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Indiana football, fresh off of its first national championship in 2025, sits atop Fox Sports’ Big Ten power rankings this spring heading into the 2026 season. The Hoosiers, of course, went 12-0 in the regular season last year before beating Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game to claim the program’s first conference title […]
Indiana football’s sudden rise, from an 11-2 debut under Curt Cignetti in 2024 to an undefeated 16-0 national championship run in 2025 has several programs around the country asking the same question. “If they can do it, why can’t we?” Perhaps nowhere is that as much of an issue than it is just two or […]
In Samet Yigitoglu, Darian DeVries got the kind of player Matt Painter usually gets – a 7’2” center from overseas who dominates the paint and glass, offensively and defensively. He’s the kind of guy whose mere presence in the paint will force guards to reconsider, something Indiana hasn’t had since Kel’el Ware. Yigitoglu comes to […]
Indiana’s latest portal commitment, announcing his transfer to Indiana just a few hours after Aiden Sherrell did on April 15th, becoming the sixth player to commit to Darian DeVries this offseason. With a relatively quiet recruitment, his announcement flew under the radar, but he appears to be a guy that Indiana is lucky to have […]
Indiana made the hire of the century when athletic director Scott Dolson tapped Curt Cignetti as the Hoosiers’ next head football coach in late 2023. Now, just over two years later, Indiana is a premier program, Cignetti is a household name and, of course, the Hoosiers are national champions. The Athletic’s Stewart Mandel penned a […]
Over half of Lucas Oil Stadium looked on in shock. Fernando Mendoza, Indiana’s Heisman hopeful quarterback, was laid out on the turf after a hit by Ohio State edge rusher Caden Curry. Matt Patricia, the Buckeyes defensive coordinator, looked on and noted how this could change the game. “Okay, alright, here we go.” That wasn’t […]
It’s been an eventful past few days for Indiana Athletics. The football program is officially set to visit the White House in recognition of its run to the national championship and Indiana men’s basketball is reportedly set for its second international trip in as many years under Darian DeVries. Here’s what to know about the […]
Last summer, the Indiana men’s basketball program embarked on a foreign tour (well, kinda) to Puerto Rico ahead of Darian DeVries’ first season as the Hoosiers head coach. It gave the all-new team a few more practices on top of exhibition games. It seems DeVries thought it was a good idea, because he’s set for […]
Aiden Sherrell, a 6’11, 255 lb power forward from Alabama, comes to Indiana as the highest-rated transfer prospect in Darian DeVries’ highly-touted 2026 portal class. As a starter from a Sweet 16 team last year, Sherrell brings proven production and talent to the frontcourt that Indiana desperately needed in DeVries’ first year. Looking at his […]
Indiana got its starting point guard via the transfer portal earlier this offseason, signing Markus Burton from Notre Dame. The Mishawaka, Indiana native spent his first three seasons in South Bend, though he played just ten games last year due to an ankle injury, meaning he likely has two years of eligibility remaining. Burton was […]
For years, Indiana men’s basketball’s student section has occupied portions of the Assembly Hall bowl alongside a set of bleachers behind the arena’s south basket, closest to the opposing bench and alongside the Big Red Basketball Band. That’s set to change as Indiana is making the move to place students in the bleachers behind both […]
It’s been an eventful week around Indiana Athletics as baseball and softball carry on while football and both basketball programs plunge deeper into the slowness of the offseason. There’s news about the football program’s impending White House visit in the wake of the national championship, an expansion of the men’s basketball student section and notes […]
Indiana football is looking to add onto its defensive line through the 2027 high school recruiting pool, offering another edge rusher this week. Wyatt Thomas, who plays at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shared that he’d recently been extended a scholarship offer from the program via social media, becoming the program’s […]
Indiana football saw a program-record eight players selected in the 2026 NFL Draft, with a member of the 2025 national championship roster hearing their name called in each of the draft’s seven rounds last week. The headliners are No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders and No. 30 overall pick Omar […]
Indiana football has extended a scholarship offer to in-state edge rusher Ifeanyi Emedobi, according to reporting from Matt Weaver of 247Sports. Emedobi is rated as a 3-star prospect by both 247Sports and Rivals, with the former ranking him in as the 36th highest-rated edge rusher, 10th highest-rated player in the state of Indiana and 430th […]
It’s been an eventful week for Indiana Athletics from the wake of the NFL Draft to spring football wrapping up. There’s still baseball and softball to play while most of the Hoosiers turn their eyes to the summer offseason. Here’s what to know about Indiana today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers ICYMI on The […]
Indiana men’s basketball has taken part in just two of the last ten NCAA Tournaments. The Hoosiers are firmly on the bubble when March rolls around most of the time and, far more often than not, are left out of the field. Their only two appearances came under Mike Woodson, in the First Four in […]
Our long national… well, not really a nightmare, more that weird dream that doesn’t seem to end, anyway whatever, it’s over. Tyran Stokes has made his college decision official. It is not Kentucky. It’s the other school that felt like a serious player in this recruitment all along: Kansas. Good for Bill Self, remarkably bad […]
Indiana men’s basketball may be looking to add onto its signing group in the class of 2026, which is already three players strong. Ladarius Given, a power forward out of Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia who is originally from Alabama, has revealed the top six programs he’s considering after decommitting from Mississippi State in […]
It’s been eventful times for Indiana Athletics with the football program coming off of the spring game, NFL Draft and a massive recruiting weekend while the men’s and women’s basketball programs go about filling out their respective rosters through the transfer portal. Meanwhile, baseball picked up a win over Louisville. Here’s what to know about […]
Indiana football was in the headlines this past season for its 12-0 run through the regular season, downing of Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship and subsequent march through the College Football Playoff all the way to a national championship. Now it’s still in those headlines, just in the offseason. Jalen Brewster, a Texas […]
Indiana football is coming off of a national championship won thanks in large part to the efforts of a talented wide receiver out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers have been looking to add another standout receiver from that same program for a while and find themselves in a strong position to […]
Indiana football landed its second No. 1 overall pick in program history when Fernando Mendoza had his name called by the Oakland Raiders Thursday night. Omar Cooper Jr. was also a first round selection, going No. 30 to the New York Jets. By Saturday night, a total of eight Hoosiers had been selected breaking the […]
Indiana football saw its eighth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Houston Texans selected linebacker Aiden Fisher with the 243rd overall pick pick in the seventh round. Here’s what to know about the newest Texan (like, for the team and state, I suppose). Aiden Fisher – LB – 6’1”, 232 lbs […]
Indiana football saw its seventh player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Tennessee Titans selected center Pat Coogan with the 194th overall pick in the sixth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Titan: Pat Coogan – C – 6’5”, 311 lbs Coogan transferred to Indiana ahead of the 2025 season […]