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IUP originally dubbed its sports teams the "Indians", in reference to the town and school's name, and used a costumed student as a mascot. Following movements to eliminate Native American-related mascots, the university eliminated the Indian mascot in 1991, replacing it with an American black bear named Cherokee - deriving from the name of the university's fight song, though it retained the ...
The Crimson Hawks' current head coach is Paul Tortorella, who was named acting head coach for the 2017 season after Curt Cignetti resigned to take the head coach position at Elon University. [3] Cignetti had been introduced as IUP's head coach on January 21, 2011, to replace Lou Tepper .
IUP Crimson Hawks men's basketball team is a Division II basketball program who represents Indiana University of Pennsylvania.The program has been in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship nineteen times making the Sweet 16 ten times, Elite 8 seven times, the Final Four five times, and has appeared in the National Championship game twice, coming up short both times in 2010 and 2015.
IUP's athletic department sponsors 19 varsity sports, including eight for men and 11 for women. There are also club sports teams such as ice hockey and rugby. The Crimson Hawks, formerly known as the Indians, compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) of NCAA Division II.
Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex is a sports and entertainment complex owned by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania.The complex, which contains multi-use space for conferences and events as well as arena which will serve as the university's primary indoor venue totals 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m 2), and stands on approximately 6.55 acres (26,500 m 2) of ...
The Black Hawks have made the playoffs for six straight seasons but between 1985 and 2018 had qualified just three other times and went through a 20-year postseason drought.
This category is for articles related to the varsity sports teams of Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
In that national quarterfinal, the Crimson Hawks beat Valdosta State, and defeated St. Cloud State in the Final Four to advance to the team's first NCAA Championship Game. [2] In the championship, the Crimson Hawks were defeated by the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos, 65–53. The Crimson Hawks trailed the entire game.