1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (7–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (21st season);
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson; Don Luft;
Captain	Charley Hall
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

1961–62 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	26	–	2	.929
Wisconsin	10	–	4	.714	17	–	7	.708
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	15	–	8	.652
Indiana	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	10	–	14	.417
Michigan	5	–	9	.357	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	8	–	14	.364
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	8	–	15	.348

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1961–62 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 21st 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 13–11 and a conference record of 7–7, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[2]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Dave Granger	F	6–7	Jr.	Hillsdale, Michigan
21	Dave Holland	F	6–5	So.	Toledo, Indiana
22	Jimmy Rayl	G	6–2	Jr.	Kokomo, Indiana
23	Jerry Bass	G	5–9	Sr.	Morristown, Indiana
25	Charley Roush	F	6–1	Jr.	Columbus, Indiana
30	Gordon Mickey	F	6–7	Sr.	Chillicothe, Ohio
31	Dick Sparks	C	6–5	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
31	Jim Sutton	G	5–11	So.	Anderson, Indiana
32	Ernie Wilhoit	G	6–3	Sr.	Collinsville, Illinois
33	Winston Fairfield	C	6–9	Jr.	Wilmington, Massachusetts
41	Frank Daly	F	6–2	So.	Mooresville, Indiana
42	Charley Hall	F	6–6	Sr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
43	Dave Porter	F	6–4	Jr.	Noblesville, Indiana
45	Tom Bolyard	F	6–4	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1961*	Drake	L 81–90	0–1	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
12/7/1961*	New Mexico State	W 74–68	1–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/9/1961*	Kansas State	L 78–88	1–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/11/1961*	vs. North Carolina	W 76–70	2–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
12/16/1961*	Detroit	W 92–84	3–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/18/1961*	Arizona State	W 94–88	4–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/23/1961*	at Iowa State	L 70–83	4–3	Iowa State Armory Ames, Iowa
12/30/1961*	at Loyola (Chicago)	L 90–95	4–4	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
1/2/1962*	vs. Notre Dame	W 122–95	5–4	Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
1/6/1962	Michigan State	W 76–71	6–4 (1–0)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/8/1962	at Minnesota	L 100–104	6–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/13/1962*	at DePaul	W 98–89	7–5 (1–1)	Alumni Hall Chicago, IL
1/27/1962	Minnesota	W 105–104	8–5 (2–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/29/1962	at Northwestern	W 72–71	9–5 (3–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/3/1962	at No. 4 Illinois Rivalry	L 85–96	9–6 (3–2)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
2/10/1962	at Purdue Rivalry	L 93–105	9–7 (3–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/12/1962	Wisconsin	L 94–105	9–8 (3–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/17/1962	Iowa	W 72–69	10–8 (4–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/19/1962	Michigan	W 86–77	11–8 (5–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/24/1962	at Michigan State	L 85–97	11–9 (5–5)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/26/1962	at Michigan	L 89–110	11–10 (5–6)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
3/3/1962	Purdue Rivalry	W 88–71	12–10 (6–6)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/5/1962	Illinois Rivalry	W 104–92	13–10 (7–6)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/10/1962	at No. 1 Ohio State	L 65–90	13–11 (7–7)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "1961-62 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference.
^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

[1] "1961-62 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference.

[2] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 20, 2015.

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v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics