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Daniel Jones, the starting quarterback of the nearby Indianapolis Colts, addressed the media on Wednesday and was asked about Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. The two have led their respective in-state teams to new heights this season with Jones’ Colts sitting at 8-2 and Mendoza’s Hoosiers off to an 11-0 start for the first time in […]
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Indiana football added another name to its incoming recruiting class when Benjamin Novak, a 3-star offensive lineman in the class of 2027 out of Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana, announced he’d be flipping his commitment from Wisconsin to the Hoosiers. Novak’s commitment comes days after Indiana beat Wisconsin 31-7 at Memorial Stadium this past […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is hosting Trevor Manhertz, a 4-star small forward in the class of 2027 out of Christ School just outside Asheville, North Carolina, for an official visit on Wednesday, according to a report from Dushawn London of 247Sports. Manhertz later posted a photo at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to his Instagram story. Manhertz […]
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Indiana (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Lindenwood (2-3, 0-0 Southland) on Thursday evening at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of a too-close-for-comfort 69-61 win over Incarnate Word. After opening the season on an offensive hot streak, Indiana’s shooters went cold on Sunday night and […]
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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 men’s basketball has built itself on the 3-point shot in year one under head coach […]
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The College Football Playoff’s selection committee unveiled its third set of rankings for the 2025 season during a live show on Tuesday night. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches’ top-25 polls, remained at No. 2 for the third straight week. The Hoosiers are coming off of a strong 31-7 home win […]
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Indiana (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten) is set to take on Butler (2-2, 0-0 Big East) on Wednesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers are coming off of a 76-72 road win over Florida State. Indiana hasn’t been without its struggles on the season, playing a some dicey home games against […]
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Indiana football’s offense is considerably different than it was a year ago. What made the Hoosiers so difficult to defend in 2024 was the fact that any one of five targets was capable of receiving the football and picking up yards after doing so. Kurtis Rourke was excellent at getting the ball to an array […]
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Indiana men’s basketball survived an early season scare on Sunday night, narrowly beating Incarnate Word 69-61 at home despite a remarkably poor 3-point shooting performance. Coming into the matchup with the best shooting numbers the program has seen in years, the Hoosiers ended up hitting just 20.8% of their attempts from distance. That’s the kind […]
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Indiana’s coaching staff went into 2025 knowing that it’d likely need to turn to the transfer portal for a new quarterback. Kurtis Rourke, who led the offense in Curt Cignetti’s debut season, was out of eligibility and off to the NFL. One option quickly emerged over the others: California’s Fernando Mendoza, the older brother of […]
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Indiana football hosted its final home game of the 2025 regular season this past weekend, a 31-7 win over Wisconsin. With it being the Hoosiers’ last chance to get visitors in front of a full, raucous Memorial Stadium crowd, Indiana did its best to capitalize. Indiana hosted multiple prospects in upcoming classes and two currently […]
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Indiana football’s 31-7 win over Wisconsin on Saturday was a pretty substantial recruiting opportunity. With it being the last home game, it was perhaps the Hoosiers’ final shot at getting prospects into a packed Memorial Stadium for gameday. Indiana made sure to take advantage of this in hosting Messiah Mickens, a 4-star running back out […]
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No. 2 Indiana football is 11-0 in 2025 after going 11-1 in 2024. It’s an unprecedented run of success for one of college football’s historically worst programs and it was all sparked by one consequential hire: Curt Cignetti. Indiana’s athletics department, keenly aware of football’s ever-rising importance in the collegiate landscape, made the decision to […]
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, currently favored to win the 2025 Heisman Trophy, is also likely to be a first round pick in next Spring’s NFL Draft. He attracted plenty of attention at Cal, but rocketed up draft boards this past offseason and throughout the Hoosiers’ 11-0 start. Mendoza fits the typical NFL mold. He’s tall, […]
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Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries addressed the media following his team’s narrow 69-61 win over Incarnate Word on Sunday night at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers, who hadn’t scored less than 90 points before Sunday and shot the ball as well as anyone in the country, struggled mightily from deep. Indiana made just 20.8% […]
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Indiana men’s basketball got off to a blistering start to the 2025-26 season, Darian DeVries’ debut as head coach. For the first time in nearly a decade, the 3-point shot was an integral part of the Hoosiers’ offense. Indiana was taking, and making, plenty of 3s en route to a 3-0 start that never saw […]
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Indiana men’s basketball escaped an upset attempt from Incarnate Word in a 69-61 win on Sunday night at Assembly Hall. It wasn’t a pretty basketball game and was the first time we’ve seen the Hoosiers struggle under Darian DeVries. Much of that can be attributed to the fact that Indiana’s 3s just weren’t going down, […]
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Indiana men’s basketball faced real adversity for the first time all season, struggling to put away an Incarnate Word team that the Hoosiers were supposed to handle by 20-plus points. The shots weren’t falling, the Hoosier’s (lack of) size looked to be hurting them, and then the Cardinals just refused to miss for a period […]
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Indiana women’s basketball emerged with a solid 76-72 road win over Florida State on Sunday night in its biggest challenge of the season up to this point. There were some questions as to how the Hoosiers would handle playing on the road after a pretty mistake-laden outing at home against Marshall, but Indiana stuck together […]
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For the first time in Darian Devries’ very brief tenure as Indiana head coach, his team was tested for forty minutes today. The Hoosiers passed the test, though, surviving an upset scare to beat Incarnate Word 69-61 to move to 4-0 on the season . Signs of the offensive struggle that was to come were […]
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Lavar Keys, a 3-star wide receiver in the class of 2026 out of DeMatha Catholic High School in Landover, Maryland, announced his commitment to Indiana on Sunday: Keys was originally committed to Penn State but decommitted and reopened his recruitment after the Nittany Lions parted ways with longtime head coach James Franklin after a disappointing […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Incarnate Word at 5:30 p.m. at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers haven’t been without their injury issues early on this season, but Sunday’s availability report came without any surprises. Jason Drake, Aleksa Ristic and Josh Harris remain out, with walk-on Jordan Rayford being […]
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Jack Kohnen, a 4-star small forward in the class of 2027 out of Slinger High School in Slinger, Wisconsin, took an unofficial visit to Indiana men’s basketball in Bloomington this past weekend, according to a post from his Instagram. Kohnen, who was recently offered by the Hoosiers, ranks in as the 19th highest-rated small forward […]
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Josh Lindsay, a 4-star point guard in the class of 2028 out of St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky, is in Bloomington for an unofficial visit during Indiana men’s basketball’s game against Incarnate Word. Lindsay currently ranks in as the 8th highest-rated point guard and 33rd highest-rated prospect overall in the Rivals Industry ranking. […]
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