The College Basketball Belt
Get belt alerts
The College Basketball Belt

Indiana

18Reigns
803Days held
66Defenses
1951First reign

Every reign

  1. 18th reignBeat Maryland 80–74 · lost to Kentucky
    Dec 3, 2002 – Dec 21, 200218 days · 3 def.
  2. 17th reignBeat Duke 74–73 · lost to Maryland
    Mar 20, 2002 – Mar 31, 200211 days · 2 def.
  3. 16th reignBeat Penn State 85–78 · lost to Illinois
    Feb 2, 2001 – Feb 16, 200114 days · 2 def.
  4. 15th reignBeat Michigan State 59–58 · lost to Michigan
    Jan 6, 2001 – Jan 8, 20012 days · 0 def.
  5. 14th reignBeat Michigan 80–62 · lost to Michigan State
    Jan 5, 1998 – Jan 27, 199822 days · 4 def.
  6. 13th reignBeat Iowa 110–79 · lost to Missouri
    Mar 11, 1995 – Mar 16, 19955 days · 0 def.
  7. 12th reignBeat Purdue 82–73 · lost to Michigan
    Feb 11, 1995 – Feb 18, 19957 days · 1 def.
  8. 11th reignBeat Michigan State 89–82 · lost to Illinois
    Jan 10, 1995 – Jan 13, 19953 days · 0 def.
  9. 10th reignBeat Kansas 80–61 · lost to Iowa
    Dec 16, 1994 – Jan 3, 199518 days · 3 def.
  10. 9th reignBeat Temple 67–58 · lost to Boston College
    Mar 19, 1994 – Mar 24, 19945 days · 0 def.
  11. 8th reignBeat Syracuse 74–73 · lost to Kentucky
    Mar 29, 1987 – Dec 5, 1987251 days · 2 def.
  12. 7th reignBeat Purdue 88–77 · lost to Purdue
    Jan 30, 1987 – Feb 25, 198726 days · 6 def.
  13. 6th reignBeat Richmond 75–67 · lost to Virginia
    Mar 16, 1984 – Mar 23, 19847 days · 1 def.
  14. 5th reignBeat Kentucky 68–67 · lost to Michigan State
    Dec 15, 1978 – Dec 30, 197815 days · 4 def.
  15. 4th reignBeat UCLA 84–64 · lost to Toledo
    Nov 28, 1975 – Nov 30, 1976368 days · 31 def.
  16. 3rd reignBeat Memphis 91–68 · lost to Illinois
    Dec 28, 1964 – Jan 3, 19656 days · 1 def.
  17. 2nd reignBeat Kansas State 92–66 · lost to Oregon State
    Dec 6, 1953 – Dec 21, 195315 days · 4 def.
  18. 1st reignBeat Notre Dame 67–54 · lost to Ohio State
    Dec 27, 1951 – Jan 6, 195210 days · 2 def.

Same school, other belts

4,025Longest wait between reigns, days (1953–1964)
1,048Average wait, days
8,727Days since the last reign ended (2002)
32–0Best belt season (1975–76)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
Michigan7–4Games →
Michigan State5–5Games →
Ohio State4–5Games →
Purdue6–2Games →
Illinois2–5Games →
Iowa4–3Games →
Northwestern5–0Games →
Notre Dame4–0Games →
Kentucky2–2Games →
Wisconsin4–0Games →
Butler3–0Games →
UCLA2–1Games →
Minnesota3–0Games →
Oregon State1–1Games →
St. John's2–0Games →

Seasons with the belt

2002–032001–022000–011997–981994–951993–941987–881986–871983–841978–791976–771975–761964–651953–541951–52

Most belt games for the program

PlayerGamesWinsPTS
1Juwan Morgan4061
2Roderick Wilmont3033
3Marshall Strickland3030
4Robert Vaden3028
5Devonte Green3019
6Justin Smith3011
7Al Durham3010
8Zach Mcroberts308
9Sean Kline302
10Trey Galloway2038

Every player →

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2023–2420–2
2018–1920–2
2017–1810–1
2015–1610–1
2005–0620–2
2004–0510–1
2002–0364–211
2001–0243–111
2000–0174–322
1997–9875–211
1994–95138–544
1993–9421–111
1991–9210–1
1987–8832–11
1986–87108–221
1983–8432–111
1978–7985–311
1976–7710–11
1975–763232–01
1972–7310–1
1964–6542–211
1960–6120–2
1953–5465–111
1951–5243–111

Get an email when the belt moves

One email per title change. Pairs with the football alerts, or on its own.

Or follow every belt at once: the belt network feed (RSS).