We’re #1, we’re #1.
Hopefully we can get football on the right side of the chart this decade. It would be heaven to have us #1 on both sides. We can dream.
We were not in the power 5 for 10yrs
You can’t be a blueblood and not have any national championships.
Agreed. Seeing graphics like that just brings back bad memories and frustration. It’s a great accomplishment for the program, no doubt, but it would mean so much more with a national championship attached to it. Never take away from the success of this program, but that Natty elevates everything
Agree 100% on the national championship comments…
However, I will take that aside and also take a view from where this program was 20 years ago … 2006 – and now – call it a comeback, redemption, rising from the dead… its an amazing story of a turn-around that very few thought was possible…
There’s no such thing as a blue blood. We live in a time where attention spans are shorter than 30 seconds. You think Indiana basketball resonates with anyone under 30?
True and Indiana is basketball
I’d go with NC over Indiana for best college basketball state.
Everybody loves hoops here in NC!
Ditto for Kentucky
False.
There’s a near universal consensus that Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, and UCLA are basketball blue bloods.
And why?
Multiple national titles, often in more than one era.
Now then, merely winning a natty doesn’t automatically make you a blue blood.
Holy Cross, UTEP, Baylor, Stanford, and Lasalle all have a natty and are NOT blue bloods.
Again, the key is multiple natties, often in more than one era, as well as high level dominance over generations.
UCLA has one Natty in 51 years.
I view them as a “Used to be” National Blue Blood.
Yeah, I hear you.
OTOH, they’ve made some final fours since then, including recently.
So even when they aren’t winning natties, they are still, as I said, showing high level dominance over generations.
“Blood blood” exists as a moniker for people on message boards. No one off the radar for the last five years even registers with the general public.
You can argue this or that but I’m just telling you it doesn’t mean jack squat. Like saying the Frog Diver is the gold standard for GI Joe’s.
Uh, I think the term is widely used in the media and among sports writers. It ain’t just a message board thing.
We’re talking about the last ten years not ancient history.
I’m in my 40"s and Indy basketball doesn’t resonate with me.
FIFY
Come on man… Victor Oladipo… and… 
Not to straddle the fence on Indiana, but historically they have been a been a blueblood in basketball. The Indiana blueblood status came after Bobby Knight won 3 national championships. Each coach since Knight, including Kelvin Sampson, has won at Indiana, just not the national championship. The State of Indiana is a basketball state and the expectations are high. Knight’s 3 NCs has given the fans unrealistic expectations. I would say all the elements of a rebirth of Indiana as a blueblood are in place. Darian DeVries is a good coach and has been recruiting well. The fan support is some of the best in the country. Guess who led the B1G is men’s basketball attendance in 2025-2026? Not Ohio St., not Michigan, but Indiana.
I’m curious to see if Indiana’s success in football translates to basketball. Lots of money flowing in to Indiana athletics, and Indiana basketball already has a well-funded NIL program. Just ask one-time PG recruit for UH, Markus Burton.