38 Facts About Indiana Hoosiers

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Indiana Hoosiers are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of Indiana University Bloomington, named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Indiana.

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The Hoosiers participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 24 sports and became a member of the Big Ten Conference on December 1,1899.

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Indiana Hoosiers have won 24 NCAA national championships and one Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national championship, in addition to 145 NCAA individual national championships.

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Additionally, Indiana Hoosiers' athletics is well known for its soccer program; by a number of indicators, it is one of the greatest college soccer programs in the history of the sport.

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Since the program began in 1973, Indiana Hoosiers owns more National Championships, more wins, has appeared in more College Cups and has a higher winning percentage in both regular season and post-season play than any other school in Division I soccer.

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Indiana Hoosiers has two main rivalries including in-state, with the Purdue Boilermakers, and a border rivalry against the Kentucky Wildcats.

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Indiana Hoosiers had a bison as its mascot in the late 1960s and introduced a mascot named "Hoosier Pride" in 1979.

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An additional school song, "Chimes of Indiana Hoosiers, " was written by alumnus Hoagy Carmichael, and was presented to the university in 1937 as a gift from the class of 1935.

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Indiana Hoosiers have appeared eight times in the NCAA Tournament, in 1996,2009,2013,2014,2015,2017,2018 and 2019 including one College World Series appearance.

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Indiana Hoosiers has won five NCAA Championships in men's basketball — the first two under coach Branch McCracken and the latter three under Bob Knight.

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Indiana Hoosiers are sixth in NCAA Tournament appearances, sixth in NCAA Tournament victories, seventh in Final Four appearances, and 11th in overall victories.

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The Indiana Hoosiers have won 22 Big Ten Conference Championships and have the best winning percentage in conference games at nearly 60 percent.

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Indiana Hoosiers has ranked in the top 15 nationally in men's basketball attendance every season since Assembly Hall opened in 1972, and often in the top five.

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Indiana Hoosiers has intense rivalries both in-state, against the Purdue Boilermakers, and out-of-state, against the Kentucky Wildcats.

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Indiana Hoosiers began playing football in 1884 and currently plays in the 52,656-seat, open-air Memorial Stadium, built in 1960.

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The Indiana Hoosiers have won eight national championships in men's soccer, second only to St Louis' 10.

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Indiana Hoosiers owns more wins, has appeared in more College Cups and has a higher winning percentage in both regular season and post-season play than any other school in Division I soccer.

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Indiana Hoosiers has been crowned regular season champion 14 times, including nine-straight seasons from 1996 to 2004.

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Indiana Hoosiers players have won six Hermann Trophies and three Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year awards.

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20.

The Indiana Hoosiers have produced 13 United States men's national soccer team players, six Olympians and six World Cup players.

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Indiana Hoosiers led the nation in average attendance in 2004 and 2005 and in total attendance in 2003.

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On November 18,2007, the Indiana Hoosiers defeated Purdue University in the NCAA second round to advance to the NCAA third round for the first time in program history.

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23.

Three Indiana Hoosiers played during the inaugural WUSA season: Wendy Dillinger, Tracy Grose, and Kelly Wilson.

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Indiana Hoosiers won six straight NCAA national championships from 1968 to 1973, giving them the fifth-most in NCAA history.

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Indiana Hoosiers has produced 80 individual swimming and diving national champions, over 191 Big Ten swimming champions, 25 conference diving champions and has won 45 Big Ten relay events.

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Indiana Hoosiers have produced 4 individual national champions and six Big Ten championship teams in 2003,2007,2009,2010,2011 and 2019.

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Since the inception of cross country as an NCAA sport, Indiana Hoosiers is one of only nine schools in the nation to have won more than two men's national titles, and is one of seven programs to win at least three national titles.

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Indiana Hoosiers has found itself in the top five at the NCAA Men's Championship on nine occasions.

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The 1988 season saw Indiana Hoosiers winning an individual men's and women's national cross country championship, a feat that had never happened before in the sport, and has never happened since.

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Indiana Hoosiers Wrestling began in 1909, with accomplishments such as: 50 individual All-Americans, 12 individual NCAA National Champions from 1932 to 2008, and 1 team NCAA National title in 1932.

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In 1946 Indiana Hoosiers took 2nd in the Big Ten Championships and 4th in the NCAA Championships.

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The Indiana Hoosiers have seen a tremendous amount of success during Goldman's tenure when he took the team to a top ten finish in the NCAA tournament in 2005.

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In February 2022, the Indiana Hoosiers claimed their first TSCHL Playoff Championship, after finishing the regular season as runners-up.

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The Indiana Hoosiers finished the season ranked 5th in the country in the D1A rankings.

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35.

The Indiana Hoosiers are a part of the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference and compete with Illinois, Purdue, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Miami Ohio, Illinois State, Kansas, and Arkansas.

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In 2013 the Indiana Hoosiers were regular season champions for the GRLC D1 East.

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The West Lafayette and Bloomington campuses are the largest in the state of Indiana Hoosiers and are the flagship campuses of the Purdue University and Indiana Hoosiers University systems, respectively.

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Indiana Hoosiers has a rivalry with Michigan State Spartans which started in 1950.

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