Indiana has shown a lack of confidence and connectedness this season, a discouraging trend with its most difficult games coming up.

The Indiana Hoosiers begin a challenging stretch by visiting Purdue. Here are starting lineups, prediction and rankings.

Spring is weeks away and forecasts from NOAA to the Old Farmer's Almanac show what might be in store for Indiana.

No. 10 Purdue faces the Indiana Hoosiers after Braden Smith scored 24 points in Purdue's 91-64 victory against the Michigan Wolverines.

INDIANAPOLIS — The following is a script for Gov. Mike Braun's State of the State speech that was provided to 13News by the Braun administration. It is posted below without changes. You can watch the speech on air and on WTHR+.

The Hoosiers improved to 3-4 against Quad 1 opponents by shutting down a late rally from Washington (13-8; 4-5). The Huskies trailed by 14 points before going on an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter while holding IU without any field goals for more than four minutes.

Democrats and Republicans are responding to the speech, which Braun used to lay out his agenda for his time as Indiana's governor.

Speaking to the Bartholomew County commissioners, Fletcher said 151,235 individual claims have been made by local residents on the property. The office returns over $1 million of unclaimed property to Hoosiers every week, achieving a record of more than $81 million in 2023 alone, Fletcher told the commissioners.

The Hoosiers had a poor final minute to end an otherwise impressive comeback in a loss against Maryland at Assembly Hall. Here's how the players fared.

"I understand this tax relief will have an impact on local governments, but taxpayers are struggling, and we have to put their needs first," Gov. Mike Braun said.

The Purdue Boilermakers have been on a roll in January and want to keep the good times going against rival Indiana.