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Indiana falls to Minnesota 73-64 in first loss under Darian DeVries
Indiana men’s basketball suffered its first defeat of the Darian DeVries era on Wednesday night and it was a bad one. The Hoosiers fell 73-64 on the road to Minnesota, which entered the game all the way down at 116th in KenPom’s overall efficiency rankings. The Hoosiers were able to keep pace through much of […]
Fernando Mendoza vs Julian Sayin: The Heisman Trophy and the Big Ten Championship
No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday in the Big Ten Football Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. There’s a few things at stake in the matchup. For one, and obviously, the winner will hoist the Big Ten championship trophy. It’d be a program […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football set for early signing period
College football’s early signing period is officially upon us. Recruits in the high school graduating class of 2026 will have the opportunity to sign their financial aid agreements with their school of choice from today, December 3 through Friday, December 5. This’ll make their commitment official. The traditional signing day, held annually on the first […]
Where Indiana sits in the penultimate 2025 College Football Playoff rankings
The College Football Playoff’s selection committee unveiled its penultimate set of rankings for the 2025 season during a live show on Tuesday night. The next time these are revealed, it’ll be the official playoff field. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches’ top-25 polls, remained at No. 2 for the fifth straight […]
How to watch Indiana vs Minnesota: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options, spread
Indiana (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Minnesota (4-4, 0-0 Big Ten) on Wednesday evening at Williams Arena, otherwise known as The Barn, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Hoosiers are coming off of their third 100-point outing of the season in a 100-56 victory over Bethune-Cookman that followed their lone premier non-conference matchup […]
How to watch Indiana vs Western Michigan: Tipoff time, TV and streaming options
Indiana (7-1, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Western Michigan (1-4, 0-0 MAC) on Wednesday evening back home at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of their first defeat of the 2025-26 season, falling to No. 10 Iowa State 106-95 in Fort Myers, Florida at the Coconut […]
Indiana Reacts: Will Hoosier fans complete Indy’s Louisville/Ohio State doubleheader?
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. Indiana is set for a big Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. The Hoosier athletic department, that is. […]
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza now tied with SEC quarterback as Heisman favorite
No. 2 Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza no longer sits alone atop the Heisman odds, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Mendoza is now tied with another quarterback, Vanderbilt star Diego Pavia, at +160 apiece. Pavia’s odds improved toward the beginning of the week and he leapfrogged Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, who now sits at +195 […]
Indiana football recruiting: Class rankings ahead of the early signing period
College football’s early signing period is officially set to begin on Wednesday, December 3 before drawing to a close on Friday. The vast majority of players currently committed to schools will officially sign their financial aid agreement documents, locking them into their programs. There still exists a signing period in February used by some players, […]
Indiana men’s basketball debuts at No. 11 in first NET rankings
After getting out to a 7-0 start to the season and climbing to the No. 22 spot in the latest AP Poll, Indiana men’s basketball has earned the 11 spot in the first NET Rankings of the season. Indiana has yet to play a Quad 1 game yet this year, but is 1-0 against Quad […]
Indiana men’s basketball at Minnesota: 3 things to know
Indiana men’s basketball (7-0,0-0) will play its first true road game of the season, heading to Minneapolis to take on the Golden Gophers (4-4, 0-0). Both teams are led by new head coaches in Darian DeVries and Niko Medved, who have proven themselves as winners at their prior stops. The Gophers enter the game on […]
Big Ten play kicks off for a trio of new men’s basketball coaches
While Indiana’s Darian DeVries won’t meet the Minnesota Gophers’ new head man, Niko Medved, until Wednesday night in the Twin Cities, Big Ten play kicks off Tuesday for one of the conference’s newest names, Ben McCollum. The three are inheriting vastly different situations – more on that later – but will be inextricably linked for […]
Ohio State’s Ryan Day praises Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza ahead of Big Ten Championship
No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday in a historic Big Ten Football Championship game matchup at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Few coaches around the sport know the quarterback position as well as Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day, who’s sent two passers to the first […]
Putting Indiana football’s historic 12-0 2025 season into perspective
Indiana football officially moved to 12-0 with last Friday’s dominant 56-3 road win over rival Purdue. Those 12 wins are the most in a season in program history and mark the Hoosiers’ second undefeated season after 1945’s Big Ten championship team went 9-0-1 with one tie in Big Ten play. The previous high came in […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Curt Cignetti impressed by Ryan Day, Julian Sayin
No. 2 Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on both Sunday and Monday ahead of the Hoosiers’ Big Ten Football Championship game matchup against No. 1 Ohio State this coming Saturday. His remarks in each appearance covered a variety of topics, but he made sure to take time to offer praise for a […]
Indiana men’s basketball rises in AP Top-25 poll
Indiana men’s basketball made its AP top-25 poll debut under head coach Darian DeVries last week, just sneaking into the rankings at No. 25 after a 5-0 start to the 2025-26 season that included a 100-77 neutral site win over Marquette. The Hoosiers rose further this week, sitting at No. 22 nationally sandwiched between a […]
ESPN’s Dick Vitale, Charles Barkley set to broadcast Indiana vs Kentucky
No. 22 Indiana men’s basketball’s first regular season matchup against No. 18 Kentucky in over a decade will feature a star-studded broadcast crew. Legendary ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale will team up with basketball icon and fellow broadcaster Charles Barkley for the Hoosiers’ game against the Wildcats on Saturday, December 13, according to an […]
ESPN’s College Gameday snubs undefeated Big Ten Championship for SEC title game
The coming clash between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana at Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, is set to be the first conference championship meeting of the top two teams in the AP Poll in over a decade. For the first time, that matchup won’t […]
Curt Cignetti, Ryan Day share mutual respect ahead of Big Ten Championship
We’ve come a long way from Curt Cignetti saying Ohio State sucks into a microphone at Assembly Hall. That comment, which included jabs at rival Purdue and Michigan, was made to fire up a home crowd and energize a moribund fanbase immediately after Cignetti’s hiring in Bloomington. It also served as a way of punching […]
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti previews Ohio State, Big Ten Championship Game
No. 2 Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media on Monday ahead of the Hoosiers’ Big Ten Football Championship game matchup against No. 1 Ohio State this coming Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Here’s what Cignetti had to say, courtesy of ASAP Sports: CIGNETTI: Okay. Turn the page from the last […]
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza signs with adidas
Indiana football’s starting quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, has inked an NIL deal with adidas, the official apparel partner of the Hoosiers’ athletics department, according to a post from his official LinkedIn: His signing with adidas comes after the conclusion of Indiana’s 12-0 undefeated regular season and as he sits as the slight betting favorite to win […]
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza finishes regular season as slight Heisman favorite
Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza will enter the 2025 postseason as the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, per odds from FanDuel Sportsbook. Mendoza sits at +115 to win the award. Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, who the Hoosiers will face in Saturday’s Big Ten Football Championship game, is just behind him at +155. […]
A brief history of No. 1 vs No. 2 in conference championship games
No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday at the Big Ten Football Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The game will make history for several reasons. For one, its Indiana’s first berth in the conference championship game and will be a chance to win […]
Indiana football has won two previous Big Ten championships. Here’s how
No. 2 Indiana is set to play No. 1 Ohio State in the Big Ten Football Championship game at 8 p.m. ET next Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The game will serve as the Hoosiers’ first shot at a Big Ten Championship in several decades. Indiana has two Big Ten titles […]
Indiana women’s basketball vs Iowa State key matchups: Guarding Audi Crooks
Indiana women’s basketball is set to face one of the toughest players to defend in the country. The Hoosiers got used to dominant, reliable scoring in the paint in the five seasons Mackenzie Holmes spent in Bloomington. They’ll get a sense of what it was like to be on the other end of that on […]
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