Indiana Hoosiers News - College Basketball (2024)

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Many national experts see IU continuing to rise. The average national ranking for the Hoosiers among the group below is 17th, making them a challenger for the ever-expanding Big Ten (now 18 teams) title. Insider: Mike Woodson knew IU needed better guards. The way he got them made a difference too.

From the plaid jacket to the famed red sweater the name Bob Knight became synonymous with Indiana University basketball and in his 29 seasons no one could deny him that distinction. “The General” led the Hoosiers to three national championships, 11 Big Ten championships and one National Invitation Tournament title.

The state also boasts 8 championships as well. Finally we come to our state of Indiana, The Basketball State. We are responsible for producing 199 players for the NBA and WNBA, three of which have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Purdue leads the all-time series 126–92. Purdue has won the Big Ten Conference regular season title 26 times, and Indiana has won it 22. Since the Big Ten began basketball in the 1904–05 season, the schools have combined to win or share over 39% of the conference championships.

Indiana University—Bloomington's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #73.

The full expectation is that center Kel'el Ware will enter the 2024 NBA draft. Two certain departures are Xavier Johnson and Anthony Walker, who both exhausted their eligibility.

When a visitor hailed a pioneer cabin in Indiana or knocked upon its door, the settler would respond, "Who's yere?" And from this frequent response Indiana became the "Who's yere" or Hoosier state. No one ever explained why this was more typical of Indiana than of Illinois or Ohio.

Indiana has won five National Championships in men's basketball (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987) – two coming under Branch McCracken and three under Bob Knight. For forty-seven years and counting, Indiana's 1976 squad remains the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion.

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In reel life: The head coach, Norman Dale, is a middle-aged man with a mysterious past that includes being suspended years ago for punching one of his star players. In real life: The head coach, Marvin Wood, was 26 years old when he coached Milan to the title, and it was his second year as head coach of the team.

“Basketball in Indiana dates back to the first decade of the 20th century when spectator sports were first taking off all over the country,” Newlin said. Indiana, at that time, was predominantly rural state, boasting around 1,000 small high schools, each with enough boys to form a basketball team.

Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson headline all-time starting 5 of Indiana-raised players | NBA.com.

“While the game was invented in Massachusetts, basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport,” Naismith wrote. Sixteen years after Naismith placed the Hoosier State at the center of the hoops universe, Fred Zollner brought modern professional basketball to Indiana.

Rankings & ratings

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is one of the top public universities in Indianapolis, United States. It is ranked #1001-1200 in QS World University Rankings 2025.

Indiana University--Bloomington Rankings

Indiana University--Bloomington is ranked #73 out of 439 National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

IU ranks fifth in the category 'class profile', a credit to the diverse community of international students. The multicultural IU community allows students the opportunity to learn, work and interact with people from around the world.

Indiana University East's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities Midwest, #103. Its in-state tuition and fees are $8,179; out-of-state tuition and fees are $22,043. Indiana University East is a public institution that was founded in 1971.