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For years, Indiana men’s basketball’s student section has occupied portions of the Assembly Hall bowl alongside a set of bleachers behind the arena’s south basket, closest to the opposing bench and alongside the Big Red Basketball Band. That’s set to change as Indiana is making the move to place students in the bleachers behind both […]
It’s been an eventful week around Indiana Athletics as baseball and softball carry on while football and both basketball programs plunge deeper into the slowness of the offseason. There’s news about the football program’s impending White House visit in the wake of the national championship, an expansion of the men’s basketball student section and notes […]
Indiana football is looking to add onto its defensive line through the 2027 high school recruiting pool, offering another edge rusher this week. Wyatt Thomas, who plays at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shared that he’d recently been extended a scholarship offer from the program via social media, becoming the program’s […]
Indiana football saw a program-record eight players selected in the 2026 NFL Draft, with a member of the 2025 national championship roster hearing their name called in each of the draft’s seven rounds last week. The headliners are No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders and No. 30 overall pick Omar […]
Indiana football has extended a scholarship offer to in-state edge rusher Ifeanyi Emedobi, according to reporting from Matt Weaver of 247Sports. Emedobi is rated as a 3-star prospect by both 247Sports and Rivals, with the former ranking him in as the 36th highest-rated edge rusher, 10th highest-rated player in the state of Indiana and 430th […]
It’s been an eventful week for Indiana Athletics from the wake of the NFL Draft to spring football wrapping up. There’s still baseball and softball to play while most of the Hoosiers turn their eyes to the summer offseason. Here’s what to know about Indiana today: What they’re saying about the Hoosiers ICYMI on The […]
Indiana men’s basketball has taken part in just two of the last ten NCAA Tournaments. The Hoosiers are firmly on the bubble when March rolls around most of the time and, far more often than not, are left out of the field. Their only two appearances came under Mike Woodson, in the First Four in […]
Our long national… well, not really a nightmare, more that weird dream that doesn’t seem to end, anyway whatever, it’s over. Tyran Stokes has made his college decision official. It is not Kentucky. It’s the other school that felt like a serious player in this recruitment all along: Kansas. Good for Bill Self, remarkably bad […]
Indiana men’s basketball may be looking to add onto its signing group in the class of 2026, which is already three players strong. Ladarius Given, a power forward out of Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia who is originally from Alabama, has revealed the top six programs he’s considering after decommitting from Mississippi State in […]
It’s been eventful times for Indiana Athletics with the football program coming off of the spring game, NFL Draft and a massive recruiting weekend while the men’s and women’s basketball programs go about filling out their respective rosters through the transfer portal. Meanwhile, baseball picked up a win over Louisville. Here’s what to know about […]
Indiana football was in the headlines this past season for its 12-0 run through the regular season, downing of Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship and subsequent march through the College Football Playoff all the way to a national championship. Now it’s still in those headlines, just in the offseason. Jalen Brewster, a Texas […]
Indiana football is coming off of a national championship won thanks in large part to the efforts of a talented wide receiver out of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers have been looking to add another standout receiver from that same program for a while and find themselves in a strong position to […]
Indiana football landed its second No. 1 overall pick in program history when Fernando Mendoza had his name called by the Oakland Raiders Thursday night. Omar Cooper Jr. was also a first round selection, going No. 30 to the New York Jets. By Saturday night, a total of eight Hoosiers had been selected breaking the […]
Indiana football saw its eighth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Houston Texans selected linebacker Aiden Fisher with the 243rd overall pick pick in the seventh round. Here’s what to know about the newest Texan (like, for the team and state, I suppose). Aiden Fisher – LB – 6’1”, 232 lbs […]
Indiana football saw its seventh player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Tennessee Titans selected center Pat Coogan with the 194th overall pick in the sixth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Titan: Pat Coogan – C – 6’5”, 311 lbs Coogan transferred to Indiana ahead of the 2025 season […]
Indiana football saw its sixth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Pittsburgh Steelers selected tight end Riley Nowakowski with the 169th overall pick in the fifth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Steeler: Riley Nowakowski – TE/FB – 6’2”, 243 lbs One of the most telling things about Nowakowski […]
Indiana football saw its fourth player taken in the NFL Draft on Friday when the San Francisco 49ers selected running back Kaelon Black with the 90th overall pick in the third round, reuniting him with quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who was selected in last year’s draft. Here’s what to know about the newest 49er: Kaelon Black […]
Indiana football saw its fifth player taken in the NFL Draft on Saturday when the Baltimore Ravens selected wide receiver Elijah Sarratt with the 115th overall pick in the fourth round. Here’s what to know about the newest Raven: Elijah Sarratt – WR – 6’2”, 210 lbs Sarratt’s journey to the NFL went through Saint […]
Indiana football saw its third player taken in the NFL Draft on Friday when the New York Jets selected cornerback D’Angelo Ponds with the 50th overall pick in the second round, reuniting him with wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. Here’s what to know about the newest Jet: D’Angelo Ponds – CB – 5’8”, 182 lbs […]
It was a huge week for Indiana Athletics as Heisman Trophy winner and national champion quarterback Fernando Mendoza was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday while the football program held the annual spring game. There’s plenty to talk about. Here’s what you need […]
Indiana football broke its NFL first round drought of multiple decades when quarterback Fernando Mendoza was picked first overall on Sunday night. The program added a second when wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was selected 30th overall by the New York Jets. Cooper Jr. spent three seasons in Bloomington, remaining with the program during the […]
Can you hear the drums Fernando? I remember long ago another starry night like this Fernando Mendoza arrived in Bloomington in the Spring of 2025 after transferring in from California. His younger brother, Alberto Mendoza, had been recruited by then-James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti and elected to follow Cignetti and staff once he’d accepted […]
Indiana football and Curt Cignetti made even more history on Thursday night. Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers’ Heisman Trophy winning national champion quarterback, was selected by the Las Vegas Raiders with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft months after leading one of the most historically downtrodden programs in college football to the […]
Indiana football is officially set for the program’s spring game this evening, which will coincide with the beginning of the 2026 NFL Draft in an effort to celebrate outgoing starting quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and national champion Fernando Mendoza. Former TCU quarterback Josh Hoover has stepped into Mendoza’s massive shoes as an experienced hand to […]
Indiana football’s spring game is officially upon us as the program looks to round out weeks of practice into the beginnings of another winner in Bloomington. This year is more special than any in recent memory, with the game itself coinciding with the beginning of the first round of the NFL Draft, where Hoosier legend, […]