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Indiana’s Curt Cignetti flips another script by landing Monshun Sales
Indiana isn’t the first team to rise to prominence and reach the top of its sport, far from it. But the Hoosiers’ path to that championship and its epilogue differs from their predecessors. Landing commitments from 5-star recruits is usually part of the rise to said championship rather than a feature of its aftermath. But […]
Indiana football: Monshun Sales scouting report
Indiana football landed a commitment from the No. 1 wide receiver prospect in the class of 2027, Lawrence North’s Monshun Sales, on Friday. Curt Cignetti already has 16 recruits signed in that class, putting Indiana in the top 50 nationally, but Sales is a major addition. For reference, Indiana’s best high school recruit in program […]
Indiana Football, Monshun Sales and recruiting with the best
In just two years at Indiana, Curt Cignetti has accomplished seemingly all there is to accomplish in the sport. He did the impossible in bringing the Hoosiers their first National Championship, first Heisman Trophy winner, first Rose Bowl victory, and on, and on. By now, his detractors are mostly acting in bad faith, pretending that […]
Indiana football lands commitment from Monshun Sales, nation’s No. 1 wide receiver
Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti has led the program to several previously unthinkable firsts during his two years in Bloomington. He added another on Friday afternoon: first 5-star prospect commitment. Monshun Sales, a wide receiver out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, announced his commitment to Indiana during an appearance on the Pat […]
How to watch No. 1 2027 WR Monshun Sales’ commitment announcement
Monshun Sales, a wide receiver in the class of 2027 out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, is set to announce his college decision at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, July 17. He’ll choose from a group of finalists composed of in-state reigning national champion Indiana, Texas, Alabama, Ohio State and LSU. Here’s what […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Fernando Mendoza wins an ESPY
Undefeated. Big Ten champion. Heisman Trophy winner. National champion. Former Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza added quite a few titles to his name during his one season with the Hoosiers, adding another on Wednesday evening: Best College Athlete in Men’s Sports at the ESPYS. Watch Mendoza accept the award below: Here’s what else to know […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana men’s basketball set for exhibition play
We’re only three months removed from the end of the men’s college basketball season and we’re already getting an early look at Indiana’s new roster ahead of 2026-27. The Hoosiers are hosting Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a secondary school in Montreal, Quebec, for an exhibition matchup this evening ahead of the program’s participation in the FISU America […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Top football recruiting target sets decision date
Indiana has been one of the major players in 5-star wide receiver Monshun Sales’ recruitment since it began. Now, we’re set to learn his decision. Sales, who plays at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, is set to announce his decision at noon on Friday via the Pat McAfee Show, per his social media. He’ll […]
Indiana Reacts Results: Hoosier fans want to see Charlie Becker take the pitch
With the World Cup taking the United States by storm, we decided to have a bit of fun with it last week. We selected four male Hoosier athletes and asked you, said fans, which one you’d like to see out on the pitch with Todd Yeagley’s Indiana men’s soccer program the most. The votes are […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Is Curt Cignetti college football’s best coach?
Curt Cignetti has nothing left to prove. Two years ago, Indiana’s head football coach walked into the facilities of one of the sport’s least accomplished programs and spoke of something they hadn’t seen much of: winning. A lot of it. Two years later, Cignetti was won as much as anyone in college football, leading the […]
Where Indiana commit Chase Branham ranks in updated Rivals150 ranking
Rivals recently updated its top-150 player rankings for boys basketball in the class of 2027, marking the sixth update for the class. Updates are based on in-person player evaluation, film study and intel, per the service. Chase Branham, Indiana men’s basketball’s lone committed player in the class as of this writing, rose slightly. He remains […]
Indiana men’s basketball schedules visit with top 2027 center Darius Wabbington
Indiana men’s basketball, as we’ve documented, has been in need of a center from the high school recruiting ranks for half a decade. The current staff, led by Darian DeVries, is on the case and has made progress with one of the top prospects at the position in the class of 2027. The Hoosiers have […]
Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza named Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year
Former Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza is going to have to make even more room in his home trophy case. Mendoza was named the 2025-26 Big Ten Conference Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year on Wednesday via an official release. He’s the sixth Hoosier to earn the award, first football player since Anthony Thompson […]
Where Curt Cignetti ranks among ESPN’s top college football coaches
Indiana football’s Curt Cignetti has always been a winner as a head coach, but the wider college football world only took notice once he started doing it in Bloomington. His 27-2 record through two seasons with the Hoosiers defies the program’s history. He more postseason games in one season as Indiana had across its previous […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana men’s basketball adds onto non-conference schedule
Indiana men’s basketball built out a brand new roster this past Spring and is working on a brand new schedule to test it. The Hoosiers have two official non-exhibition matchups on the 2026-27 schedule at this point and neither will be played in Bloomington. Indiana will take on Syracuse on November 9 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse […]
Indiana men’s basketball reportedly adds home game against Missouri
Indiana men’s basketball reportedly added another game to its non-conference schedule today as the school works to finalize a December 18 home game against the Missouri Tigers, per Jon Rothstein: This is the first home non-conference game against a high major opponent on the slate for Indiana this year, with matchups in Indianapolis against Syracuse […]
Can Indiana capitalize on World Cup Mania?
While we wait for college football season, when Indiana will defend its national title, the country’s sporting attention has turned to the other kind of football – the international kind – which the Hoosiers are also very good at. Beyond youth participation, the current U.S. men’s national team has eight players who competed in the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Darian DeVries talks Indiana’s offseason
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries recently sat down to discuss the Hoosiers’ offseason with Andy Katz. DeVries talked about his first season leading the program, the new roster, and more. Watch the full interview below: Here’s what else to know about the Hoosiers today: ICYMI on The Crimson Quarry What they’re saying about […]
Indiana Reacts Survey: Which non-soccer Hoosier would you add to Indiana men’s soccer?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in IU fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The World Cup has taken North America by storm as fans pack stadiums to watch the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Markus Burton fully cleared for basketball activities
Indiana men’s basketball got a bit more good news this week. Markus Burton, likely to start at point guard, has been cleared for all basketball activities, per reporting from CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Burton suffered an ankle injury with Notre Dame last December and required season ending surgery. He’s good to go […]
Could Indiana and Notre Dame form a football rivalry? Hoosier fans think so
Indiana and Notre Dame, despite sharing a state, haven’t met on the gridiron all that often, especially in recent years The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish have faced off 30 times with just one matchup, the First Round of the 2024 College Football Playoff, taking place in the 21st century. But the two are linked due […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Scott Dolson talks football, men’s basketball, more
Scott Dolson, Indiana’s athletic director, sat down for an interview with Big Ten Network during conference meetings in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. He talked Curt Cignetti and Indiana football’s two year rise to a national title, avoiding complacency as an athletics department, the College Football Playoff, the men’s basketball program under Darian DeVries, olympic sports […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Four Hoosiers named Walter Camp Preseason All-Americans
Indiana football will enter the 2026 season without much of the production that made 2024 and 2025 so special, but there’s still enough talent in Bloomington to merit preseason honors. Four Hoosiers have been named to Walter Camp’s Preseason All-American teams, with Indiana being tied for the second most representatives with Oregon while Texas boasts […]
Indiana men’s basketball in top-6 for 2027 center Darius Wabbington
Indiana men’s basketball has been trying to sign a center out of the high school recruiting pipeline for several years now. Could 2027 finally be the cycle when the Hoosiers break the streak? Darius Wabbington, a center out of Arizona in the class of 2027, included Indiana among the final six programs he’ll be considering […]
Indiana Reacts Survey: Can Indiana and Notre Dame become a football rivalry?
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 has long been known as the basketball state. Now, with two rising college football programs […]
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