Category: Hoosier Heritage
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Why UCLA Will Always Mean Something to Me
Indiana plays at UCLA on Saturday — 5 p.m. ET on Peacock — in one of the toughest road environments in the Big Ten. The Bruins are 7–3 in league…
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For Everyone Who Stayed: An IU Football Story
The Hopeful Hoosier usually writes about Indiana basketball. About winter nights in Assembly Hall. About motion offense and man-to-man defense. About banners and ghosts and echoes. But some moments are…
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Still Worth Believing In
As Indiana returns to the floor tonight against Washington, it feels like a natural pause point — a chance to step back from the noise and remember why so many…
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Remembering Mike LaFave
A Hopeful Hoosier reflection, inspired by a recent memory shared on the Indiana Basketball Memories Facebook page. Every so often, a name from Indiana basketball’s past surfaces online and reminds…
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When the Wat Shot Echoed: What IU–Kentucky Means to a Lifelong Hoosier
For decades, Indiana–Kentucky wasn’t just another game on the schedule. It was the highlight of IU’s preconference schedule. Two states separated by a thin border and a whole lot of…
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Indiana Basketball Still Matters – Here’s Why
I became an Indiana basketball fan before I even understood the game itself — back in the days of Channel 4 and the winter ritual of gathering in front of…
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