Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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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 NCAA Championships in men's basketball (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987) – the first two under coach Branch McCracken and the latter three under Bob Knight. For forty-seven years and counting, Indiana's 1976 squad remains the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion.
| Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball | |||
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| University | Indiana University Bloomington | ||
| First season | 1901 | ||
| All-time record | 1,912-1,103 (.634) | ||
| Athletic director | Scott Dolson | ||
| Head coach | Mike Woodson (2nd season) | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Location | Bloomington, Indiana | ||
| Arena | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Capacity: 17,222) | ||
| Nickname | Hoosiers | ||
| Student section | Crimson Guard | ||
| Colors | Crimson and cream[1] | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament champions | |||
| 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987 | |||
| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||
| 2002 | |||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
| 1940, 1953, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 1992, 2002 | |||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1940, 1953, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2002 | |||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1953, 1954, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2016 | |||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
| 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2023 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 1940, 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 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1926, 1928, 1936, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2013, 2016 | |||
The Hoosiers are sixth in NCAA Tournament appearances (41), seventh in NCAA Tournament victories (68), tied for eighth in Final Four appearances (8), and 10th in overall victories.[2] The Hoosiers have won 22 Big Ten Conference Championships, which is second most in conference history, behind only Purdue (25). The Hoosiers also rank eighth in all-time AP poll appearances (576) and sixth in the number of weeks spent ranked No. 1 (54).[3] Every four-year men's basketball letterman from 1973 to 2019 earned at least one trip to the NCAA basketball tournament.[4]
A 2019 study listed Indiana as the fifth most valuable collegiate basketball program in the country.[5] Indiana has ranked in the top 20 nationally in men's basketball attendance every season since Assembly Hall opened in 1972, and often in the top five.[6]
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).