Indiana Hoosiers | |
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University | Indiana University Bloomington |
Conference | Big Ten (primary) Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's water polo) |
NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
Athletic director | Scott Dolson |
Location | Bloomington, Indiana |
Varsity teams | 24 |
Football stadium | Memorial Stadium |
Basketball arena | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall |
Baseball stadium | Bart Kaufman Field |
Softball stadium | Andy Mohr Field |
Soccer stadium | Bill Armstrong Stadium |
Other venues | Cook 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 |
Nickname | Hoosiers |
Fight song | Indiana, Our Indiana |
Colors | Crimson and cream[1] |
Website | iuhoosiers |
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).