Author: Seth Tow

BLOOMINGTON — Curt Cignetti, at times, is a madman on the sidelines. And he doesn’t shy away from it — he’s acknowledged those tendencies on multiple occasions. Indiana’s head coach will pace around furiously and continue coaching his players hard when his team is winning by 40 points in the fourth quarter. He’s become a meme for his many displeased facial expressions captured during games, even when the Hoosiers are playing well. But when IU entered halftime on Saturday against Wisconsin ahead by just three points, Cignetti took a different approach. He didn’t light into his team in the locker…

Indiana football is looking to make more history on Saturday. The second-ranked Hoosiers (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) take on Wisconsin (3-6, 1-5) at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, kicking off at noon ET on Big Ten Network. This is IU’s final home game of the regular season, so the program will honor its seniors on the field before the contest. Curt Cignetti has led Indiana to a 10-0 start for the second straight season. But this was where the run ended for the Hoosiers last year, as they fell to Ohio State in Columbus in their penultimate game in 2024. So…

Indiana women’s basketball is bringing in a strong class of freshmen next year. The Hoosiers officially signed four players for the class of 2026 on Wednesday: guards Ashlinn James and GiGi Battle, wing Addison Nyemchek, and center Zoe Jackson. ESPN ranked Indiana’s class the sixth-best in the country. Indiana landed the two highest-rated players of the group, Nyemchek (No. 28 in ESPN’s top 100) and Battle (No. 32), in September. Nyemchek and Battle are the two highest-ranked recruits Teri Moren has signed in her 12 seasons at the helm of IU women’s basketball. For context, Grace Berger was No. 46…

BLOOMINGTON — Three games into Darian DeVries’ first season as Indiana head men’s basketball coach, his team has already formed an offensive identity. The Hoosiers are going to take a lot of 3-pointers, and they’re going to make a lot of them. They share the ball extremely well, and that translates into assists. And they take care of the ball. That all results in very few wasted possessions, the sign of a ruthlessly efficient offense. And that’s what Indiana’s offense has looked like early this season. The team continued those trends Wednesday, in a 101-70 win over Milwaukee at Simon…

BLOOMINGTON — After a rough performance for her IU women’s basketball team, head coach Teri Moren challenged her player leadership. The Hoosiers defeated Marshall 57-51 on Tuesday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, but they didn’t look particularly good in doing so. IU scored just 0.826 points per possession, shot 11 for 22 on layups, and committed 28 turnovers — its most in a game since 2016. Indiana suffered some similarly bad games early last season, and Moren and some players have acknowledged that the group didn’t handle those letdowns well. Last year’s team allowed those issues to fester and compound…

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Indiana men’s basketball showed a lot on Sunday. The Hoosiers went up to Chicago and put on an impressive display in their first real test of the season. They racked up strong shooting numbers and fought through some challenges in a 100-77 win over Marquette at United Center. Indiana (2-0) shot 14 for 28 from 3-point range as a team, the program’s most threes in a game since 2018. IU built up a big lead in the second quarter of the game going into halftime; and though Marquette (2-1) made a run in the second half to close the gap,…

New week, same ranking. IU football is No. 2 in the AP Top 25 for the fourth consecutive week. The Hoosiers are coming off a 27-24 win over Penn State at Beaver Stadium, their first-ever road victory over the Nittany Lions. Curt Cignetti’s team returns home to take on Wisconsin next week for senior day. Indiana got six No. 1 votes in this week’s AP Poll, after receiving 11 last week. Ohio State still occupies the top spot, and No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Alabama, and No. 5 Georgia also held their spots. Oregon fell to No. 7, despite…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fernando Mendoza embodies every cliché about a football player remaining calm and composed under pressure. The redshirt junior threw a pick six in the fourth quarter of Indiana’s huge game at Oregon, and responded with a clinical touchdown drive. Mendoza locked in when the Hoosiers needed him most at Iowa at the end of the game and led them to the winning touchdown. He withstood hit after hit from Penn State on Saturday and never gave in. The growing spotlight and hype surrounding his Heisman Trophy candidacy has yet to shake his focus and his attitude…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Indiana football has overcome adversity in several games this season, whether a small hiccup or a serious threat. But ‘adversity’ isn’t a strong enough word to describe what the Hoosiers faced Saturday at Beaver Stadium. And ‘overcome’ doesn’t do justice to what they pulled off in those moments. IU, seeking a second consecutive 10-0 start to a season, trailed Penn State 24-20 late in the fourth quarter. The Nittany Lions entered Saturday on a five-game losing streak. They had very little left to play for this year, and PSU’s fan base had no reason to believe…