🟥⬜️ CONCERNS CONDENSED ⬜️🟥
1. Can we defend?
2. How will Reneau fit?
3. Can our Sophomore Class make the efficiency jump?
4. Will we get junior year Trey back?
5. Will we play small ball?
6. Will we be able to take advantage of our tough Non-con slate?
For those that don’t
🟥 2024-25 Key Questions ⬜️
I am incredibly excited for this upcoming season, more so than I've been since the Yogi Ferrell era. However, I do have some concerns that I’m eager to see addressed. I’ve ranked them by my level of importance.
I’d love to hear the thoughts and
Forgot about this commercial 😂😂😂
Coaching legends Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, and Roy Williams are joined by Rick Pitino in this unforgettable Guitar Hero commercial.
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🔴 AND THEY WIN IT OUTRIGHT! ⚪️
In 2013, the Hoosiers take a trip to Ann Arbor to battle the Wolverines. If Indiana wins they take their first outright conference championship since 1993.
With a minute left, the Hoosiers are down 5, and that’s when “Comeback Cody” decided to
Sometimes you gotta just look back at some of Coach Knight’s interviews and laugh.
Watch as Coach loses his patience with a reporter following a loss to Northwestern.
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#NeverDaunted
Adam Sandler comes to Bloomington to play pickup with Dean Garrett, Keith Smart, and Steve Eyl in the summer of 1988.
We need to get the brand back to this…
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🔴🏀 BEWARE 🏀⚪️
Jakai Newton is coming…
The most under talked about returning Hoosier. Speed, Strength, Hops, and got that DAWG in him.
@jakai_newton
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Rare footage of Isaiah Thomas talking about some of the key lessons that Coach Bob Knight taught him at Indiana.
The look on Coach Knight’s face says it all…
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The biggest recruiting weekend in recent
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history is about to begin, the basketball team looks primed to contend for a B10 title, and Indiana Football is looking to start the season 4-0.
It’s a damn good time to be a Hoosier.
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#iufb
#NeverDaunted
🔴LIKE GOING TO A ROCK CONCERT⚪️
Lebron James may be the only player to garner more hype as a High Schooler than Damon Bailey.
This Bleacher Report special does a great job explaining how the legend was born!
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🔴Loudest Moment in Assembly Hall?⚪️
Many believe the “Wat Shot” in 2011 to beat Kentucky was the loudest Assembly Hall has ever been, however legendary radio commentator, Don Fischer says that moment was on December 1st, 2005.
“When Killingsworth dunked that ball, and that
“AYE JAYY MOYY AYE!”
This sequence between Jared Jeffries and AJ Moye against Duke in the 2002 Sweet Sixteen still gives me chills…
There’s something about this happening in Rupp Arena that amplifies its GOATness even more.
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🔴 Coach Knight vs. Purdue Mascot ⚪️
After Purdue’s athletic director declines Bob’s invite to the show, he invites the Purdue mascot on for an interview.
You’ll want to see it!
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#HoosierArchives
🔴🏀 Top 5 Bob Knight Interviews 🏀⚪️
A man that never had a dull moment, here are 5 of my favorite interview clips!
1. His Critics
2. Mickey Mouse
3. Ass Meets Bench
4. Disappointed
5. Game Face
Enjoy!
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🟥 This is Why I Came Here ⬜️
Victor Oladipo and Tom Crean make me feel a lot of emotions in this short news clip after winning the Big 10 outright in 2013. Take me back 😭
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#NeverDaunted
“TJD”
Dehumanizing blocks, unguardable spin moves, pin-point passing, and absolutely electric jams.
Unquestionably one of the greatest to wear the candy stripes.
🔴Senior Season Statline⚪️
20.9 PPG
10.8 RPG
2.9 BPG
4.0 APG
58% FG
Today I salute you,
@TrayceJackson
Keep
Kirkwood Following the Wat-Shot
“There is no better fan base in the history of college basketball than Hoosier Nation!”
Kirkwood was rockin’!
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#HoosierNation
🟥 Coach Knight Rant ⬜️
A recent interaction on one of my posts has me feeling the need to rant. Apologies. I know most of you won’t read this.
In my expert opinion, Coach Knights approach to mentorship was the way young men should be mentored.
1. He demanded 100% every
🟥
#14
North Carolina vs
#1
Indiana ⬜️
November 27th, 2012
The (6-0) Hoosiers get their first big test of the young season against the (5-1) Tar Heels. In this one Indiana dominated North Carolina, winning 83-59 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Cody Zeller led Indiana with 20
After everything I’ve heard I would be very surprised if we don’t get Haralson and Mullins. Coach Woodson and Co. seem to be giving it all they have. (Not an insider, just piecing together what I hear and trying to place myself in the recruits shoes)
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#NeverDaunted
⚪️Indiana vs. Kentucky🔴
So excited for this rivalry to heat back up!
2024-25: Rupp Arena
2025-26: Lucas Oil Stadium
2026-27: Rupp Arena
2027-28: Assembly Hall
Thanks for bringing it back Coach!
@MikeWoodsonNBA
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🟥 Top 5 Dunks of the 21st Century ⬜️
Sorry, first clip is a little long, but I thought it was necessary for the crowd reaction.
Let me know what I missed!
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#NeverDaunted
🔴🏀 STORY TIME 🏀⚪️
13 years ago Indiana students wrote and produced “This is Indiana” a hype song for the Indiana Basketball team.
So naturally a year later little brother decides to write and produce a video for their own team.
And I personally, think both parties did a
🟥 It’s Not About 🏀 It’s About Family ⬜️
Footage of Coach Bob Knight making his first return to Assembly Hall since his firing…
I like this clip because there is so much time with no commentary and you can just focus on Coach catching up and celebrating with his players.
I
🔴 Death, Taxes, JBJ Transition 3’s ⚪️
James Blackmon Jr.
- 205 Career 3’s
- 91 3’s in one season
- 42% Career 3pt Percentage
- The purest Pull-Up I’ve ever seen
He was absolutely cold blooded, and had supreme confidence in himself! The cornerstones of a pure scorer.
Matt Painter on recruiting gym rats
“If you’re calling guys and they are constantly with their girl or they are anywhere but the gym, even if they are really good, they probably aren’t our guy”
(Via
@ischumanwrites
🎥)
If you could go back in time and alter one event in Indiana Athletics history, what would it be?
I would go back and not let this MF leave campus.
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#NeverDaunted
🔴Indiana Outruns The Runnin Rebels⚪️
March 28, 1987
In what at the time was the largest crowd to ever watch a college basketball game (65,959 in attendance) the (28-4) Indiana Hoosiers take on the
#1
ranked (37-1) UNLV in the Final 4.
This UNLV squad was athletic, talented,
Killingsworth Killin Em in the Middle
November 30th, 2005
JJ Reddick and
#1
Duke come to Indiana to face the Hoosiers. In a packed house Marco Killingsworth delivers one of his best performances of his career scoring 34 points on 15-20 shooting while adding 10 boards and 2
Oumar Ballo played against Kel’el Ware as a freshman at Oregon. Ballo saw a big improvement in Ware when he played for
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, and it influenced Ballo’s decision to play for Indiana.
Here’s where my vibes are with the 2025 class:
Mullins: Very Confident
Sisley: Very Confident
Haralson: Moderately Confident
Reibe: Less Confident
I’m starting to really think Sisley and Mullins together is going to happen. Haralson is a wildcard but I feel like IU has put in
Michigan leads by 2 with 8 seconds left in Assembly….
Lyndon Jones brings the ball up the court, dribbles right, stops, looks left, and finds high school teammate Jay Edwards coming off the screen at the top of the key.
Jay shoots! And BOTTOMS!
Jay and Lyndon won 3 state
🔴 “You’ve Got One Shot At Forever” ⚪️
Coach Knight and players from the ‘76 undefeated National Champion Hoosiers discuss Bob’s halftime speech in their final game.
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🟥
#1
Michigan vs
#3
Indiana ⬜️
February 2nd, 2013
After beating Minnesota, Indiana would fall asleep at the wheel and lose a tough game to Wisconsin. Following that L Indiana would win 4 straight leading up to their first matchup with mega Big 10 contender, Michigan.
Indiana
🟥 “Straighten That F***er Out” ⬜️
In fall 1987 the Soviets come to Bloomington for an exhibition against the Hoosiers.
Coach Knight is ejected after a 3rd technical foul is assessed to him. Instead of leaving he pulls the entire team after feeling that the Soviets weren’t
🤡 Purdues Top 5 Most Cringe 🤡
Since the
#NeverDaunted
movement has Purdue fans feeling so
#Daunted
that they have been lashing out, here’s some of their greatest hits. 🧵👇🏻
🔴 Phinisee at the Buzzer.. HE GOT IT ⚪️
December 15th, 2018
Indiana faces off against Butler in the Crossroads Classic. Both teams come in feeling good about where they are at.
IU has already picked up a Top 25 win against Marquette and is 2-0 in the Big 10 looking to stack
NEWS: 4⭐️ Tre Singleton tells
@On3Recruits
he’s committed to Northwestern, becoming the program’s highest ranked recruit in the modern recruiting era.
The 6-8 Forward is a Top-100 prospect nationally. Chose the Wildcats over offers from Virginia, Purdue, Louisville, and others.
🔴 DONT POKE THE BEAR ⚪️
On March 25th, 1993 Indiana squared off against Louisville in the Sweet 16.
On a broken down play in the first half Louisville forward, Dwayne Morton finds himself with an opportunity to throw down a momentum-clinching jam. Unfortunately for him,
🔴 Indiana takes down
#13
Maryland ⚪️
January 22nd, 2015
The Terps (17-3) come to Indiana to take on Yogi and company (15-4) in what would be a 3 point shooting clinic.
@YogiFerrell11
would go 7-8 from 3 in a 24 point outing while
@JBlackmon2
would go 3-5 for 22 points.
This recent Mullins chatter has me down… but I, much like all of you fellow Hoosier die-hards, must remember that Coach Woodson dominated the portal and landed a stud freshman that is playing THIS YEAR.
This Hoosier squad is primed for a redemption tour. The winning will
⬜️ CREAN & CRIMSON 🟥
Sorry followers, I’m about to rant….
It’s almost a weekly occurrence for me that I think back on the
@TomCrean
era. And all I can think every time is “What an incredible human being Tom was and is”
As a student during the more successful years of his
Congrats Kel’el!!!!
The emotions he’s showing.. and people thought he didn’t have the desire.
I feel like he was very misunderstood. A very reserved person, but a hell of a player
@KelelWare
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#HoosierPros
Mr. Basketball Indiana
(The best player in the state)
2021 - Caleb Furst (Purdue)
2022 - Braden Smith (Purdue)
2023 - Markus Burton (Notre Dame)
2024 - Flory Bidunga (Kansas)
Brad Underwood first 3 years at Illinois
47-49 49% win percentage
0x NCAA Tournament Appearances
Mike Woodson first 3 years at IU
63-40 61% win percentage
2x NCAA Tournament Appearances
🟥 The Power of Negative Thinking ⬜️
Coach Knight sits down on the CBS Morning Show and discusses his new book and his thoughts on “Negative Thinking”
Most of my followers probably already know where I stand with things like this, but to keep it short, I think our society could
🟥 IU BREAKS B10 3PT RECORD ⬜️
January 19th 2016
A struggling Illinois (9-10) squad reluctantly travels to Assembly Hall to face a RED HOT Hoosier (16-3) squad. And right from the beginning you could tell it was going to be a good day. Indiana started tossing 3’s into the
🔴 Trey Galloway Appreciation Post ⚪️
One of the more under appreciated and underrated Hoosiers. His playmaking and ability to ferociously attack the rim combined with his toughness and intangibles have an incredible impact on winning that often doesn’t show up in the box score.
🔴 Telling It Like It Is ⚪️
In the fall of ‘79 the Hoosiers were the pre-season
#1
team in the Nation.
And when you read this list of names on the roster that year you’ll understand why.
- Isiah Thomas
- Mike Woodson
- Randy Wittman
- Ted Kitchel
- Ray Tolbert
- Butch Carter
-
🔴 HOOSIER BOOTCAMP ⚪️
1995-96 Indiana Hoosiers play pickup as Coach Knight observes.
TRIGGER WARNING: A certain player not to be named is featured in the vid.
There is obviously a lot of debate about whether Bob Knight was too harsh on his players and I’m not going to get
🟥 Indiana Ends Jordan and UNC ⬜️
March 22, 1984
North Carolina (28-2) entered the tournament, and even the 1983-84 season as the clear favorite to win the National Championship. They had big names like Sam Perkins, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, and MICHAEL JORDAN. Entering the season
🏀🔴 IU TOP 25 ALL TIME ⚪️🏀
#25
Jordan Hulls (IU All Time Rank)
- 1,318 Points (30th)
- 253 3 Pointers (2nd)
- Career 44% 3 Point Percentage (4th)
- Career 86% FreeThrow Percentage (3rd)
2012-13 BIG 10 Champion
2 NCAA Tournament Appearances
2012-13 Sweet 16 Appearance
One of
🔴 WATFORD FOR THE WIN! ⚪️
The “Wat-Shot”… obviously always fun to watch and reminisce.
I just rewatched recently and man, the players in this video. Verdell Jones, Tom Pritchard, Jordan Hulls, Victor Oladipo, Cody Zeller, C-Wat, all guys who committed to an idea and a
🔴 JUWAN MORGAN APPRECIATION ⚪️
Senior Season Stats
- 15.5 PPG
- 8.2 RPG
- 2 APG
- 1.2 SPG
- 1.5 BPG
1,374 Career Points (25th All Time)
Mr. Triple Double was a joy to watch in the candy stripes and I’m excited to see him play on
@TBTAssemblyBall
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IUFB “Are They Actually Legit?” Denial Checklist:
*For the haters and non-believers I believe this is the checklist you’ll have to accept as the year progresses*
Expected:
- Win First 2 Non-Con Games ✅
Lucky:
- Win at the Rose Bowl ✅
- Start off 4-0 going into Conference
🔴 THE AWAKENING ⚪️
After starting the 2001-02 season 7-5, no one was expecting much from the Hoosiers.
But on January 26th, 2002, the now 12-6 Hoosiers would show the world what they were capable of.
Indiana would set a school record with 17 3’s made in a 88-57 blowout win
🔴 “At Least He’s Talking To You” ⚪️
As Coach K approached the all-time wins record, he and Coach Knight sat down for an interview together.
Coach Knight discusses how he is proud that in a world of cheating, Coach K has won the right way.
A very good interview if you haven’t
When I first heard Coach Cig make the comments about OSU and Michigan I thought that it was a pretty arrogant thing to say.
As I’ve listened to him talk more and more I have become inspired by him. I see my thoughts in him! If you are a true competitor, you don’t set the bar at
🔴 Mr. Big Shot ⚪️
On a broken down play in the 1987 National Championship, Keith Smart demands the basketball, takes one dribble, fading into the corner, and drains a jumper worthy of hanging Banner 5!
Today I salute you
@CoachSmarty23
Best of luck in all your future
🔴 Desperate Measures ⚪️
In Coach Woodson’s first year as head basketball coach, IU began strong, but as the season was winding down the team began to struggle.
Going into the Big 10 Tournament the Hoosiers had dropped 7 of their last 9 and were on the outside of March Madness
🟥 SHOOTERS SHOOT!!! ⬜️
December 5th, 1998
#10
Temple tries its luck in Assembly Hall against the
#16
Hoosiers.
Indiana was having a rough shooting night including
@ajguyton
who was 0-8 from the 3pt line when IU found themselves trailing by 9 at the 8 minute mark in the 2nd
🔴🏀 IU TOP 25 ALL TIME 🏀⚪️
#8
Yogi Ferrell (IU All Time Rank)
Career
- 1,986 Points (7th)
- 633 Assists (1st)
- 4.6 APG (2nd)
- 637 FGM (11th)
- 272 3PM (2nd)
- 440 FTM (6th)
- 83% FT% (4th)
- 137 Games Played (1st)
- 4,496 Minutes Played (3rd)
- 32.8 MPG (10th)
Season
- 88,
🟥 What Could’ve Been ⬜️
Romeo Langford had an incredible high school career, but I can’t help but to think, had someone like Tom Crean gotten ahold of him instead of Archie could he have developed into even more? Also that wrist injury was nagging him all year.
Freshman Year
🟥 Kanaan Carlyle… BUNNIES!?!? ⬜️
Not only is
@kanaancarlyle15
going to be one of the nastiest 1 on 1 scorers in the NCAA next year, but the dude also has some hops.
Check it 👇🏻
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🟥 One of Coaches Best Coaching Jobs ⬜️
On this BTN special Brian Evans, Don Fischer, Lyndon Jones, Jay Edwards and other Hoosier greats discuss the 1988-89 Big 10 Championship season.
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