What is the story about?
Shonda Staton has built one of the most consistent programs in Bloomington in her nine years leading Indiana softball.
The Hoosiers have made the last four NCAA Tournaments under Stanton’s watch, marking a new program record after Stanton already achieved three consecutive appearances in 2025. Four of the program’s eleven tournament bids in its history have come under Stanton.
Indiana is once again bound for the Knoxville Regional, where it’ll compete against Northern Kentucky, Virginia and host Tennessee
for a chance to advance. The Hoosiers will open NCAA Tournament play on Friday against Virginia.
Here’s all of what you need to know about the Hoosiers today:
ICYMI on The Crimson Quarry
- Indiana men’s basketball lands commitment from German center Clemens Sokolov
- Indiana’s Darian DeVries emphasized size, physicality and depth in aggressive portal approach
- Indiana men’s basketball’s incoming freshmen could have a big role to play
- WATCH: Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries gives spring updates
- Indiana’s Darian DeVries excited for Samet Yigitoglu: ‘He’s a big, big guy”
- Bison Breakdown: IHSAA shot clock, Indiana’s trip to Peru, Mark Cuban-Fernando Mendoza
What they’re saying about the Hoosiers
- Indiana Daily Student: Indiana softball selected for NCAA Tournament, headed to the Knoxville Regional
- The Daily Hoosier: IU football recruiting: Hoosiers generating buzz with elite prospects following April visits
- Indiana Daily Student: Indiana track and field shines at Billy Hayes Invitational with 18 event wins
- The Athletic: Re-ranking college football’s 2025 transfer portal classes
- Indiana Daily Student: The perfect champions: How 1975-76 Indiana men’s basketball achieved immortality 50 years on
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