1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–15 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Watson (4th season);
Assistant coach	Tom Bolyard
Captain	Bill DeHeer
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Purdue	13	–	1	.929	23	–	5	.821
No. 20 Illinois	9	–	5	.643	19	–	5	.792
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Michigan	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	14	–	10	.583
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	12	.478
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who was in his 4th year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 9–15 and a conference record of 4–10, finishing 10th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to play in any postseason tournament.^[2]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Mike Niles	G	6–4	Jr.	Warsaw, Indiana
22	Joe Cooke	G	6–3	Jr.	Toledo, Ohio
23	Larry Gipson	G	5–10	So.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Ken Morgan	F	6–6	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
25	Jeff Stocksdale	F	6–4	So.	Lima, Ohio
31	Bill DeHeer	C	6–9	Sr.	Maplewood, Missouri
32	Mike Noland	F	6–6	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Ken Johnson	C	6–6	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
34	Ben Niles	G	6–5	So.	Warsaw, Indiana
35	Bill Stenberg	C	6–7	Sr.	Rockford, Illinois
40	Kevin Bass	G	5–10	So.	Morristown, Indiana
41	Gabe Oliverio	G	6–2	Sr.	Annandale, Virginia
42	Rick Atkinson	G	6–3	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
43	John Muirhead	C	6–7	Sr.	Danville, Illinois
44	Earl Schneider	F	6–9	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
45	Mike Branaugh	C	6–8	Jr.	Toledo, Ohio
54	Mike Szymanczyk	C	6–8	So.	Lansing, Illinois

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/3/1968*	at Ohio	L 70–80	0–1	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/7/1968*	Missouri	W 58–51	1–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/9/1968*	at Kansas State	L 83–87	1–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
12/14/1968*	North Carolina State	W 77–62	2–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/16/1968*	Loyola (Chicago)	W 88–83	3–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/21/1968*	at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 94–104	3–3	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
12/27/1968*	vs. Niagara ECAC Quaker City Tournament First Round	W 86–83	4–3	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
12/28/1968*	vs. No. 17 La Salle ECAC Quaker City Tournament Semifinals	L 88–108	4–4	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
12/30/1968*	vs. St. Joseph's (Pa.) ECAC Quaker City Tournament Third Place Game	L 72–80	4–5	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
1/4/1969	No. 13 Ohio State	L 82–90	4–6 (0–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/7/1969	at Michigan	L 87–89	4–7 (0–2)	University Events Building Ann Arbor, MI
1/11/1969	at Iowa	L 72–91	4–8 (0–3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/14/1969	No. 17 Northwestern	W 87–70	5–8 (1–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/27/1969*	DePaul	W 87–66	6–8 (1–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/1/1969	Michigan State	W 79–76	7–8 (2–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/4/1969	at Wisconsin	W 65–63	8–8 (3–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/8/1969	Minnesota	L 83–89	8–9 (3–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/15/1969	at Northwestern	L 88–91	8–10 (3–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/18/1969	No. 9 Purdue Rivalry	L 95–96	8–11 (3–6)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/22/1969	at Minnesota	L 79–83	8–12 (3–7)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/25/1969	Wisconsin	W 101–84	9–12 (4–7)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/1/1969	No. 15 Illinois Rivalry	L 64–77	9–13 (4–8)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/4/1969	at Ohio State	L 86–108	9–14 (4–9)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
3/8/1969	at Purdue Rivalry	L 76–120	9–15 (4–10)	Purdue Arena West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

[1] sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Ten Conference Season Summary

[2] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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