Illinois–Indiana_rivalry

Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry
	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers
Sport	College basketball
First meeting	January 20, 1906; Illinois 27 – Indiana 24
Latest meeting	January 27, 2024; Illinois 70 – Indiana 62
Stadiums	State Farm Center,; Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
Statistics
Meetings total	188
All-time series	Indiana leads, 96–92
Largest victory	Indiana, 107–67 (1974)
Longest win streak	Indiana, 9 (1972–1977)
Current win streak	Illinois, 1 (2024–present)

Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry

American college basketball rivalry

The Illinois–Indiana men's basketball rivalry is an intra-Big Ten Conference, college sports rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini and Indiana Hoosiers. Multiple factors have played into the creation of the games between the two schools; Illinois and Indiana share a state border and are located about 153 miles (246 km) apart, they share recruiting ground, and for many decades both teams played in a facility named Assembly Hall.^[1]

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History

Illinois and Indiana first met on January 20, 1906 with an Illinois victory, 27-24. Since the two teams are both in the Big Ten Conference, they meet at least once a season. The location of the game alternates between Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington and the State Farm Center, formerly Assembly Hall, in Champaign. There have been a total of five overtime games in this series.^[1]

In mid-1980s Indiana head coach Bob Knight brought allegations to the NCAA that Illinois assistant coaches had acted improperly in the recruitment of Lowell Hamilton. Hamilton was the focus of a recruiting competition between Illinois and Indiana, and while the allegations of improper conduct were unfounded by the NCAA, the controversy had some level of impact on the games at the time.^[2]

On March 10, 1991, after an Indiana victory in Champaign, a profanity-laced shouting match between Knight and Fighting Illini coach Lou Henson erupted outside the team locker rooms. The incident started when Knight left the Assembly Hall court with seven seconds remaining in the game, skipping the traditional postgame handshake while laughing and waving to the Illinois crowd. This incident enraged Henson to the point of confronting Knight outside of the locker room. Henson's anger continued as he spoke out against Knight at the postgame press conference.

"What do you expect out of Knight? He`s a classic bully. I was in the (Indiana) locker room, he jumped on me and I wanted him to come outside. He intimidates the Big 10 office; he tries to intimidate everybody. His entire life is based on intimidation, but the big bully won`t intimidate me."

—Lou Henson^[3]

In a game at Bloomington on February 25, 1998, Indiana head coach Bob Knight was issued two technical fouls by referee Ted Valentine for first arguing a call after a hard collision between Illinois guard Sergio McClain and Indiana guard Luke Recker in which McClain was issued a technical foul for touching the rim after blocking Recker's shot. Coach Knight argued the call should have been goaltending. From the collision, Recker fell hard to the court in pain. To check on his player, Coach Knight rushed to the court for which he was issued the second technical foul by Valentine.^[4]

Occasional feuds and incidents between the schools' programs have fueled the competition over the years. Illinois has dominated Indiana in the short history of the Big Ten tournament. Since the onset of the conference tournament, Illinois and Indiana have played a total of 9 times. Illinois holds the record of 6-3 over Indiana. In the 1999 Big Ten tournament the Hoosiers and the Illini faced each other and Illinois won the game 82-66. Illinois would go on to win 4 of the next 5 tournament meetings.^[1]

Another feud is less focused on the tension between the two schools, but rather a former Illinois head coach and his ties to Indiana. Bruce Weber coached the Fighting Illini from 2003–12, but the history between Weber and Indiana began before he set foot in Champaign. As head coach at Southern Illinois University for five years from 1998-2003, he scheduled some non-conference meetings against Indiana. Before that, Weber served as an assistant coach under Gene Keady at Purdue University for 18 years. During his tenure at Illinois, Weber noted that there was tension between himself and Indiana (see Indiana–Purdue rivalry).^[5]

In 2007 there was a recruiting battle between the schools over Indiana Mr. Basketball, Eric Gordon. Gordon initially verbally committed to play for Illinois.^[6] However, when Mike Davis resigned as Indiana's head coach and Kelvin Sampson was hired, Gordon decommitted and signed his National Letter of Intent to play for Indiana.^[7]

Game results

Series results

Illinois victories	Indiana victories	Tie games

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No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	January 20, 1906	Kenney Gym	Illinois	27–24
2	February 16, 1906	Old Assembly Hall	Indiana	37–8
3	January 25, 1908	Kenney Gym	Illinois	39–12
4	January 9, 1909	Kenney Gym	Illinois	30–2
5	March 6, 1909	Old Assembly Hall	Indiana	23–13
6	February 5, 1910	Kenney Gym	Illinois	30–20
7	March 5, 1910	Old Assembly Hall	Illinois	26–12
8	January 8, 1911	Kenney Gym	Illinois	33–22
9	February 12, 1911	Old Assembly Hall	Indiana	19–14
10	February 7, 1912	Old Assembly Hall	Indiana	24–23
11	February 23, 1912	Kenney Gym	Illinois	41–18
12	March 1, 1913	Kenney Gym	Illinois	29–12
13	March 8, 1913	Old Assembly Hall	Illinois	23–17
14	January 6, 1914	Kenney Gym	Illinois	35–6
15	February 7, 1914	Old Assembly Hall	Illinois	31–15
16	January 11, 1915	Kenney Gym	Illinois	34–14
17	January 26, 1915	Old Assembly Hall	Illinois	20–4
18	January 23, 1923	Kenney Gym	Illinois	31–22
19	February 12, 1923	Men's Gymnasium	Indiana	31–24
20	January 17, 1925	Kenney Gym	Illinois	31–22
21	February 23, 1925	Men's Gymnasium	Indiana	30–24
22	February 19, 1926	Men's Gymnasium	Illinois	21–20
23	March 6, 1926	Huff Gym	Indiana	28–25
24	January 21, 1928	Men's Gymnasium	Indiana	44–29
25	March 6, 1928	Huff Gym	Indiana	27–23
26	January 8, 1929	Huff Gym	Illinois	20–16
27	February 26, 1929	Men's Gymnasium	Indiana	32–22
28	January 17, 1931	Huff Gym	Indiana	35–34
29	February 23, 1931	The Field House	Illinois	39–25
30	January 11, 1932	The Field House	Illinois	30–22
31	March 7, 1932	Huff Gym	Illinois	33–32
32	February 10, 1934	Huff Gym	Illinois	28–25
33	February 24, 1934	The Field House	Indiana	36–24
34	January 5, 1935	Huff Gym	Indiana	32–28
35	January 14, 1935	The Field House	Indiana	42–29
36	January 11, 1937	Huff Gym	Illinois	40–31
37	February 20, 1937	The Field House	Illinois	42–25
38	January 4, 1938	The Field House	Indiana	51–46
39	March 4, 1938	Huff Gym	Indiana	45–35
40	January 9, 1939	Huff Gym	Indiana	38–32
41	January 6, 1940	The Field House	Indiana	38–36
42	January 11, 1941	Huff Gym	Indiana	48–38
43	February 9, 1942	The Field House	Indiana	41–36
44	February 12, 1945	Huff Gym	Illinois	71–48
45	February 28, 1945	The Field House	Indiana	65–55
46	February 15, 1947	Huff Gym	Illinois	59–50
47	March 1, 1947	The Field House	Indiana	48–41
48	January 19, 1948	Huff Gym	Illinois	46–45
49	March 1, 1948	The Field House	Illinois	52–51
50	January 8, 1949	The Field House	Illinois	44–42
51	February 28, 1949	Huff Gym	No. 4 Illinois	76–60
52	February 13, 1950	Huff Gym	No. 16 Indiana	83–72
53	February 27, 1950	The Field House	No. 17 Indiana	80–66
54	January 15, 1951	The Field House	No. 6 Indiana	64–53
55	February 19, 1951	Huff Gym	No. 11 Illinois	71–65
56	February 14, 1952	Huff Gym	No. 2 Illinois	78–66
57	February 18, 1952	The Field House	No. 6 Illinois	77–70
58	January 17, 1953	The Field House	No. 6 Indiana	74–70^OT
59	February 28, 1953	Huff Gym	No. 2 Indiana	91–79
60	March 6, 1954	The Field House	No. 2 Indiana	67–64
61	January 8, 1955	Huff Gym	No. 12 Illinois	99–75
62	January 14, 1956	The Field House	No. 8 Illinois	96–72
63	February 6, 1956	Huff Gym	No. 6 Illinois	92–89
64	January 14, 1957	Huff Gym	No. 10 Illinois	112–91
65	March 4, 1957	The Field House	No. 10 Indiana	84–76
66	January 11, 1958	The Field House	Indiana	89–82
67	March 3, 1958	Huff Gym	Indiana	96–86
68	February 9, 1959	The Field House	Illinois	89–83
69	February 21, 1959	Huff Gym	Illinois	100–98
70	February 22, 1960	Huff Gym	Indiana	92–78
71	February 25, 1961	New Field House	Indiana	93–82
72	February 3, 1962	Huff Gym	No. 4 Illinois	96–85
73	March 5, 1962	New Field House	Indiana	104–92
74	February 4, 1963	Huff Gym	No. 4 Illinois	104–101
75	February 16, 1963	New Field House	Indiana	103–100
76	February 3, 1964	New Field House	Indiana	104–96
77	January 4, 1965	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 6 Illinois	86–81
78	January 8, 1966	New Field House	Illinois	98–84
79	February 12, 1966	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	81–77
80	February 20, 1967	New Field House	Indiana	96–81
81	March 4, 1967	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	80–70
82	January 9, 1968	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	61–60^OT
83	March 1, 1969	New Field House	No. 15 Illinois	77–64
84	January 6, 1970	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	94–74
85	March 3, 1970	New Field House	Illinois	85–75
86	February 20, 1971	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	88–86
87	March 13, 1971	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	103–87
88	February 22, 1972	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	90–71
89	February 12, 1973	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 4 Indiana	87–66
90	February 9, 1974	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 12 Indiana	107–67
91	February 18, 1974	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 12 Indiana	101–83
92	January 27, 1975	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 1 Indiana	73–57
93	February 24, 1975	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 1 Indiana	112–89
94	January 17, 1976	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 1 Indiana	83–55
95	February 24, 1976	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 1 Indiana	58–48

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
96	January 8, 1977	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	80–60
97	February 17, 1977	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	73–69
98	January 7, 1978	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	65–64
99	March 2, 1978	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	77–68
100	January 4, 1979	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 4 Illinois	65–61
101	March 3, 1979	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	72–60
102	January 31, 1980	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 18 Indiana	60–54
103	February 9, 1980	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	69–68
104	January 10, 1981	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	78–61
105	March 5, 1981	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 14 Indiana	69–66
106	January 21, 1982	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	54–53
107	February 11, 1982	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	73–60
108	January 13, 1983	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 4 Indiana	69–55
109	March 5, 1983	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 11 Indiana	67–55
110	January 11, 1984	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	73–68
111	March 4, 1984	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 10 Illinois	70–53
112	January 27, 1985	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 6 Illinois	52–41
113	February 21, 1985	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 16 Illinois	66–50
114	January 25, 1986	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	71–69
115	February 20, 1986	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 15 Indiana	61–60
116	January 28, 1987	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 4 Indiana	69–66
117	March 1, 1987	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 14 Illinois	69–67
118	February 6, 1988	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	75–74
119	February 29, 1988	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	75–65
120	January 28, 1989	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 1 Illinois	75–65
121	March 5, 1989	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 8 Illinois	70–67
122	February 4, 1990	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 11 Illinois	70–65
123	March 10, 1990	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 20 Illinois	69–63
124	January 2, 1991	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 5 Indiana	109–74
125	March 10, 1991	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 3 Indiana	70–58
126	February 4, 1992	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 6 Indiana	76–65
127	March 1, 1992	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 2 Indiana	76–70
128	January 16, 1993	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 6 Indiana	83–79
129	February 17, 1993	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 1 Indiana	93–71
130	January 30, 1994	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	88–81
131	March 1, 1994	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 17 Indiana	82–77
132	January 14, 1995	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	78–67
133	March 2, 1995	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	89–85
134	January 13, 1996	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Indiana	85–71
135	February 28, 1996	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	76–64
136	February 2, 1997	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	78–74
137	January 3, 1998	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	74–72
138	February 24, 1998	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	82–72
139	January 3, 1999	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 8 Indiana	62–53
140	February 24, 1999	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 20 Indiana	70–64
141	March 5, 1999*	United Center	Illinois	82–66
142	February 22, 2000	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	87–63
143	March 10, 2000*	United Center	No. 21 Illinois	72–69
144	February 17, 2001	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 16 Illinois	67–61
145	March 10, 2001*	United Center	Indiana	58–56
146	January 26, 2002	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	88–57
147	February 26, 2002	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 15 Illinois	70–62
148	January 18, 2003	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 18 Indiana	74–66
149	February 25, 2003	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 18 Illinois	80–54
150	March 15, 2003*	United Center	No. 13 Illinois	73–72
151	February 3, 2004	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	51–49
152	March 12, 2004*	Conseco Fieldhouse	No. 12 Illinois	71–59
153	February 6, 2005	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 1 Illinois	60–47
154	January 17, 2006	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 13 Indiana	62–60
155	February 19, 2006	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 14 Illinois	70–58
156	January 23, 2007	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	51–43
157	February 10, 2007	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 24 Indiana	65–61
158	March 9, 2007*	United Center	Illinois	58–54^OT
159	January 13, 2008	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 11 Indiana	62–58
160	February 7, 2008	Assembly Hall^Champaign	No. 13 Indiana	83–79^OT
161	January 10, 2009	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	76–45
162	February 15, 2009	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 20 Illinois	65–52
163	January 9, 2010	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Illinois	66–60
164	January 30, 2010	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	71–70
165	January 27, 2011	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	52–49
166	March 5, 2011	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	72–48
167	February 9, 2012	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	No. 23 Indiana	84–71
168	February 7, 2013	Assembly Hall^Champaign	Illinois	74–72
169	March 15, 2013*	United Center	No. 3 Indiana	80–64
170	December 31, 2013	State Farm Center	Illinois	83–80^OT
171	January 26, 2014	Assembly Hall^Bloomington	Indiana	56–46
172	March 13, 2014*	Conseco Fieldhouse	Illinois	64–54
173	January 18, 2015	State Farm Center	Indiana	80–74
174	January 19, 2016	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 25 Indiana	103–69
175	February 25, 2016	State Farm Center	No. 18 Indiana	74–47
176	January 7, 2017	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 25 Indiana	96–80
177	January 24, 2018	State Farm Center	Illinois	73–71
178	February 14, 2018	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	Indiana	78–68
179	January 3, 2019	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 21 Indiana	73–65
180	March 7, 2019	State Farm Center	Indiana	92–74
181	March 1, 2020	State Farm Center	Illinois	67–66
182	December 26, 2020	State Farm Center	No. 18 Illinois	69–60
183	February 2, 2021	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 12 Illinois	75–71^OT
184	February 5, 2022	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 18 Illinois	74–57
185	March 11, 2022*	Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Indiana	65–63
186	January 19, 2023	State Farm Center	Indiana	80–65
187	February 18, 2023	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall	No. 14 Indiana	71–68
188	January 27, 2024	State Farm Center	No. 10 Illinois	70–62
Series: Indiana leads 96–92

*Denotes game played during the Big Ten tournament

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Team	Illinois	Indiana
National titles^[8]^[9]	0	5
Final Four appearances^[10]^[11]	5	8
NCAA Tournament appearances^[10]^[11]	32	41
NCAA Tournament record^[10]^[11]	42-34	68-36
Big Ten tournament titles^[12]	3	0
Big Ten regular season titles^[13]	18	22
Consensus First Team All-Americans^[14]	16	16
Naismith Players of the Year^[15]	0	2
Big Ten Players of the Year^[16]	3	6
Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipients^[17]	19	16
All-time program record^[10]^[11]	1876-1054	1909-1106
All-time winning percentage^[10]^[11]	.640	.633

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Date	Illinois rank	Indiana rank	Winner	Score
January 15, 1951	14	6	Indiana	64–53
February 19, 1951	11	6	Illinois	71–65
January 14, 1952	2	4	Illinois	78–66
February 18, 1952	6	20	Illinois	77–70
January 17, 1953	4	6	Indiana	74–70^OT
February 28, 1953	10	2	Indiana	91–79
January 14, 1956	8	12	Illinois	96–72
January 4, 1965	6	2	Illinois	86–81
May 5, 1981	16	14	Indiana	69–66
January 27, 1985	6	13	Illinois	52–41
January 28, 1987	14	4	Indiana	69–66
May 1, 1987	14	3	Illinois	69–67
January 28, 1989	1	16	Illinois	75–65
May 5, 1989	8	3	Illinois	70–67
February 4, 1990	11	22	Illinois	70–65
May 10, 2000	21	13	Illinois	72–69
February 26, 2002	15	25	Illinois	70–62
January 18, 2003	8	18	Indiana	74–66
January 17, 2006	7	13	Indiana	62–60