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Indiana men’s basketball to honor undefeated 1975-76 team with jersey patch

Indiana men’s basketball’s uniforms will include a patch honoring the 1975-76 Hoosiers, which went 32-0 and won the national championship, the program’s third and head coach Bob Knight’s first. They’re the last men’s college basketball team to have gone undefeated and won the national championship. The patches coincide with a slight redesign of the uniforms […]

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Indiana’s Curt Cignetti provides injury update ahead of Week 11, Penn State

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual Monday press conference ahead of the Hoosiers’ weekend trip to State College, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Asked about his team’s health after a few players were unavailable during last Saturday’s 55-10 win over Maryland, Cignetti had the following […]

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Everything Indiana’s Curt Cignetti said ahead of Penn State

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual Monday press conference ahead of the Hoosiers’ matchup at Penn State on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. Here’s what he had to say: CURT CIGNETTI: Penn State this week, okay? They’re in the top 25 in the ESPN football power […]

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How to watch the College Football Playoff rankings reveal show

The College Football Playoff committee is getting set to release its first set of rankings for the 2025 on Tuesday night. Sitting at 9-0 for the second consecutive season, Indiana has put itself in prime position to make another appearance in the 12-team bracket. There’s an important difference from last season though. The Playoff has […]

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Indiana football beats Maryland 55-10: Three observations

On November 2nd, 2024, Curt Cignetti led Indiana to a comeback victory over Michigan State to reclaim the Brass Spittoon and get the Hoosiers to 9-0 for the first time in program history. After a win this afternoon in College Park, Indiana is 9-0 again, the No. 2 team in the country, and projected to […]

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Indiana men’s basketball: Vaughn Karvala scouting report

Indiana’s latest men’s basketball commit, 4-star wing Vaughn Karvala, looks like the kind of prospect that will thrive under the head coach Darian DeVries. At 6’6” 180 lb., Karvala can do a little bit of everything on the court. A top-50 who can handle the ball, protect the rim, and shoot from 3-point range at […]

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4-star 2026 wing Vaughn Karvala commits to Indiana

Indiana men’s basketball has landed a commitment from 4-star 2026 small forward Vaughn Karvala out of Bella Vista Prep in Oregon, Wisconsin, per an announcement from Karvala on Bella Vista Prep’s YouTube channel. Karvala joins Prince-Alexander Moody, a 3-star shooting guard, in the Hoosiers’ 2026 recruiting class. He’s the fourth high school prospect to commit […]

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Indiana fans think Hoosiers should lean on the run at Maryland

Indiana fans believe the Hoosiers should lean on the run game on the road against Maryland today at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland, according to the results of a Reacts survey we published ahead of the matchup: There’s a bit of an extra wrinkle to this one. Roman Hemby, the Hoosiers’ starter at running […]

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Indiana fans expect the Hoosiers to go undefeated through 2025 season

It’s another dream, 8-0 start in Bloomington for Indiana football after the breakout in 2024 in Curt Cignetti’s first season leading the program. Hoosier fans expect even more than last year’s 11-1 regular season record for Indiana, with a majority of respondents to our Reacts survey believing the team will finish 12-0 on the season: […]

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Indiana football at Maryland: How to watch, predictions, more

No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on Maryland on the road at SECU Stadium in College Park, Maryland, this weekend. The Hoosiers are coming off a 56-6 home win over UCLA this past weekend. The Bruins had been on a hot streak prior to the trip to Bloomington. Maryland sits at 4-3 overall, […]

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4-star 2026 wing Vaughn Karvala to announce college decision

Vaughn Karvala, a 4-star small forward in the class of 2026, is set to announce his college decision on Saturday, November 1. He’ll be choosing between Cal, Indiana and Xavier: The Hoosiers’ staff has been keeping an eye on Karvala since the summer, hosting him for an official visit during the weekend of October 19. […]

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Indiana vs Maryland: Three things to know about the Terrapins

Indiana football hits the road again for the first time since the season-defining win in Autzen Stadium, taking on Maryland for the Terrapin homecoming. The Hoosiers have avoided the big game drop off, taking care of Michigan State at home before routing UCLA last weekend to move to 8-0 on the season. Maryland, on the […]

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How will Indiana football finish the 2025 regular season?

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. For the second consecutive season, Indiana football sits at 8-0. This time, the Hoosiers are ranked […]

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How should Indiana’s first season under Darian DeVries be judged?

For the third time since 2017, the Indiana men’s basketball program is entering its first season under a new coach. For the first time, it’ll do so with an entirely new roster. Darian DeVries, the 31st head coach in program history, was free to build his first roster as he saw fit. Kind of. There’s […]

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Everything Indiana’s Curt Cignetti said in his Week 10 press conference

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual weekly press conference on Monday following the Hoosiers’ 56-6 win over UCLA and ahead of their matchup at Maryland next Saturday. Here’s what he had to say: CIGNETTI: A 3:30 homecoming game. Good football team. Coach Locksley and his staff have done a […]

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Should Indiana football compete for the playoff every year? Fans weigh in

Indiana was the story of the 2024 college football regular season when the Hoosiers, led by then-first year head coach Curt Cignetti, went a stunning 11-1 and made it into the very first 12-team College Football Playoff field, ultimately falling in the first round. At the time, nationally, some treated the Hoosiers as something of […]

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Indiana football: Curt Cignetti provides injury update ahead of Maryland

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual press conference on Monday and provided a handful of updates on Indiana’s health heading into the matchup against Maryland. Just three Hoosiers were listed in the Big Ten’s availability report ahead of the game against UCLA: defensive back Bryson Bonds and running back […]

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Indiana fans are very confident in institutional support for football

Indiana fans are very confident that the Hoosiers’ football program has strong institutional support, according to the results of a poll we conducted last week: Of the fans who responded, 79% indicated they were “very confident” while 15% listed themselves as “mostly confident” in support for the football program. Just 4% responded that they were […]

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Curt Cignetti’s Indiana football does not care about your narratives

Given the hypersonic ascent from one of the saddest programs in college football history to one of the most consistent and dominant over the last two seasons, Indiana football has been one of the most talked-about programs in the country since Curt Cignetti took over. Cignetti is, famously, is not afraid of making headlines with […]

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