1968–69 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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

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

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

Date time, TV	Rank^#	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

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