The Hoosiers play home basketball games at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on the university campus in Bloomington, Indiana.

Closely matched teams from all classes played a hotly contested tournament, which was won by the freshman without a single defeat."

The Departmental Era concentrated on the expansion of athletics by increasing the sports offered, hiring more faculty, and expanding the interclass and intramural programs sponsored by the department.

Indiana University's WAA supported the program and created opportunities for Play Days to occur for the next several decades.

These programs provided the opportunity for women to experience competition in a wholesome healthy atmosphere, devoid of bias and strong emotion.

The basketball team was coached by Dr. Kay Burrus who helped expand the extramural sport system at Indiana University.

In order to keep the basketball program within the budget, faculty served as game officials, referees, seamstresses, manages, and coaches without additional compensation for their time.

Teri Moren was hired as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team on August 9, 2014.

After regular season play was over, the Hoosiers received a #9 seed and were able to participate in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 14 years.

Indiana defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 62–58 for their first NCAA tournament win in 33 years before falling to #1 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Led by seniors Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill, the Hoosiers compiled a 23–14 record and won the 2018 WNIT in front of a program record-breaking crowd of 13,007 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

[8] For the 2020–21 season, the Hoosiers advanced to their first ever Elite Eight of the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament before being eliminated in a 66–53 loss to Arizona.

Six support pillars proved a safety hazard which caused the women to play basketball more cautiously than desired.

Other difficulties with this space included the fact that the hall and stairway remained unheated and became very cold in the winter months and the ceiling was very low in the women could almost touch the basketball rim.

They held a scrimmage between the "Reds" and "Whites" to determine which would represent the Freshman class in the interclass tournament.

It is unclear the exact date the Student Building ceased to be the main arena of women's athletics at Indiana University.

While documentation is unclear on the exact transition of Women's Gymnasium to the School of Public Health, it is known the facilities were used by coed athletes by the 1960s.

[10] The Hoosiers made three appearances in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 6–4.