Author: Seth Tow

With spring football approaching, we’re going position by position looking at Indiana’s roster. Curt Cignetti regularly points out his track record with quarterbacks, particularly transfers. He’s cycled through one-year quarterbacks for years, dating back through his tenure at James Madison, and had a lot of success doing so. Cignetti has certainly done well with that at Indiana; Kurtis Rourke led the team to the College Football Playoff in 2024, and then Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy and led IU to a national championship. Cignetti has gone back to the well with transfer quarterbacks, bringing in Josh Hoover from TCU…

Shay Ciezki’s historic season has earned her All-American honors. The Indiana guard was named an All-America honorable mention by the USBWA on Tuesday. She’s IU’s third-ever All-American selection, along with Grace Berger and Mackenzie Holmes. Ciezki recorded Indiana’s first-ever 50-40-90 season, shooting at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range, and 90 percent at the foul line. The senior finished 52.6 percent from the floor, 44.6 percent from beyond the arc, and 90.8 percent on free throws. Additionally, Ciezki became just the second-ever NCAA Division I women’s basketball player to join that elusive 50-40-90 club while…

Indiana women’s basketball has officially missed the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers came up short of making the bracket for the first time since 2020, when the tournament was canceled because of COVID-19. Excluding that anomaly of a postseason, this is the first time IU has missed the NCAA Tournament since 2018. Indiana opted out of any potential WNIT or WBIT bids, marking the end of its 2025-26 season. Aside from 2020, this is the first time since Teri Moren’s first season in Bloomington — 2014-15 — that the Hoosiers will not participate in any postseason tournament. IU finishes the year…

Indiana men’s basketball has officially concluded its 2025-26 season. IU failed to earn an NCAA Tournament bid in Darian DeVries’ first season at the helm. That’s now confirmed after the bracket was released on the Selection Show. In mid-February, The Hoosiers sat in a good position to make the tournament, with a 17-8 overall record. But they proceeded to lose six of their final seven games, including two particularly damaging losses to Northwestern. Indiana finished the season 18-14, ultimately finishing among the first four teams to miss the NCAA Tournament. And ultimately, DeVries posted one fewer win this year than…

With spring football approaching, we’re going position by position looking at Indiana’s roster. Curt Cignetti has long favored a committee in the backfield, and that’s held true with the Hoosiers. They utilized both Ty Son Lawton and Justice Ellison in 2024, and Kaelon Black and Roman Hemby did the heavy lifting last year. Lee Beebe Jr. appeared to be part of a three-man group at the beginning of the season, but he suffered a season-ending injury during non-conference action. John Miller’s group looks three-deep going into spring this year once again. Beebe is back and should be a factor at…

IU women’s basketball signee Addy Nyemchek has been named New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year. Nyemchek becomes the fourth Gatorade Player of the Year on Indiana’s roster for 2026-27, joining Lenée Beaumont (Illinois, 2023), Maya Makalusky (Indiana, 2025), and Nevaeh Caffey (Missouri, 2025). The No. 28 recruit in the class of 2026 per ESPN, Nyemchek is also the first high school commit in Indiana program history to be selected to the McDonald’s All-American Game. The 6-foot-2 guard led Red Bank Catholic High to a state championship this season with a 30-2 record. Nyemchek, per MaxPreps, averaged 19.8 points, seven…

With spring football approaching, we’re going position by position looking at Indiana’s roster. The Hoosiers lost a lot at wide receiver after winning the national championship. Between Omar Cooper Jr., Elijah Sarratt, and E.J. Williams Jr., IU is losing a combined 170 receptions for 2,205 yards and 34 touchdowns from last season. It won’t be easy to replace that production, particularly the reliability Cooper and Sarratt brought to Curt Cignetti and Mike Shanahan’s offense. But Indiana’s receiver room has plenty of promise going into 2026. Charlie Becker will headline the group of returnees, after playing every bit as big a…

IU women’s basketball’s Faith Wiseman is set to enter the transfer portal, per a report from On3. The forward is the second Indiana player reportedly departing for the portal as of Thursday, joining Phoenix Stotijn. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/report-indianas-phoenix-stotijn-to-enter-portal/ Wiseman, a Martinsville, Ind. native, entered college hoping to make a lasting impact down the road in Bloomington. But it never materialized for the 6-foot-4 sophomore, appearing in 26 games across her two seasons with the program. She averaged 5.1 minutes per game in her IU career, with 0.3 points and one rebound per game. The Hoosiers are down to 12 scholarship players remaining…

The transfer portal carousel has begun for Indiana women’s basketball. Sophomore guard Phoenix Stotijn, per a report from On3, will enter the portal when it opens on April 6. Stotijn appeared in 24 games for IU this season, averaging 2.1 points, one assist, and 0.7 rebounds across 14.3 minutes per game. She transferred to Bloomington last spring after leaving Arkansas. The Amsterdam, Netherlands native played a key role off the bench for the Hoosiers early in the season, averaging 19.2 minutes per game through their first 13 contests. But her numbers underwhelmed in that span, with 3.2 points, 1.5 assists,…

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…