Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
2025–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
UniversityIndiana University Bloomington
First season1900–01; 126 years ago
Athletic directorScott Dolson
Head coachDarian DeVries
1st season, 18–14 (.563)
LocationBloomington, Indiana
ArenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(capacity: 17,222)
NCAA divisionDivision I
ConferenceBig Ten
NicknameHoosiers
ColorsCrimson and cream
   
Student sectionCrimson Guard
All-time record1,968–1,144 (.632)
NCAA tournament record68–36 (.654)
NCAA Division I tournament champions
1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987
Other NCAA Division I tournament results
Runner-up2002
Third place1973
Final Four1940, 1953, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992, 2002
Elite Eight1940, 1953, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2002
Sweet Sixteen1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2016
Appearances1940, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023
NIT champions
1979
Conference regular-season champions
Big Ten: 1926, 1928, 1936, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2013, 2016
CCAT champions
1974
Uniforms
Home
Away

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers play at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on the Branch McCracken Court in Bloomington, Indiana on the Indiana University Bloomington campus. 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. Indiana's 1976 team remains the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion.

The Hoosiers have 41 NCAA Tournament appearances and 68 victories, 8 Final Four appearances, and 22 Big Ten Conference Championship victories. A 2025 study listed Indiana as the third most valuable collegiate basketball program in the country. Indiana has ranked in the top 20 nationally in men's basketball attendance since 1972.

Indiana has two main rivalries including in-state, against the Purdue Boilermakers (see Indiana–Purdue rivalry), and out-of-state, against the Kentucky Wildcats (see Indiana–Kentucky rivalry). The Hoosiers also have a rivalry with the Illinois Fighting Illini (see Illinois–Indiana rivalry).