Author: Seth Tow

CHICAGO — Down the stretch this season, Indiana men’s basketball has been the cat with nine lives. The Hoosiers have suffered a tailspin since mid-February, losing six of their last seven games. So many of those contests carried “must-win” labels, with the team hovering around the NCAA Tournament bubble. IU dropped every significant game in that stretch, along with some that should’ve been simple. Winning even one of those contests might have Indiana in decent shape to make the field of 68, with a particularly weak crop of fellow bubble contenders. But on Wednesday at United Center, the cat finally…

Follow along with live updates below as the Hoosiers take on Northwestern in Chicago Wednesday evening in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. And join us in the discussion thread below to share your views. Indiana and the Wildcats tip at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. ———————————————————————– FINAL: Northwestern 74, Indiana 61 IU has now lost seven straight games to Northwestern, dating back to the Archie Miller era. SECOND HALF Final media timeout: Northwestern 71, Indiana 55. Indiana is just checked out. The Hoosiers are getting outscored by 17 points in the second half. It’s just…

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana women’s basketball has yet to officially finalize any postseason plans, but it doesn’t look like a program preparing for further game action in the 2025-26 season. At 18-14 overall, the Hoosiers are unlikely to make the NCAA Tournament — they’re listed as the final team in the “next four out” in ESPN’s Women’s Bracketology. After their loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament, head coach Teri Moren said she had not yet thought about whether the program would accept a WNIT or WBIT invitation, and that she’d lean on seniors Shay Ciezki and Jerni Kiaku…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Indiana’s regular-season finale at Ohio State was as much of a must-win game as college basketball can have before postseason play. IU entered Columbus coming off a blowout win over Minnesota, but a four-game losing streak before that. The team desperately needed to win a game like this — against another team on the NCAA Tournament bubble — to boost its own resume. But the Hoosiers didn’t play Saturday’s first half like a group facing a must-win situation. They waited too long to show that urgency, as Ohio State cruised to a 91-78 win at the Schottenstein…

INDIANAPOLIS — While Indiana women’s basketball completed a remarkable comeback against Nebraska on Wednesday, it couldn’t replicate that energy a day later. The Hoosiers fell behind No. 11 Ohio State in the second quarter of Thursday’s second-round Big Ten Tournament game. They didn’t go down without a fight, but they never showed the juice needed to make OSU uncomfortable. The Buckeyes ran away with an 83-59 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Indiana (18-14) entered this contest on a four-game winning streak, and with seven wins in its last nine games. But Ohio State (25-6) made clear the sizable gap between…

BLOOMINGTON — As the clock ticked down on Indiana men’s basketball’s blowout win over Minnesota, Darian DeVries prepared to get his seniors some additional recognition for their final regular season home game. Senior night is always emotional for those players winding down their collegiate careers. Indiana has six seniors, all of whom play big roles for this team. DeVries started his chain of substitutions by sending Conor Enright in for Lamar Wilkerson. But Indiana’s first-year head coach had to brace himself for the next move: Jasai Miles checked in for Tucker DeVries. Darian DeVries has known some of these seniors…

Follow along with live updates below as the Hoosiers take on Minnesota in Bloomington Wednesday evening. And join us in the discussion thread below to share your views. Indiana and the Golden Gophers tip at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. ———————————————————————– FINAL: Indiana 77, Minnesota 47 SECOND HALF Darian DeVries gets his seniors an Assembly Hall send-off, taking them out of the game to loud ovations and big hugs on the sideline. Under-4 media timeout: Indiana 72, Minnesota 45. This is all but over. Indiana is going to end its four-game losing streak here. Good stuff on both…

Indiana women’s basketball’s Shay Ciezki has been named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the media on Tuesday. Ciezki has compiled a tremendous season, ranking second in the conference with 23.2 points per game. And she’s done that with remarkable efficiency. The senior is shooting 53.7 percent from the field, 46.2 percent from 3-point range, and 90.8 percent from the free-throw line, putting her on track to join the elusive “50-40-90 club.” Her 3-point percentage is tied for the highest clip in the Big Ten among players with at least three attempts per game. The guard is also leading…

Curt Cignetti’s updated contract with Indiana as head football coach gave him yet another pay raise. Per the memorandum of understanding, obtained by The Daily Hoosier, Cignetti will make a total of $13.025 million in the first year of his contract following IU’s national championship. He was set to make $11.15 million for 2026 per his previous deal. Cignetti’s base salary remains $500,000 per year, with annual outside, marketing, and promotional income accounting for much of his overall pay. He also receives an annual retention bonus of $1 million, paid on Nov. 30 each year. The outside, marketing, and promotional…

Indiana women’s basketball is the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament this week in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers face No. 12 seed Nebraska in the first round on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The winner of that matchup advances to play No. 5 seed Ohio State on Thursday. IU lost at Nebraska 78-73 in early January. Teri Moren’s team clinched its spot in the bracket with its win over Penn State on Saturday. IU started Big Ten play 0-10, going winless throughout January. But the team rebounded in February with a 6-2 month. Here’s a…