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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 […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Thomas Bryant, Trayce Jackson-Davis return to Cavaliers, Raptors
NBA free agency is in full swing and there’s a couple Hoosiers who are staying put with their current teams. Thomas Bryant, who spent the 2025-26 season with the Eastern Conference runner-up Cleveland Cavaliers, recently inked a one year deal to return to Cleveland. Trayce Jackson-Davis, who was traded from the Golden State Warriors to […]
Indiana men’s basketball commit Chase Branham transfers to La Lumiere
Indiana men’s basketball’s first committed player in the class of 2027 is making a major move ahead of his final year of high school. Chase Branham, a combo guard, is transferring to La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana after spending the past three years at Logan-Rogersville High School in Rogersville, Missouri. He committed to […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football up for multiple ESPYS
It’s ESPYS season and that means Indiana football is right back in the headlines. The Hoosiers have been nominated for multiple awards in the wake of their national championship run this past season, meaning the program could have to make even more room in the trophy case. Here’s who’s been nominated: The 2026 ESPYS show […]
Indiana fans are glad to see Dusty May off to NBA, out of Big Ten
Dusty May, Indiana men’s basketball’s latest prodigal son that wasn’t, is out of college basketball and off to the NBA, having been hired as the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. May was born in Terre Haute and raised in Greene County before attending Indiana University and becoming a student manager under Bob Knight. His […]
Indiana men’s basketball fans approve of UNC exhibition
Indiana men’s basketball is set to take on North Carolina in exhibition play on Sunday, October 18, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. It’ll be the first time the two programs have shared a court since a 77-65 win in November 2022 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers own a 10-6 all-time record against the […]
Candystripe Catchup: Dusty May to the NBA, Kel’el Ware trade, football recruiting
The summer months are usually the slowest for news around collegiate athletics, but that apparently isn’t true for Indiana. It was a loaded week for the Hoosiers and those connected to them, with news ranging from two new exhibition matchups on the 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule, a Hoosier being part of the latest NBA blockbuster […]
Indiana men’s basketball to play summer exhibition against Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
Indiana men’s basketball is set for yet another exhibition matchup before the 2026-27 season, the second under head coach Darian DeVries, officially tips off later this year. Indiana will host Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a secondary school based out of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, July 15, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Tino Sunseri’s return key for Indiana football in 2026
Tino Sunseri is back in Bloomington as Indiana football’s quarterbacks coach and c0-offensive coordinator following a single ill-fated season at UCLA. Now, instead of setting a foundation as he did with Kurtis Rourke in 2024, he’ll be tasked with maintaining a contender with Josh Hoover in 2026. Hoover has embraced working under Sunseri, per a […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football shows off new-look uniforms
Indiana football has spent the first two seasons of the Curt Cignetti era wearing a seemingly lower quality jersey from apparel sponsor adidas. Now, heading into 2026, that seems to have changed. The aesthetics of the jersey are nearly identical from the coloring to the wordmark across the chest, “Indiana” on the home uniforms and […]
The Sorsby Saga Continues, Somehow
After deciding to leave college ahead of a seemingly uphill legal battle against the Big 12, Brendan Sorsby had his sights set on the 2026 NFL Supplemental Draft. On Tuesday, the NFL (attempted to) close that door on him. Predictably, Sorsby and his team are not inclined to accept this decision. Perhaps anticipating litigation, the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Kel’el Ware traded to Milwaukee Bucks
If I had a nickel for the amount of times a former Indiana men’s basketball star who wore No. 1 was involved in a blockbuster NBA trade… well I’d have two nickels. Kel’el Ware, who spent a single season with Indiana in 2023-24 before being selected by the Miami Heat in the first round of […]
Indiana men’s basketball: Where have all the centers gone?
Indiana men’s basketball has not signed a center out of high school since Logan Duncomb committed to play for Archie Miller on April 7th, 2020. He appeared in 18 total games for Indiana over the course of two seasons, before transferring to Xavier, then Winthrop and finally Notre Dame. In that time, Indiana has had […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Indiana football stays hot on the recruiting trail
Indiana football, coming off of the first national championship in program history, has been hot on the recruiting trail to open up summer and kept that momentum going over the course of the past several days. Indiana has landed a slew of commits over the past few days, including a flip from a fellow Big […]
Indiana Reacts: How do you feel about Dusty May leaving Michigan for the NBA?
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. Well. If one Indiana born-and-raised NBA figure as a tantalizing would-be savior for the Indiana University […]
Indiana football lands commitment from 2027 OL Caleb Pugh
Indiana football quickly developed one of the better offensive line units in college football under position coach Bob Bostad, who’s entering his fourth season with the program in 2026. On top of that, the Hoosiers may have identified a gem in this next recruiting class. Caleb Pugh, an inside offensive lineman in the class of […]
Indiana football lands commitment from 2027 CB Ramir Harris-Dupree
Indiana has had success in recruiting the defensive secondary after that unit made plays throughout the Hoosiers’ run through the College Football Playoff. The program added onto that success on Saturday. Ramir Harris-Dupree, a cornerback out of North Carolina, announced his commitment to Indiana on Saturday afternoon. He chose the Hoosiers over offers from Missouri, […]
Indiana football flips UCLA committed 2027 LB Cain Brackney
Linebacker play helped lead Indiana football to its unprecedented rise over the course of the past two seasons, being the position defensive coordinator Bryant Haines coaches himself. Now the Hoosiers are looking to the future. Cain Brackney, a linebacker out of Oklahoma, had been committed to UCLA since April. He received a scholarship offer from […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Purdue legend Drew Brees comments on Indiana’s national title
It’s been an interesting past two years for fans of Indiana football and perhaps an even more interesting two for everyone else, who’ve watched a once downtrodden program rise all the way to the sport’s mountaintop. Among those in the latter camp is legendary former Purdue quarterback Drew Brees, who Bob Pockrass asked about the […]
Is Curt Cignetti the best coach in college football? Indiana fans sure think so
There are only so many ways to describe the rise of Indiana football under Curt Cignetti, its head coach of two years. “Historic” is the obvious, bland one, “meteoric” is a bit more exciting and addresses its sudden nature or you could just say “unreal” because that’s how this all feels. The Hoosiers are the […]
Candystripe Catchup: Indiana women’s basketball roster adds, recruiting updates
It’s been an eventful week of news around Indiana Athletics. The men’s basketball program added onto its 2026-27 schedule (well, kinda), the women’s basketball program announced two roster additions, OG Anunoby was celebrated by New York City and there’s recruiting news for both football and men’s basketball. Here’s what you need to know from the […]
Hoosiers Daily News: Where ESPN’s Bill Connelly projects Indiana football in 2026
Indiana football’s two year rise to the top of the sport culminated this past January when the Hoosiers defeated Miami, winning the program’s first national championship. How do you follow that up? Well, ESPN’s Bill Connelly has some thoughts. His SP+ system sees the Hoosiers slipping ever so slightly in 2026, falling to third in […]
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