1927–28 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1927–28 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Indiana	10	–	2	.833	15	–	2	.882
Purdue	10	–	2	.833	15	–	2	.882
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	13	–	4	.765
Northwestern	9	–	3	.750	12	–	5	.706
Michigan	7	–	5	.583	10	–	7	.588
Chicago	5	–	7	.417	8	–	9	.471
Iowa	3	–	9	.250	6	–	11	.353
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	5	–	12	.294
Illinois	2	–	10	.167	5	–	12	.294
Minnesota	2	–	10	.167	4	–	12	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1927–28 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 4th year. For the last time, 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 15-2 and a conference record of 10-2, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Art Beckner	F	6–1	Sr.	Muncie, Indiana
4	Robert Correll	G	6–1	Sr.	Bloomington, Indiana
5	Dale Wells	F	6–1	Jr.	LaPorte, Indiana
6	James Strickland	F	6–2	So.	Owensville, Indiana
7	Branch McCracken	C	6–5	So.	Monrovia, Indiana
8	Maurice Starr	F	6–1	Sr.	Anderson, Indiana
9	Carl Scheid	G	6–1	Jr.	Vincennes, Indiana
10	Donald Cooper	F	6–1	So.	North Vernon, Indiana
13	James Gill	G	6–2	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
15	John Leonard	C	6–4	So.	Rochester, Indiana
18	Charles Benzel	G	5–8	Sr.	Bedford, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/13/1927*	Franklin College	W 34-25	1-0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
12/18/1927*	Wabash	W 39-26	2-0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
12/31/1927*	Cincinnati	W 29-17	3-0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
1/7/1928	Chicago	W 32-13	4-0 (1-0)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
1/14/1928	at Michigan	L 41-42	4-1 (1-1)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/16/1928	at Chicago	W 35-12	5-1 (2-1)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago
1/21/1928	Illinois Rivalry	W 44-29	6-1 (3-1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
1/25/1928	at Purdue Rivalry	L 25-28	6-2 (3-2)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, Indiana
2/4/1928*	Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 48-29	7-2 (3-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/11/1928	Iowa	W 50-33	8-2 (4-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/13/1928	Ohio State	W 43-26	9-2 (5-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/18/1928	Purdue Rivalry	W 40-37	10-2 (6-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/20/1928*	Coe College	W 35-14	11-2 (6-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
2/22/1928	at Ohio State	W 52-17	12-2 (7-2)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
2/27/1928	at Iowa	W 49-39	13-2 (8-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/3/1928	Michigan	W 36-34	14-2 (9-2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, Indiana
3/6/1928	at Illinois Rivalry	W 27-23	15-2 (10-2)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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

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

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