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The Indiana Hoosiers are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of Indiana University Bloomington, nicknamed Hoosiers (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 joined the Big Ten Conference on December 1, 1899. The school's official colors are cream and crimson.

The Indiana Hoosiers have won 24 NCAA national championships, one Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championship, one College Football Playoffchampionship, and 145 NCAA individual national championships. The Hoosiers' team titles include eight by the men's soccer team, six in a row in men's swimming and diving, five by the men's basketball team, three in men's cross country, and one each in men's track and field, wrestling, and football.

The Hoosiers basketball program has won five NCAA Championships, tying for the fourth-most in history. The 1976 team is the last undefeated NCAA men's basketball champion. A 2018 study listed Indiana as the second most valuable collegiate basketball program in the United States. In Division I soccer, the Hoosiers have the most wins, have won the most National Championships, have appeared in the most College Cups (18), and have the highest winning percentage of any other team.

Indiana has rivalries with the Purdue Boilermakers (Indiana–Purdue rivalry), the Kentucky Wildcats (Indiana–Kentucky rivalry), and the Illinois Fighting Illini (Illinois-Indiana rivalry).