Indiana Hoosiers

Indiana Hoosiers
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UniversityIndiana University Bloomington
ConferenceBig Ten (primary)
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's water polo)
NCAADivision I (FBS)
Athletic directorScott Dolson
LocationBloomington, Indiana
Varsity teams24
Football stadiumMemorial Stadium
Basketball arenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Baseball stadiumBart Kaufman Field
Softball stadiumAndy Mohr Field
Soccer stadiumBill Armstrong Stadium
Other venuesCook Hall
Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center
Dale England Rowing Center
Gladstein Fieldhouse
Indiana University Golf Course
IU Championship Cross Country Course
IU Field Hockey Complex
IU Tennis Center
Robert C. Haugh Complex
The University Gymnasium
Wilkinson Hall
NicknameHoosiers
Fight songIndiana, Our Indiana
ColorsCrimson and cream[1]
   
Websiteiuhoosiers.com
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Big Ten logo in Indiana's colors

The Indiana Hoosiers are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of Indiana University Bloomington, named after the demonym for people from the state of Indiana. The Hoosiers participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 24 sports and became a member of the Big Ten Conference on December 1, 1899. The school's official colors are cream and crimson.[2]

The Indiana Hoosiers have won 24 NCAA national championships and one Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championship, in addition to 145 NCAA individual national championships. Titles won by teams include eight by the Hoosiers men's soccer team, a record-setting six straight in men's swimming and diving, five by the Hoosiers men's basketball team, three in men's cross country, one in men's track and field and one in wrestling.

The Hoosiers' athletic program is perhaps best known for its basketball program, with its five NCAA Championships tying for fourth in history. Indiana's 1976 squad remains the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion. A 2018 study listed Indiana as the second most valuable collegiate basketball program in the country.[3] Additionally, Hoosiers' athletics is well known for its soccer program; by a number of indicators, it is one of the greatest college soccer programs in the history of the sport. Since the program began in 1973, Indiana owns more National Championships, more wins, has appeared in more College Cups (18) and has a higher winning percentage in both regular season and post-season play than any other school in Division I soccer.

Indiana has two main rivalries including in-state, with the Purdue Boilermakers (see Indiana–Purdue rivalry), and a border rivalry against the Kentucky Wildcats (see Indiana–Kentucky rivalry).

  1. ^ "Primary Colors". Indiana University Athletics Brand and Uniform Guidelines (PDF). August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "Traditions". IUHoosiers.com. December 14, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Bozich, Alex (April 2, 2018). "Study: IU basketball is nation's third most valuable program". Retrieved April 2, 2018.