Indiana University Men’s Basketball Announces the Full 2026-27 Season Schedule The Big Ten Conference announced the 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule on Wednesday evening. Indiana will open the 20-game slate against Rutgers on Tuesday, Dec. 1, before traveling to Iowa on Monday, Dec. 7. The Hoosiers will play nine contests in the month of January. IU will host USC (Jan. 2), Maryland (Jan. 12), Michigan (Jan. 16), Illinois (Jan. 24), and UCLA (Jan. 30) with road games at Oregon (Jan. 6), at Washington (Jan. 9), at Minnesota (Jan. 20), and at Northwestern (Jan. 27). February will begin with back-to-back road games at Penn State (Feb. 2) and at Nebraska (Feb. 6). The Cream and Crimson will also hit the road for tilts at Maryland (Feb. 13) and at Wisconsin (Feb. 19). Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall will host Northwestern (Feb. 9), Purdue (Feb. 16), Michigan State (Feb. 23), and Ohio State (Feb. 28) during the month. Indiana will close the regular season with a trip to in-state rival Purdue (March 5). The 2027 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament will be played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The six-day tournament will begin with first-round matchups on Tuesday, March 9. The Big Ten Tournament champion will be crowned on Sunday, March 14.
2026-27 Indiana Men’s Basketball Schedule
PRESEASON
Oct. 11 (Sunday) – at Butler
Oct. 18 (Sunday) – vs. North Carolina%
Oct. 25 (Sunday) – vs. Western Kentucky$
REGULAR SEASON
Nov. 2 (Monday) – Eastern Illinois
Nov. 5 (Thursday) – Bellarmine
Nov. 9 (Monday) – vs. Syracuse%
Nov. 12 (Thursday) – Tennessee Tech
Nov. 17 (Tuesday) – vs. Arkansas#
Nov. 20 (Friday) – vs. Kentucky^
Nov. 24 (Tuesday) – Jacksonville
Nov. 27 (Friday) – Bowling Green
Dec. 1 (Tuesday) – Rutgers*
Dec. 3 (Thursday) – Western Illinois
Dec. 7 (Monday) – at Iowa*
Dec. 12 (Saturday) – UCF
Dec. 18 (Friday) – Missouri
Dec. 22 (Tuesday) – Fairleigh Dickinson
Jan. 2 (Saturday) – USC*
Jan. 6 (Wednesday) – at Oregon*
Jan. 9 (Saturday) – at Washington*
Jan. 12 (Tuesday) – Maryland*
Jan. 16 (Saturday) – Michigan*
Jan. 20 (Wednesday) – at Minnesota*
Jan. 24 (Sunday) – Illinois*
Jan. 27 (Wednesday) – at Northwestern*
Jan. 30 (Saturday) – UCLA*
Feb. 2 (Tuesday) – at Penn State*
Feb. 6 (Saturday) – at Nebraska*
Feb. 9 (Tuesday) – Northwestern*
Feb. 13 (Saturday) – at Maryland*
Feb. 16 (Tuesday) – Purdue*
Feb. 19 (Friday) – at Wisconsin*
Feb. 23 (Tuesday) – Michigan State*
Feb. 28 (Sunday) – Ohio State*
March 5 (Friday) – at Purdue*
2027 BIG TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
March 9-14 (Tuesday-Sunday) – Gainbridge Fieldhouse – Indianapolis
% Game played in Indianapolis (Gainbridge Fieldhouse)
^ Game played in Indianapolis (Lucas Oil Stadium)
$ Game played in Evansville (Ford Center)
# Game played in New York (Madison Square Garden)
* Big Ten Conference game
Indiana University Men’s Tennis Set to Open Fall Season at UT Hidden Duals and ITA All-American Championships The Indiana Men’s Tennis program is set to begin their fall 2026 season with a pair of events, starting with the UT Hidden Duals, held from Sep. 18-20, at Goodfriend Tennis Center. The following Hoosiers will be participating in this event; Aryan Badlani, Matteo Antonescu, Ariel Zauber, Zavier Augustin, and Sam Scherer. Indiana will compete alongside the following programs; Memphis, Louisville, Middle Tennessee, and Tennessee.
The three-day event will feature both singles and doubles competition. A complete day-to-day schedule is included below. Friday, September 18: 9 A.M. – First Round of Doubles 10:30 A.M. – First Round of Singles Saturday, September 19: 9 A.M. – Second Round of Doubles 2 P.M. – Second Round of Singles Sunday, September 20: 9 A.M. – Final Round of Doubles 10:30 A.M. – Final Round of Singles No live scoring or streaming will be available for this event, but a live bracket will be updated with both singles and doubles results after each round of play.
Indiana will also send Aidan Atwood, Ben Pomeranets, Braeden Gelletich, and Sam Landau to compete at the ITA All-American Championships, held Sept. 19-27 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Atwood, Pomeranets, and Gelletich will begin singles competition within the pre-qualifying draw, while Landau earned a place in the singles main draw. Gelletich and Landau will also represent the Hoosiers as a double pairing, beginning in the qualifying draw. This nine-day event will feature some of the top collegiate talent from around the nation. Pre-qualifying matches will take place Sept.19-20, followed by qualifying matches Sept. 21-22, and main draw matches Sept. 23-27. Ten singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship, including eight main draw quarterfinalists and two feed-in consolation finalists. Five doubles teams will also qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship: the four main draw semifinalists and the consolation champion. Full information on the tournament and the draw, along with live stats, results, and streaming links can be found on the ITA All-American Championships event page.
Indiana University Men’s Basketball picked to finish 7th in the Big Ten by Lindy’s Sports The Lindy’s Sports 2026-27 preview magazine – an annual publication previewing the upcoming college basketball season – is now available on newsstands. Here are some notes on Indiana and the Big Ten at large from the annual publication. (You can purchase the regional cover featuring Sam Alexis here.) Eleven Big Ten teams are ranked in the Lindy’s preseason 40, which is topped by No. 1 Florida. The Big Ten teams in the top 40 include Illinois (No. 3), Michigan State (No. 4), Michigan (No. 10), USC (No. 18), Ohio State (No. 19), UCLA (No. 22), Indiana (No. 27), Purdue (No. 28), Maryland (No. 32), Iowa (No. 34) and Nebraska (No. 36). • IU non-conference opponents ranked in the top 40: Arkansas (No. 8), Kentucky (No. 17) and Missouri (No. 26).
Lindy’s projects IU to make the NCAA tournament and has the Hoosiers advancing to the Round of 32. Three Big Ten players earned Lindy’s preseason All-American honors. Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears and Michigan’s Elliot Cadeau earned first team honors and David Mirkovic of Illinois earned second team honors. Lindy’s ranked the top 150 players in college basketball and included Indiana’s Aiden Sherrell at No. 77 and Markus Burton at No. 90. Lindy’s picked Illinois to win the Big Ten, followed by Michigan State, Michigan, USC, Ohio State, UCLA, Indiana, Purdue, Maryland, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Rutgers, Northwestern and Penn State.
Fears Jr. is Lindy’s pick for preseason Big Ten player of the year and UCLA’s Nikola Kusturica is the pick for newcomer of the year. Lindy’s first-team All-Big Ten: Cadeau, Fears Jr., Nebraska’s Pryce Sandfort, Mirkovic and Kusturica. Lindy’s second-team All-Big Ten: Ohio State’s John Mobley Jr., Michigan’s Trey McKenney, Wisconsin’s Nolan Winter, Ohio State’s Anthony Thompson and Maryland’s Pharrel Payne. Lindy’s third-team All-Big Ten: USC’s Rodney Rice, Stefan Vaaks of Illinois, Quentin Coleman of Illinois, Michigan State’s Coen Carr and Sherrell.
Big Ten players in the top 150 players in college basketball: Fears Jr. (No. 1), Cadeau (No. 6), Mirkovic (No. 12), Kusturica (No. 21), Sandfordt (No. 23), Thompson (No. 33), Mobley Jr. (No. 39), Winter (No. 42), Payne (No. 44), McKenney (No. 49), Carr (No. 58), Rice (No. 61), Vaaks (No. 68), Sherrell (No. 77), Andrej Stojakovic of Illinois (No. 80), UCLA’s Trent Perry (No. 81), Tomislav Ivisic of Illinois (No. 84), USC’s Christian Collins (No. 85), Tariq Francis of Rutgers (No. 89), Burton (No. 90), Purdue’s Daniel Jacobsen (No. 103), USC’s Jacob Cofie (No. 105), Purdue’s C.J. Cox (No. 114), Iowa’s Cooper Koch (No. 125), Wisconsin’s Owen Foxwell (No. 135), Nebraska’s Braden Frager (No. 140), Marylamd’s Andre Mills (No. 142) and USC’s Alijah Arenas (No. 149).
Indiana University Football’s head coach gives hilarious evaluation of Curt Cignetti the Quarterback IU football coach Curt Cignetti is well known for his ability to evaluate talent. Would he have recruited himself to play at the highest level of college football as a quarterback out of Morgantown H.S. in the class of 1979? Probably not. “What we’re really looking for there are position-specific criteria. Toughness at all positions is still number one,” Cignetti said of his top evaluation requirement on a recent podcast. “You talk to the coach, the people around them, maybe the guidance counselor. You get a good idea when they walk in your office what their family background is like, first impression.”
So far, so good for Cignetti the player. There’s no doubt he was tough. And he had an inside advantage when it came to his family background. Cignetti’s father, Frank Cignetti Sr., began coaching at West Virginia University as offensive coordinator on Bobby Bowden’s staff in 1970. Frank Cignetti was West Virginia’s head football coach from 1976-79. He took over for Bowden and brought his son in to play quarterback for the Mountaineers. But Frank was fired after Curt’s freshman year and took time off from coaching before his Hall of Fame run at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Curt stayed at West Virginia, but standing in his way was Oliver Luck, yes, the father of former Indianapolis Colts star Andrew. Like his son, Oliver Luck had physical gifts Cignetti lacked. “He (Cignetti) wasn’t a good athlete, I think he’d be the first to admit that,” Oliver Luck told Pat Forde. “But you could tell he was the son of a coach. He absorbed everything. He was great for me to have on the sideline because he saw everything.”
So what does Cignetti look for from an athletic standpoint in prospects? “Ankle, knee, hip flexibility, ability to change directions, stop-start, generate power is important at all positions,” he said. And his evaluation on Curt Cignetti, the class of 1979 quarterback out of Morgantown? “Ankle – stiff. Lower body – stiff. Below average arm,” Cignetti said Saturday on the BTN Tailgate pregame show from Bloomington. “Probably didn’t belong there.” The self evaluation comes with the benefit of hindsight, of course. And it seems fair. In four seasons at West Virginia, Cignetti attempted one pass. It was incomplete. He carried the ball one time — for no yards. But learning under his father, and even competing in practice against West Virginia defensive backs coach Nick Saban, the coaching wheels were in motion. Cignetti was hired as a graduate assistant at Pitt in 1983. He’d reunite with Saban in 2007 at Alabama. And the rest is history.
Indianapolis Colts Wide Receiver Keenan Allen formally charged after allegedly driving with BAC 3 times legal limit Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Keenan Allen has been formally charged after allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) three times the legal limit. Allen has been charged with operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .15 or more and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. These are both misdemeanors. According to IMPD, shortly after 1 a.m. on Aug. 30, officers started a traffic investigation in the 100 block of South Meridian Street, near West Maryland Street, after watching a vehicle park in a no-parking zone. When officers went to speak with the driver, later identified as Allen, court documents say Allen had “extremely” slurred speech and glossy eyes.
According to court documents, police asked Allen to get out of the vehicle and, when he did, officers smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath as he was speaking. Court documents say police brought over a Portable Breath Test (PBT) for Allen to use. On the first two tries, Allen was allegedly short winded and the PBT wasn’t getting a reading. On the third try, the test worked and Allen reportedly blew a .224. Further investigation led to officers arresting him. According to online court records, a $500 cash bond was paid to the clerk. Allen was signed to the Colts just weeks before this happened. The team made the announcement on Aug. 19, which touts Allen as a “six-time Pro Bowler with over 1,000 career receptions.”
The Colts sent the following statement to 13News on Aug. 31 about the situation: “We are aware of the incident involving Keenan Allen last night. We are in the process of gathering more information and have no further comment at this time.” Online court records show Allen’s initial hearing was waived, and a remote attorney conference is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Indiana Fever back together after World Cup break and turning focus to WNBA playoffs The entire Indiana Fever roster has been reunited after the FIBA World Cup, as the team tries to lock down home court advantage to open the playoffs. The team welcomed back Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and coach Stephanie White, who helped Team USA win the gold medal at the international competition in Germany. Now, they’re getting ready for the final week of the WNBA regular season before the playoffs start. Clark and Boston were on the practice court with their teammates but just watched after warmups. “It feels amazing. First person I seen was (Boston), give her a big old hug, and then (Clark) came into the weight room. So I mean, it’s good to finally have the gang all back together,” said forward Myisha Hines-Allen. Despite all of her accolades, the World Cup was Clark’s first experience on a senior national team.
“I think she’s able to learn by watching. I think she felt the difference in different games and how teams are going to play. You know what she’s looking for,” White said. “I thought her floor game was outstanding. I mean, the way that she got everybody involved, you know, was outstanding, and you could see her confidence continue to grow as the tournament progressed.” Before getting back to WNBA business, White took a moment to reflect on the experience in Germany. “It was incredible. It really was. Just to be around, you know, that group of women, the coaching staff in that environment, you know, to compete and to find different ways to win, to be around, you know, the best in the world was incredible,” she said.
The Fever have four games left in the regular season, starting Friday in Toronto. The regular season wraps up next Thursday. White said Wednesday that every practice matters with her team. “When you’re around people who know how to win, winners do things differently, and you have to learn how to do that at times,” she said. “We got four games, and we got to take them one at a time, and we want to be on a roll heading into the playoffs.”
All eight spots in the WNBA playoffs have been clinched, so teams are now playing for position. The top four teams in the standings will host first-round series. “I mean we got to finish strong. Coming out of the break, I think we’re playing really well. So just going into these next four games and knowing that the playoffs start in a couple days after that, so just taking the mindset of, ‘Alright, we’re trying to win a championship,’ and I think everyone has that mindset, and everyone’s locked in and on that goal,” Hines-Allen said. The Fever are currently tied with Atlanta for the fourth playoff spot. After facing the Tempo on Friday, the Fever return home for their final two regular season games at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, hosting Washington on Sunday, Sept. 20 and Minnesota on Tuesday, Sept. 22. They’ll close out the regular season on the road against the Lynx, who currently have the best record in the league.
Dennis Hauger joins AJ Foyt Racing for 2027 IndyCar season replacing Santino Ferrucci Dennis Hauger is joining AJ Foyt Racing for the 2027 IndyCar season, the team announced Wednesday. Hauger, who won the Indy NXT championship in 2025 and then earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2026, will pilot the No. 14 Chevrolet next year, replacing Santino Ferrucci. “Dennis has accomplished a lot for someone who is only 23,” said team president Larry Foyt in a press release. “Every time he’s moved into something new, he’s adapted quickly and he’s won. Coming over here and winning in Indy NXT as a rookie certainly got everyone’s attention, and then we watched how he progressed through his rookie season in IndyCar.” The Norwegian driver came to the United States at the end of 2024 after winning championships in Italian Formula 4 and FIA Formula 3. Hauger also spent three seasons in FIA Formula 2 from 2022-2024 where he earned five wins.
In his first and only season in Indy NXT, Hauger dominated the championship, earning 11 podiums — six of which were race victories — and the series title. Hauger moved up to the IndyCar Series in 2026 with Dale Coyne Racing, finishing in the top-10 on debut at St. Petersburg after qualifying in the top-six. Despite earning just one other top-10 finish that season, Hauger beat out Mick Schumacher and Caio Collet for Rookie of the Year honors. “I’ve learned a lot in my first two years racing in America, but I still feel like there is a lot more for me to learn and accomplish in IndyCar,” said Hauger in the press release. The announcement leaves Santino Ferrucci’s status with the team in limbo. Ferrucci joined the team in 2023 and earned top-10 finishes at the Indianapolis 500 every year he drove the No. 14 for AJ Foyt Racing. The team has not commented publicly on Ferrucci’s future, nor has it commented on who will partner alongside Hauger in the No. 4 car next season. “Dennis wants to win, and we want to win,” said Larry Foyt. “That’s where everything starts.”