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Indiana Hoosiers News: Curt Cignetti’s new contract, baseball struggles, more

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 […]

Indiana enters the most critical stretch of Darian DeVries’ first season

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 […]

Indiana women’s basketball bounces back, beats Oregon 72-65

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 […]

Indiana defensive back Devan Boykin declares for 2026 NFL Draft

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 […]

3 Takeaways from Indiana’s blowout loss at Purdue

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 […]

Quick Reaction: Indiana men’s basketball loses at Purdue 93-64

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 […]

Curt Cignetti has another new contract thanks to Indiana’s CFP run

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 […]

Indiana football makes top-10 for top 2027 wide receiver

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 […]

Indiana men’s basketball injury report against Purdue: What to know

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: […]

How Indiana men’s basketball can work Tayton Conerway back into its rotation

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 […]

Game thread: Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball at Illinois Fighting Illini

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. […]

Are Indiana and Illinois rivals in basketball? And why they should be

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 […]