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Game thread: Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball vs Michigan State Spartans
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Michigan State as the Hoosiers look to work their way to an NCAA Tournament bid. It’s the second matchup between the Hoosiers and Spartans this season with the first having resulted in a 81-60 loss at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. This is a Michigan State […]
How to watch Indiana vs Michigan State: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options, spread
Indiana men’s basketball (17-11, 8-9 Big Ten) is set to take on Michigan State (23-5, 13-4 Big Ten) on Sunday afternoon at home in Assembly Hall The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 72-68 home loss to Northwestern that sent them tumbling in several bracketology projections. It’s a pretty weak year for the bubble overall, but […]
Indiana fans have mixed feelings about men’s basketball’s tournament chances
Indiana men’s basketball has entered March on the NCAA Tournament bubble for the second year in a row. The Hoosiers haven’t gone to the big dance since the 2022-23 season. It’s been a decade since the program last reached the Sweet Sixteen and well over that since it advanced any further. It wouldn’t be an […]
Indiana men’s basketball vs Michigan State: 5 things to know about the Spartans
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Michigan State on Sunday looking to prove itself a better team than it was in this past week’s loss to Northwestern. The Hoosiers were teetering on entering the wrong side of the bubble conversation with blowout losses to Illinois and Purdue on the road before throwing themselves […]
Indiana women’s basketball trounces Penn State 93-59 in regular season finale
Indiana women’s basketball ended the regular season with a bang, beating down Penn State 93-59 at home behind a scoring outburst from its backcourt. Two Hoosier true freshmen stepped up for a team that’s still missing starting center Zania Socka-Nguemen. Nevaeh Caffey scored 18 points on 6-12 shooting from the field, including 1-3 from 3-point […]
Indiana women’s basketball hosts top 2028 prospect against Penn State
Indiana women’s basketball is set to host a high profile prospect for today’s matchup against Penn State at Assembly Hall, the regular season finale. Khloe Nicholson, a small forward in the class of 2028, will be in attendance for the Hoosiers’ matchup against the Nittany Lions, per Dushawn London of 247Sports. Indiana previously hosted Nicholson […]
IMS working to have Indiana football’s championship represented at 2026 Indy 500
Indiana football’s win in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship Game led to celebrations across the state and recognition from local figures like Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, government officials and more. The state is looking to celebrate the 2025 Hoosiers even more over the next few months with […]
Indiana CB D’Angelo Ponds wows with vertical leap at NFL combine
Former Indiana football cornerback D’Angelo Ponds has been one of the hottest names in NFL Draft discussions throughout the 2025 regular season and ensuing offseason. He starred for the Hoosiers during the past two seasons after transferring in from James Madison, locking down half the field while matching up with star wide receivers at Oregon, […]
D’Angelo Ponds height. Where did Indiana’s top CB measure at the NFL Combine?
D’Angelo Ponds starred as Indiana’s top cornerback these past two seasons as the program rose from Big Ten bottom dweller to national champion under head coach Curt Cignetti. Ponds played for Cignetti at James Madison prior to the latter taking the Indiana job and elected to join him through the transfer portal. He was Indiana’s […]
How to watch Indiana vs Penn State: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options
Indiana women’s basketball (16-13, 5-12 Big Ten) is set to take on Penn State (11-17, 4-13 Big Ten) at home on Sunday for the regular season finale. The Hoosiers are coming off of two consecutive Big Ten wins, beating Oregon at home and Rutgers on the road. Shay Ciezki has remained as fantastic as ever […]
Indiana men’s basketball: 3 Things to know about Michigan State
Indiana men’s basketball will look to bounce back after a devastating home loss to Northwestern that severely damaged the Hoosiers’ NCAA Tournament hopes. Coming to town is a Michigan State team fresh off an impressive win at Mackey Arena, where Indiana was blown out by nearly 30 points last week. If there is a path […]
Indiana Hoosiers News: NFL Combine, bracketology, more
Indiana football has taken over the spotlight here in the latter half of the week, as former Hoosiers began the NFL Combine process, giving interviews and meeting with teams ahead of this spring’s draft. Omar Cooper Jr. in particular has been attracting attention as a rising prospect, meeting with a number of teams looking to […]
Indiana Hoosiers News: Ryan Carr hiring, football recruiting, more
It’s already been an eventful week for Indiana Athletics and it’s only Wednesday. Curt Cignetti’s football program is making more recruiting moves, Teri Moren’s women’s basketball program honored star Shay Ciezki and Jerni Kiaku on senior day and Darian DeVries’ men’s basketball program made a major staff move. Here’s what to know about the Hoosiers […]
3 Takeaways from Indiana men’s basketball’s stunning loss to Northwestern
Indiana men’s basketball lost a game it needed to win tonight, and it did so in horrifying fashion, as all of the team’s worst tendencies cost it a winnable game and potentially an NCAA Tournament berth. Cold shooting, being out-rebounded, fading in the second half, and the lack of interior offense are all familiar themes […]
Quick Reaction: Indiana men’s basketball loses to Northwestern 72-68
Very much a bubble team entering Tuesday night’s game against Northwestern, Darian DeVries could not afford to lose one of the easier of his remaining three home games. Indiana lost the game anyway. In the first half, it looked like the Hoosiers were set to coast to the easy win it was projected to get […]
Game thread: Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball vs Northwestern Wildcats
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Northwestern in a crucial home matchup this evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. It’s the Hoosiers’ lone matchup with the Wildcats this season as the series has turned in Northwestern’s favor the last few seasons. Indiana hasn’t notched a win since 2021, when Archie Miller […]
How to watch Indiana vs Northwestern: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options, spread
Indiana men’s basketball (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) is set to take on Purdue (11-16, 3-13 Big Ten) on Tuesday evening at home in Assembly Hall The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 93-64 road loss to rival Purdue as the Boilermakers evened the series at 1-1. Indiana is facing a critical four-game stretch to close the […]
Indiana football predicted to land commitment from top in-state edge rusher
Indiana football has been hitting the recruiting trail hard in the wake of the program’s first national championship this past season. The program’s brand is at its all-time peak, so the Hoosiers are striking while the iron is hot. But that doesn’t mean Indiana will neglect its own backyard. The Hoosiers’ dominant defensive line is […]
Indiana’s hiring of Ryan Carr was a necessary step for a program starved for success
Hiring a general manager, whether that’s the position’s official title or not, is increasingly prevalent in college basketball. These roles aren’t all the same, there’s differing responsibilities from program to program, but most of said responsibilities are what usually falls on the professional sports staple with roster building, management, finances and the like. But is […]
Reacts Survey: Will Indiana men’s basketball make the NCAA Tournament?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Indiana fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. If the season ended today, Indiana men’s basketball would almost certainly be in the NCAA Tournament. […]
Indiana men’s basketball vs Northwestern: 5 things to know about the Wildcats
Indiana men’s basketball is back in action for one of its two remaining home games Tuesday night against Northwestern. The Wildcats enter the game at 3-13 in conference play, but one of those wins was on the road at USC, where Indiana couldn’t win. As is usually the case in the Big Ten, this isn’t […]
Social media reacts to Indiana’s hiring of Ryan Carr to GM-type role
Indiana men’s basketball made a front office type of move on Monday with the hiring of Ryan Carr, a former program manager, as Executive Director of Basketball, effectively a general manager type role with a focus on roster building. Such hirings have become more common in college basketball due to relatively recent shifts in team […]
Indiana men’s basketball hires Ryan Carr as Executive Director of Basketball
Indiana men’s basketball made a front office move on Monday. Ryan Carr, an Indiana graduate who doubled as a manager for the men’s basketball program before a lengthy career with the Indiana Pacers, is the program’s new Executive Director of Basketball, per an official release. He most recently worked as the Pacers’ Senior Vice President […]
Indiana Hoosiers News: Curt Cignetti’s new contract, baseball struggles, more
Last week was a pretty eventful one for Indiana Athletics with both basketball teams in action, baseball’s early season struggles continuing and a steady stream of news out of the football program with the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine looming. Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers […]
Indiana enters the most critical stretch of Darian DeVries’ first season
The college basketball regular season is drawing to a close and Indiana men’s basketball finds itself on the bubble once again, somewhere it’s been more often than not in the past decade regardless of who’s leading the program. It’s not Darian DeVries’ fault that the Hoosiers haven’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2023 […]
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