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Indiana men’s basketball is set for its first marquee matchup of the season against Marquette in Chicago. The Hoosiers opened the season with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M on Wednesday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. The Bulldogs didn’t put up much of a fight, but it was a good look into what Darian […]
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Entering today, Indiana football had never beaten Penn State on the road. This is why Indiana fans, Crimson Quarry readers, and seasoned bloggers alike knew that this was not a game to overlook. However badly Penn State’s season had gone to this point, the Nittany Lions still had most of the roster that was considered […]
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Indiana football found itself with its back against the wall for the second time all season on the road against Penn State. Facing a 24-20 deficit in the last two minutes of the game, quarterback Fernando Mendoza drove the Hoosier offense all the way down the field with some excellent catches from receivers Omar Cooper […]
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Indiana football found itself in dire straits for the first time this season, down four with just over two minutes to play in Happy Valley. After limping across the finish line of the first half with a short touchdown drive set up by the defense, Indiana’s offense appeared dead in the water against Penn State […]
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Penn State might be winless in the Big Ten and is currently led by an interim head coach after parting ways with James Franklin, but that doesn’t mean Indiana fans aren’t taking the Nittany Lions seriously. Asked if Penn State is still a dangerous opponent despite the coaching change, a strong majority of Indiana fans […]
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No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on Penn State on the road at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, this weekend. The Hoosiers are coming off a 55-10 road win over Maryland this past weekend. Indiana is dealing with a handful of injuries, with various players’ statuses becoming clearer the closer we get […]
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The 2025 college football coaching carousel is shaping up to be one of the most interesting of the past several years. With mid-season partings becoming more and more common, there are, as of Week 11, currently head coaching positions open at the following programs: That’s not even factoring in programs that have decisions to make […]
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After a couple of slow starts in exhibition games this preseason, the new look Hoosiers hit the ground running in the season opener against Alabama A&M. The Bulldogs opened the scoring on their first possession, getting three points on an and-one off of a foul from Tucker DeVries. Then Lamar Wilkerson made a 3-pointer off […]
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Indiana men’s basketball opened the 2025-26 season with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M on Wednesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s a new era in Bloomington with head coach Darian DeVries coaching his first game with the cream and crimson. His team looked as advertised, scoring plenty of points on one end […]
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The Darian DeVries era of Indiana men’s basketball officially began on Wednesday night with a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. For a fanbase that’s had to grow accustomed to too-close-for-comfort games against inferior competition, the game was certainly a welcome change. Archie Miller’s tenure rather notably began with a blowout […]
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With Indiana set to travel take on Penn State on Saturday at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania, we reached out to our friends at Black Shoe Diaries with a few questions on the Nittany Lions. They answered. Here’s what they had to say: Q: There’s obviously quite a bit to talk about, but let’s […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to open the 2025-26 season on Wednesday night against Alabama A&M at Assembly Hall. The game will be the official debut of the Hoosiers’ new look roster and marks the true beginning of the Darian DeVries era in Bloomington. Here’s three things to know ahead of the matchup. Nick Dorn’s […]
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Indiana women’s basketball opened up the 2025-26 season with an 80-46 win over Lipscomb on Tuesday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. It was the first official look at a new-look Hoosiers roster that features several newcomers and just two returners from the 2024-25 team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament before […]
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The College Football Playoff’s selection committee unveiled the first set of rankings for the 2025 season during a live show on ESPN Tuesday night. Indiana, ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches’ top-25 polls, debuted at No. 2. Indiana holds wins over fellow ranked teams No. 9 Oregon and No. 20 Iowa. The […]
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The recruiting situation at Penn State has been in flux since the program parted ways with longtime head coach James Franklin following a disappointing start to a 2025 season that seemed to hold national aspirations for the Nittany Lions. Other programs, including Indiana, have moved in to capitalize and make an impression on prospects currently […]
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It’s been a whirlwind 2025 for Terry Smith. He first joined the football staff at Penn State in 2014 when James Franklin got the head coaching job and brought him in to coach the Nittany Lion cornerbacks and lead defensive recruiting efforts. A Pennsylvania lifer, Smith donned the blue and white himself as a team […]
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Indiana men’s basketball is set to tip off the 2025-26 season on Wednesday against Alabama A&M for the first official game of the Darian DeVries era in Bloomington. It’s a new-look roster for the Hoosiers, with no holdovers from Mike Woodson’s final 2024-25 team. DeVries and his new staff added several new players from the […]
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Indiana women’s basketball is set to tip off the 2025-26 season on Wednesday against Lipscomb for the official debut of head coach Teri Moren’s new-look roster. Moren, the most successful coach in program history, is entering her 12th season in Bloomington and perhaps her most pivotal. She maintained the standard with another NCAA tournament appearance […]
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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. What once looked like one of the more challenging games on Indiana football’s schedule has lost […]
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It’s officially college basketball season, with Indiana’s men’s and women’s programs both set to start 2024-25 at Assembly Hall in Bloomington. On top of that, there’s still a few more weeks of college football to go with Indiana sitting at No. 2 in both the AP and coaches’ polls. It’s the busiest portion of the […]
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The Indiana men’s basketball team faces a tough task this season under first year head coach Darian DeVries. It’s an entirely new group in Bloomington, with most members of the roster never playing live college basketball together until they suited up in Puerto Rico months ago. In this collection of talent, perhaps no player will […]
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Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries provided an update on the health of junior guard Nick Dorn during his regular radio show on Monday ahead of the Hoosiers’ season opener against Alabama A&M on Wednesday. DeVries said that Indiana hopes Dorn will be available against the Bulldogs and got some good news on his […]
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Indiana men’s basketball’s uniforms will include a patch honoring the 1975-76 Hoosiers, which went 32-0 and won the national championship, the program’s third and head coach Bob Knight’s first. They’re the last men’s college basketball team to have gone undefeated and won the national championship. The patches coincide with a slight redesign of the uniforms […]
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The first set of College Football Playoff rankings are set to be revealed during a show on ESPN on Tuesday night. Assembled by the playoff committee, the rankings will provide an in-season snapshot of where teams currently stand following Week 10’s action. Indiana was a staple in last season’s rankings, ultimately receiving an at-large bid […]
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Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti addressed the media during his usual Monday press conference ahead of the Hoosiers’ weekend trip to State College, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Asked about his team’s health after a few players were unavailable during last Saturday’s 55-10 win over Maryland, Cignetti had the following […]
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