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3 Takewaways from Indiana men’s basketball’s loss 81-75 at USC

Riding high on a three-game winning streak, Indiana lost its momentum in Tuesday night against USC. While the loss doesn’t negate the pair of Quad 1 wins that the Hoosiers earned last week, the nature of the loss made it feel like Indiana will have to hit the reset button before hosting Wisconsin on Saturday. […]

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Indiana football: Tino Sunseri set to return as quarterbacks coach

He’s back (reportedly.) Tino Sunseri, coming off of a brief stint as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, is set to return to Indiana as the Hoosiers’ quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator ahead of the 2026 season, according to several reports. Sunseri previously worked in that role on head coach Curt Cignetti’s first […]

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Indiana Hoosiers News: Curt Cignetti, Pat Knight, Will Stein

It’s been an eventful week so far around Indiana. Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti is set to join Big Ten Network around noon to discuss the Hoosiers’ signing class of 2026, Pat Knight resigned as the head coach of Marian in Indianapolis and Kentucky football head coach and former Oregon offensive coordinator Will Stein […]

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The Morning After: Indiana men’s basketball loses at USC 81-75

On the heels of a taxing, chaotic 2OT win against UCLA, Indiana came out flat against USC, snapping a three-game winning streak to move right back to .500 in Big Ten play with eight games remaining in the regular season. While conditioning certainly could have been a factor after the marathon game against the Bruins, […]

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Indiana men’s basketball at USC: 3 key factors for the Trojans

Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on USC in a late night matchup on the road, looking to extend its winning streak as it makes its case to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans are an interesting team that could give the Hoosiers some trouble, especially given the fact that Indiana is coming […]

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A Season to Remember: Shop Indiana Hoosiers football championship merch

Indiana football’s run to the 2025 National Championship was full of memorable plays from the 12-0 performance in the regular season to the incredible showing in the College Football Playoff. Plays like Omar Cooper Jr.’s improbable touchdown reception in the back of the endzone to beat Penn State at Beaver Stadium, D’Angelo Ponds’ pick-six to […]

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Indiana Hoosiers News: Football recruiting, Teri Moren, Reed Bailey

It was an eventful weekend around Indiana Athletics. Curt Cignetti’s national championship football program remains in the news, we got some insight into Teri Moren’s women’s basketball program (which promptly beat Northwestern to earn its first Big Ten win) and Darian DeVries’ men’s basketball team handed UCLA its first home loss after an… interesting final […]

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Game thread: Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball at UCLA Bruins

Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on UCLA this afternoon at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. It’s the Hoosiers’ first trip to The Golden State since UCLA and USC joined the Big Ten, having previously gone to the Pacific Northwest to face Washington and Oregon last season. That’s generally how scheduling is […]

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Hoosier Natty: Shop Indiana football championship merch on BreakingT

Indiana is the reigning national champion in college football. The Hoosiers sit atop the sport after a remarkable run through the College Football Playoff. The Hoosiers went 12-0 in the regular seasons with a win over a fellow playoff team in Oregon, beat Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game, beat Alabama in the […]

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Nick Dorn gave Indiana a spark. Darian DeVries must return the favor

Indiana men’s basketball was going to have its ups and downs this season. That was obvious when it became apparent that head coach Darian DeVries’ first roster was built on 3-point shooting with relatively minimal size in the frontcourt compared to its peers around the Big Ten. So it wasn’t exactly surprising when the Hoosiers […]

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That was fun! Now don’t let football turn into men’s basketball

Indiana football did the seemingly impossible last week, capping off a perfect 16-0 campaign with a 27-21 victory over the Miami Hurricanes in the National Championship at the end of its College Football Playoff run. It’s the first time in over a century that a team football team has won 16 games with no losses, […]

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Ranking the top 5 plays from Indiana’s College Football Playoff run

Indiana reigns as national champion after a dominant run through the College Football Playoff culminated in a win over Miami in the National Championship Game. The Hoosiers’ run through the playoff was one for the ages as they left some of the sport’s powers, old and new, in their wake en route to the title. […]

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Indiana men’s basketball at UCLA: 5 things to know about the Bruins

Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on UCLA on Saturday at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles for a battle of the Big Ten’s two premier blue bloods. The one slight, minute, barely even worth mentioning upside of conference realignment is that it’s gotten one of the most consistently great college hoops programs into […]

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