn. https://youtu.be/eupiWCEnQ3I https://youtu.be/Q9Q5_LzHCGk https://youtu.be/_hBl4I086BE https://youtu.be/vnadxdBC5sE Video credits – IU Athletics / Jim Coyle (Indiana Sports Beat) You can follow us…

The Big Ten Conference’s annual men’s basketball media day will be held on Oct. 2 in the Chicago area. Senior forward De’Ron Davis and senior guard Devonte Green will represent the IU basketball program along with head coach Archie Miller. Below is the full release from the Big Ten. Big Ten Announces List of 35 Men’s Basketball Standouts to Appear at Big Ten Basketball Media Day List of students includes 12 All-Big Ten honorees from 2018-19   ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the 35 men’s basketball standouts, including 15 seniors, tentatively scheduled to attend Big Ten Men’s…

As we reported last week, Archie Miller and the IU coaching staff have made Puerto Rico point guard Andre Curbelo a clear priority in recent weeks.  Hoosier coaches have watched and visited with Curbelo twice in the last two weeks as the fall recruiting live period opened. The investment appears to be paying off. Curbelo announced his five finalists via Twitter. https://twitter.com/papicurbelo11/status/1176213977682067456?s=20 Joining Indiana in the mix are Miami, Illinois, Oregon and St. John’s. According to Adam Zagoria, Miami and Illinois might have a head start here, as coaches from both schools met with Curbelo’s family in Puerto Rico over…

Indiana head football coach Tom Allen met with the media on Monday.  The third year head coach took a final look back at Saturday’s win over UConn and previewed this week’s contest at Michigan State. The Hoosiers and No. 25 Spartans kick off on Saturday at 3:30 Eastern in East Lansing.  The game will be aired on BTN. See also:  Cronk out for year, Penix still day-to-day. https://youtu.be/Oloh6kih2q4 (Video credit – IU Athletics) You can follow us on Twitter:  @daily_hoosier Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Want to receive all of…

Widely expected bad news and continuing uncertainty highlighted IU head football coach Tom Allen’s regular Monday press conference. Senior Coy Cronk started all 40 games in which he has appeared at left tackle, missing one game due to injury since his arrival at Indiana.  He had earned an “iron man” reputation in and around the IU football program. Unfortunately, Cronk is going to miss a lot more games due to injury, as Allen indicated today that the Lafayette native has been lost for the season. “Coy Cronk, unfortunately, as many of you saw during the game, experienced a lower leg…

Indiana sophomore Cam Jones has played a lot of positions during his football career. He was recruited to IU to play wide receiver and as a true freshman saw action in 11 games on the defensive side at the husky position in Tom Allen’s 4-2-5 defense. As the star of his St. Benedict at Auburndale high school team in Memphis, Tenn., Jones did a little bit of everything. “Really versatile guy,” Allen said about Jones after Saturday’s win over UConn.  “He played defensive end, wildcat quarterback, wide receiver, safety (in high school).” One position that Jones hadn’t played in high…

Only once since the 2013 season had Indiana defeated a non-conference opponent by 35 points or more going into the 2019 campaign.  The 2019 Hoosiers (3-1) have now done that twice in the last three weeks. During that 2013 season, a 51-3 loss to Wisconsin was the last time that IU had lost a game by more than 40 points.  They’ve managed to do that in the last three weeks as well. Of course the extremes in the caliber of the opposition couldn’t have been more polar than these last three weeks.  UConn has lost 18 straight FBS games, and…