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Indiana men’s basketball fell to Illinois on the road in a 71-51 blowout that in all honesty wasn’t difficult to see coming. The Hoosiers are a team built primarily on scoring in the backcourt without much size, lacking any true 7-footers in their rotation. The Fighting Illini, on the other hand, are the tallest team […]
17 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball headed to Champaign as hot as it’s been all season, having won five of the last six, including a pair of Quad 1 wins over Purdue and at UCLA. For the opening minutes, it looked like this would carry the Hoosiers to a close game on the road at No. 8 Illinois. […]
17 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on Illinois this afternoon at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois. It’s the Hoosiers’ lone matchup with the Fighting Illini this season and serves as an incredible Quad 1 opportunity as Indiana looks to strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume in the final weeks of the regular season. […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to face off with Illinois this weekend in the first and only regular season matchup between the Hoosiers and the Fighting Illini of the 2025-26 season. It’s Indiana’s first year in a program rebuild under Darian DeVries and arguably the culmination of Illinois’ long-term project under Brad Underwood. The Hoosiers […]
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Indiana men’s basketball (17-8, 8-6 Big Ten) is set to take on Illinois (8-15, 1-11 Big Ten) on Sunday afternoon on the road in the hunt for a huge boost to its NCAA Tournament resume. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 92-74 home blowout over Oregon that saw Lamar Wilkerson score 41 points. Indiana has […]
17 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball is set to hit the road to take on Illinois in Champaign on Sunday in one of the Hoosiers’ biggest matchups of the conference season. Boasting one of the most efficient offenses in the history of men’s college basketball by KenPom’s metrics, the Fighting Illini are led by true freshman star guard […]
18 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana hasn’t played a game since Monday, so it’s NCAA Tournament hopes haven’t shifted too much since Joe Lunardi’s previous ESPN projection. As of right now the Hoosiers sit as a No. 9-seed heading to the East, which is unchanged from Tuesday’s update. But the situation around them can change, which will be something to […]
19 days ago | 3 reads
Illinois freshman guard Keaton Wagler is among the best players at his position in the entire country. This college basketball season has featured one of the best freshman classes in the sport’s history with stars showing out on a nightly basis across the country. Wagler is right up there with the rest of them, especially […]
19 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries addressed the media for his usual pregame press conference on Friday afternoon ahead of the Hoosiers’ matchup at Illinois on Sunday. With the Fighting Illini looking to potentially have Kylan Boswell back, the matchup may be even tougher than anticipated. Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson has been on a hot […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana men’s basketball’s road matchup at Illinois may get even tougher. Kylan Boswell, a starter at guard for the Illini and their top perimeter defender, will be a gametime decision on Sunday, per reporting from ESPN’s Pete Thamel. He suffered a fractured hand in late January and has missed Illinois’ past seven games. The Illini […]
19 days ago | 0 reads
Indiana football won its first national championship just under a month ago, going from one of the losingest programs in the history of college football all the way to its mountaintop. Still looking for apparel to mark the occasion? The folks over at BreakingT have you covered with a line of Indiana merch commemorating the […]
19 days ago | 1 read
It’s been a relatively quiet week for Indiana’s teams with men’s and women’s basketball both on something of a break before getting back to it for the weekend. Teri Moren’s Hoosiers fell to USC last night without star guard Shay Ciezki able to play with a rolled ankle during shootaround, Darian DeVries’ team is getting […]
19 days ago | 4 reads
Indiana football unveiled its 2026 active roster this week, with some notable additions mixed into the highly-touted transfer class that Curt Cignetti and company brought in after the National Championship. Tyler Cherry, for example, is back in the mix after missing last season with a non-contact injury. Besides new numbers, questionably accurate height and weight […]
19 days ago | 1 read
Indiana women’s basketball (14-11, 3-10 Big Ten) is set to take on USC (15-9, 7-6 Big Ten) on the road for a late Thursday night matchup. The Hoosiers are coming off of three consecutive Big Ten wins, their first victories in league play on the season. Indiana’s defense has been better as of late, holding […]
20 days ago | 1 read
Indiana football remains in the mix for one of the top wide receivers in the country in the class of 2027, according to On3/Rivals. Monshun Sales, who attends Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, announced a final four of Indiana, Ohio State, Alabama and Miami on Wednesday afternoon. It’s the Hoosiers and the three teams […]
20 days ago | 2 reads
Nine former Indiana football players have received invitations to participate in the annual NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, just up the road from Bloomington. Invitations were announced on Wednesday. Here’s the full list of former Hoosiers who received invitations. Other NFL Draft hopefuls from this past season who didn’t receive […]
21 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana football’s quarterbacks room is back to full strength. Tyler Cherry, one of the first high school commitments of Curt Cignetti’s coaching tenure, is back on the Hoosiers’ active roster ahead of the 2026 season, per Indiana Athletics’ website. He spent the 2025 season as a student coach while rehabbing a knee injury he suffered […]
21 days ago | 2 reads
It’s been an eventful past week for the Hoosiers despite a bit of quiet creeping in. Both men’s and women’s basketball have short breaks before their next matchups with Teri Moren’s Hoosiers set for a trip to Los Angeles and Darian DeVries’ team facing one of their toughest tests in a road matchup at Illinois. […]
21 days ago | 1 read
Indiana men’s basketball has extended its latest offer in the high school class of 2028 as head coach Darian DeVries and staff look to the future. Michai White, the No. 1 point guard prospect in the class of 2028 as of this writing per the 247Sports Composite, landed an offer from the Hoosiers per Dushawn […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana men’s basketball has won five of its last six games, putting itself in solid position to hear its name called on Selection Sunday next month. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi agrees. He has the Hoosiers staying put as a No. 9-seed in the East region in his latest projection posted on Tuesday morning. Right now, he’d […]
22 days ago | 4 reads
Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries was asked about Sam Alexis’ recent leap in scoring production at center following the Hoosiers’ 92-74 win over Oregon on Monday night. It was Alexis’ second consecutive game scoring ten or more points, a stretch made up of a single missed shot on 18 combined attempts. DeVries’ answer […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
Jay Edwards. Steve Alford. Calbert Cheaney. Eric Gordon. The history of Indiana men’s basketball is brimming with prolific scoring guards who brought the fans at Assembly Hall to their feet and left headscratching would-be defenders in their wake. Lamar Wilkerson did something on Monday night that none of the guys listed above accomplished during their […]
22 days ago | 2 reads
Though it hasn’t even been a full month since Indiana’s 82-59 drubbing of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, it felt like decades have passed between then and Indiana’s 92-74 win over Oregon Monday night. Two overtimes at UCLA, overtime against Wisconsin, a nervy finish in the win over Purdue, and a close loss to USC surely […]
23 days ago | 3 reads
After four consecutive games decided by six points or fewer – including an overtime and double overtime win – Indiana men’s basketball finally won comfortably. Darian DeVries, who’s career started as an assistant for Dana Altman, handed Altman his first 10-game losing streak of Altman’s long, storied career. The Ducks came out looking for the […]
23 days ago | 2 reads
Indiana men’s basketball (16-8, 7-6 Big Ten) is set to take on Oregon (8-15, 1-11 Big Ten) on Monday night at home as it looks to strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume. The Hoosiers’ last outing was a 78-77 overtime win over Wisconsin at home. Indiana has found itself a bit more as the season goes […]
23 days ago | 1 read