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Hiring a general manager, whether that’s the position’s official title or not, is increasingly prevalent in college basketball. These roles aren’t all the same, there’s differing responsibilities from program to program, but most of said responsibilities are what usually falls on the professional sports staple with roster building, management, finances and the like. But is […]
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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. If the season ended today, Indiana men’s basketball would almost certainly be in the NCAA Tournament. […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is back in action for one of its two remaining home games Tuesday night against Northwestern. The Wildcats enter the game at 3-13 in conference play, but one of those wins was on the road at USC, where Indiana couldn’t win. As is usually the case in the Big Ten, this isn’t […]
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Indiana men’s basketball made a front office type of move on Monday with the hiring of Ryan Carr, a former program manager, as Executive Director of Basketball, effectively a general manager type role with a focus on roster building. Such hirings have become more common in college basketball due to relatively recent shifts in team […]
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Indiana men’s basketball made a front office move on Monday. Ryan Carr, an Indiana graduate who doubled as a manager for the men’s basketball program before a lengthy career with the Indiana Pacers, is the program’s new Executive Director of Basketball, per an official release. He most recently worked as the Pacers’ Senior Vice President […]
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Last week was a pretty eventful one for Indiana Athletics with both basketball teams in action, baseball’s early season struggles continuing and a steady stream of news out of the football program with the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine looming. Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers […]
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The college basketball regular season is drawing to a close and Indiana men’s basketball finds itself on the bubble once again, somewhere it’s been more often than not in the past decade regardless of who’s leading the program. It’s not Darian DeVries’ fault that the Hoosiers haven’t made it to the NCAA Tournament since 2023 […]
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Indiana women’s basketball has found ways to win as the season has drawn to a close, picking up its latest victory with a 72-65 performance against Oregon on Sunday at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers returned to Bloomington looking to rebound after going 0-2 in Los Angeles after stringing together three wins against Northwestern, Wisconsin and […]
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Devan Boykin, who was somewhat quietly a key component of Indiana football’s defense in the Hoosiers’ run to the 2025 national championship, has officially declared for the 2026 NFL Draft. He transferred to Indiana during the 2025 offseason after spending five seasons at NC State, redshirting in 2024 after suffering an injury that held him […]
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For the second consecutive game, Indiana men’s basketball was completely outclassed on the road by a superior opponent. This time, the score was even more lopsided and came at the hands of Purdue, making it worse than the loss to Illinois on Sunday. It was clear within the first five minutes that this was going […]
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While Friday night’s matchup with Purdue at Mackey Arena wasn’t a must-win game for Indiana’s NCAA Tournament chances, getting blown out to the point of not being competitive in the second half is never good. Especially against Purdue. After being upset in Assembly Hall in late January, Matt Painter had his team ready for this […]
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Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti, once again, has a new contract. Cignetti and Indiana Athletics have agreed to terms on the details of a contract that runs through 2033, the same length as his previously agreed to deal from October. That contract gave Cignetti an average annual compensation of $11.6 million and contained a […]
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Indiana football is in the mix for one of the top wide receiver prospects in the high school recruiting class of 2027, per Hayes Fawcett of On3. Quentin Burrell, a wide receiver out of Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, listed Indiana as being among his top-10 programs under consideration on Friday evening. He’s a […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on rival Purdue on Friday night at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, the second of two matchups between the Hoosiers and Boilermakers on the season. The Hoosiers haven’t been without injury issues this season, but their availability report for the game is relatively clean and is as follows: […]
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Indiana men’s basketball has multiple players who can make a difference on a given possession, Purdue head coach Matt Painter said as much during a press conference ahead of the rivalry matchup on Friday night. Asked if he’d learned anything about the Hoosiers during the prior matchup, a 72-67 Indiana win at Assembly Hall, Painter […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (17-9, 8-7 Big Ten) is set to take on Purdue (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) on Friday night on the road in the second of two matchups in the annual in-state rivalry series between the two programs. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 71-51 road loss at Illinois. That didn’t hurt Indiana’s bubble […]
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Nick Dorn was the catalyst for Indiana men’s basketball’s late season surge that saw the Hoosiers win three consecutive games against Rutgers, Purdue and UCLA to move back into position for an NCAA Tournament berth. A small forward transfer from Elon who spent much of the offseason recovering from an injury, Dorn’s 3-point shooting gave […]
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In 1976, Indiana men’s basketball won its third national championship with an 86-68 win over Michigan at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, capping a 32-0 season. No men’s college basketball teams have finished an undefeated season with a win in the national championship game ever since. In January, fifty years later, Indiana football won its first […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Purdue on Friday night in the second of two matchups in the annual in-state conference rivalry series. The Hoosiers are looking to solidify their standing on the right side of the bubble ahead of the NCAA Tournament while the Boilermakers are playing for a higher seed and […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set for the second game of the annual rivalry series against Purdue, this one being tonight at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. The Hoosiers, sitting firmly on the right side of the bubble as of now, are still battling for a more secure NCAA Tournament spot. The Boilermakers have turned a […]
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With just five regular season games remaining on the schedule, including Friday night’s matchup against Purdue at Mackey Arena, the Indiana Hoosiers are, once again, on the NCAA Tournament bubble. As of now, they happen to be on the right side of it. The Hoosiers are in 122 of 122 brackets surveyed on Bracket Matrix, […]
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Indiana men’s basketball seems locked into its late-season starting lineup of Conor Enright, Lamar Wilkerson, Nick Dorn, Tucker DeVries and Sam Alexis. All things, considered, that’s probably fine. It’s the lineup that sparked a late season surge and, with acknowledgement given to Dorn’s recent 3-point slump, is probably the group that gives the Hoosiers the […]
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It’s been a relatively quiet week around Indiana Athletics with football in the rearview mirror and both basketball teams in the middle of substantial gaps between games. There’s still a bit of news to cover though. Here’s what you need to know about the Hoosiers today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers ICYMI Around SB […]
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The Indiana Hoosiers aren’t just the NCAA football champions, they are sending a slew of great prospects to the 2026 NFL Draft. With that level of talent, we are hosting a Q&A with the NFL fans around SB Nation’s extensive network. Here are a few sentences on each potential Indiana football player heading to the […]
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His team may have beaten Indiana by 20, but Illinois men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood still had praise for the Hoosiers during his postgame press conference on Sunday afternoon in Champaign. “In a night we didn’t shoot the ball very well, to have a twenty point win against a team that’s won five of […]
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