1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–5 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Everett Dean (2nd season);
Captain	Palmer Sponsler
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1924–25 1926–27 →

1925–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	13	–	4	.765
Indiana	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Iowa	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	6	–	6	.500	9	–	8	.529
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	7	–	10	.412
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Northwestern	4	–	8	.333	5	–	11	.313
Chicago	3	–	9	.250	5	–	12	.294

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 12–5 and a conference record of 8–4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Art Beckner	F	6–1	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
4	Robert Correll	G	6–1	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
10	Ed Farmer	C	6–4	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
18	Charles Benzel	G	5–8	Jr.	Bedford, Indiana
N/A	Herman Byers	F	N/A	So.	Evansville, Indiana
N/A	Harold Derr	F	5–8	So.	Huntington, Indiana
N/A	Millard Easton	G	6–1	Sr.	Sandborn, Indiana
N/A	Edward Jones	C	N/A	So.	Oolitic, Indiana
N/A	Julius Krueger	F	6–1	Jr.	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Ralph McClintock	F	N/A	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Gale Robinson	C	N/A	N/A	Connersville, Indiana
N/A	Frank Sibley	C	6–2	Jr.	Gary, Indiana
N/A	Palmer Sponsler	G	6–1	Sr.	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Jack Winston	G/F	6–6	Sr.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/10/1925*	Miami (OH)	W 47–26	1–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/15/1925*	DePauw	L 20–33	1–1	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/19/1925*	Wabash	W 35–27	2–1	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/5/1926*	Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 34–23	3–1	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/9/1926	Minnesota	W 33–28	4–1 (1–0)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/11/1926	at Wisconsin	L 31–33	4–2 (1–1)	Red Gym Madison, WI
1/16/1926	at Iowa	L 22–29	4–3 (1–2)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
1/18/1926	at Northwestern	W 39–31	5–3 (2–2)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
1/23/1926	Purdue Rivalry	W 37–34	6–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/1/1926	Iowa	W 30–20	7–3 (4–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/13/1926	at Purdue Rivalry	L 29–31	7–4 (4–3)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1926	Illinois Rivalry	L 20–21	7–5 (4–4)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/26/1926	at Minnesota	W 41–23	8–5 (5–4)	Kenwood Armory Minneapolis, MN
2/27/1926*	at Carleton	W 38–36	9–5 (5–4)	Northfield, MN
3/2/1926	Northwestern	W 34–28	10–5 (6–4)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
3/6/1926	at Illinois Rivalry	W 28–25	11–5 (7–4)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
3/9/1926	Wisconsin	W 35–20	12–5 (8–4)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

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[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

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