Indiana University's athletics program was initiated in 1867
with a baseball team, and from those long-ago beginnings the Hoosiers have
established one of the premier athletics programs in the nation.
The most prominent athletics program is that of basketball.
The Indiana Hoosiers have won five national championships throughout their
history: 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987. Out of these, two were won under coach
Branch McCracken, while the last three came during the tenure of Bob Knight. The
1976 squad was the last men's college basketball team to go finish a season
undefeated.
Indiana's National Championship Game appearances:
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1940: Won 60-42 over the Kansas Jayhawks
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1953: Won 69-68 over the Kansas Jayhawks
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1976: Won 86-68 over the Michigan Wolverines
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1983: Won 63-50 over the North Carolina Tar Heels
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1987: Won 74-73 over the Syracuse Minutemen
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2002: Lost 64-52 to the Maryland Terrapins
The Indiana Hoosiers have also won 20 Big Ten Conference
Championships. In addition, 8 trips to the Final Four, 32 trips to the NCAA
Tournament and 52 victories in the Tournament have established the Hoosiers as
one of the elite teams in the history of college basketball.
Hoosiers' basketball coaches and players have won numerous
awards over the decades:
National Coach of the Year
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1940 - Branch McCracken
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1953 - Branch McCracken
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1975 - Bob Knight
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1987 - Bob Knight
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1989 - Bob Knight
Big Ten Coach of the Year
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1973 - Bob Knight
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1975 - Bob Knight
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1976 - Bob Knight
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1980 - Bob Knight
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1981 - Bob Knight
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1989 - Bob Knight
National Player of the
Year
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1976 - Scott May
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1993 - Calbert Cheaney
Big Ten Player of the Year
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1953 - Don Schlundt
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1957 - Archie Dees
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1958 - Archie Dees
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1973 - Steve Downing
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1975 - Scott May
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1976 - Scott May
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1977 - Kent Benson
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1980 - Mike Woodson
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1981 - Ray Tolbert
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1983 - Randy Wittman
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1986 - Steve Alford
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1987 - Steve Alford
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1993 - Calbert Cheaney
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1996 - Brian Evans
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2000 - A.J. Guyton
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2001 - Kirk Haston
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2002 - Jared Jeffries
The Hoosiers' soccer program has also been one of the best in
the nation. The Hoosiers won national championships in 1982, 1983, 1988, 1998,
1999, 2003 and 2004.
The design of the Indiana Hoosiers Fleece: Framed Panel
consists of the University's IU logo within a half maroon, half white
square over a maroon background. Underneath the square is printed Indiana
Hoosiers. Each panel measures 60" wide by 50" long.
The Indiana Hoosiers Fleece: Framed Panel is not suitable for
children's sleepwear. This polar fleece pattern has been licensed by Indiana
University and is for individual consumption only. Any other use of the Indiana
Hoosiers Fleece: Framed Panel is prohibited and illegal.
