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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

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UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonFirst season1900–01; 126 years agoAthletic directorScott DolsonHead coachDarian DeVries
1st season, 18–14 (.563)LocationBloomington, IndianaArenaSimon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(capacity: 17,222)NCAA divisionDivision IConferenceBig TenNicknameHoosiersColorsCrimson and cream
Student sectionCrimson GuardAll-time record1,968–1,144 (.632)NCAA tournament record68–36 (.654)NCAA Division I tournament champions1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987NIT champions1979Conference regular-season championsBig Ten: 1926, 1928, 1936, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2013, 2016CCAT champions1974Uniforms

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represents Indiana University Bloomington in NCAA Division Icollege 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).