– UPDATED April 3, 2018 – As of April 3, 2018, the following Indiana University Athletics programs were nationally ranked in the Top 25, either currently, at the end, or in the preseason of their respective seasons: BASEBALL – #10-16 (various polls) The Hoosiers are off and running for 2018 with a 20-5 start as they made their first appearance in the top 10 this week. MEN’S SOCCER – #2 (end of season) Indiana made it to the 2017 national championship match and lost a heartbreaker. MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING – #3 IU won its 26th Big Ten title and finished…
Author: Mike Schumann
Between the NFL Scouting Combine and the 2018 NFL Draft, NFL coaches and scouts have turned their attention to pro day workouts at the various schools. Indiana’s pro day is April 3. These sessions are not as all-encompassing as the combine, but are important enough for the key decision-makers in the league to travel around the country for more than a month to watch the talent up close and in person. The Hoosiers that will be participating in the event at IU will be the following 11 players: WR Simmie Cobbs LB Chris Covington S Chase Dutra CB Rashard Fant S Tony Fields…
Below is our monthly summary of former Indiana University men’s basketball players registering statistics in the NBA during the 2017-18 season. All statistics are season to date and through March 31, 2018: OG Anunoby – Toronto Anunoby continues to start for one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference as he has built a reputation as a solid defender. Games/Games Started – 68/56 Points – 5.8 Rebounds – 2.3 Assists – .8 Blocks – .2 Steals – .7 FG% – .462 3FG% – .360 FT% – .632 Thomas Bryant – Los Angeles Bryant has been back and forth between…
It was the final send-off for beloved seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill. It was an all-time attendance record at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. And quite frankly, this WNIT Championship game was over before it started. It’s time to raise another banner in Bloomington. To be sure, Virginia Tech was good. Very good. But Indiana just wasn’t going to lose this game, on this day, in front of that crowd. After a recount it was announced that 13,007 fans showed up to support this deserving team, obliterating the previous program record by nearly 3,000 people. The game started out with…
The Indiana Hoosiers (22-14) host the Virginia Tech Hokies (23-13) in the WNIT championship game. The game will be played at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomingtion, Indiana and the tip-off is set for today at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live on the CBS Sports Network. The programs have only met one other time. Indiana won that contest in Bloomington in 2013 by a score of 71-65. IU and Virginia Tech played multiple common opponents this year: Louisville – Indiana lost 72-59; VT lost twice 73-70 and 67-56 Chattanooga – Indiana lost 64-61; VT won 64-44…
Indiana University men’s basketball recruiting target Romeo Langford spent the week in Atlanta participating in the McDonald’s All-American Game and related activities. After several different interviews and other media events, we heard more from the New Albany, Indiana guard in the last few days than we have heard in months. Whether or not we actually learned anything is another question. Langford fielded every question imaginable regarding his final three recruiting choices (Indiana, Kansas and Vanderbilt), and there never really seemed to be a “tell” when he was talking about his options. Some have suggested via social media and other reports…
The calendar still says March, and while the IU baseball team continues to battle the snow and cold, today is opening day across Major League Baseball. With a top 20 program that has been nationally relevant for nearly a decade, it should come as no surprise that the Hoosiers are represented on the rosters of MLB and AAA teams. Below are the players that are listed on those rosters for opening day along with the 2017 stats that they registered at the MLB level. We’ve also listed some players to watch at the AAA affiliate level. At the end of…
It is late March in Indiana, and save for the Pacers, basketball has largely gone dormant in this hoops crazed state. There is one other team still playing. And just like water always finds its level, Hoosiers are finding their basketball. As connoisseurs of the game, Hoosiers won’t just watch any basketball. No, Hoosiers require something more, and the Indiana University women’s basketball team is delivering it in front of big crowds. On Wednesday night, IU defeated Texas Christian 71-58 to advance to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) championship game. The Hoosiers will face Virginia Tech for the WNIT…
On the anniversary of a memorable 1987 Final Four win over UNLV, the Indiana University men’s basketball family has lost one of its champions that played in that game. Daryl Thomas passed away this morning due to an apparent heart attack. Thomas was 52 years old. A Chicago native, he was coaching high school basketball at Montini Catholic in Lombard, Illinois. The Indiana University men’s basketball program tweeted out this message as a tribute to Thomas: https://twitter.com/IndianaMBB/status/979062947728240641 Thomas was key player on the IU 1987 National Championship team. In what was his senior year with the Hoosiers, he averaged 15.7…
Indiana University’s Archie Miller said recently that there are no days off as a Division 1 college basketball coach. If you have followed Miller’s travels across the state of Indiana and beyond during the month of March, you know he isn’t kidding. On what seems to be a daily basis, the leader of the IU program and his staff are seen somewhere watching someone play. And there is good reason for that — the Hoosiers have holes to fill, including in the upcoming class of 2018. As we mentioned in our recap of the top off-season questions, there could be…