1957–58 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 12

1957–58 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Indiana	10	–	4	.714	13	–	11	.542
No. 17 Michigan State	9	–	5	.643	16	–	6	.727
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Northwestern	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Ohio State	8	–	6	.571	9	–	13	.409
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	13	–	9	.591
Michigan	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	11	–	11	.500
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	9	–	12	.429
Wisconsin	3	–	11	.214	8	–	14	.364

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957–58 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 17th year. The team played its home games in The 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 10-4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. As Big Ten Conference Champions, Indiana was invited to participate in the NCAA Tournament, where the Hoosiers advanced to Regional Third Place.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
13	Bob Reinhart	G	5–10	So.	Dale, Indiana
15	Sam Gee	G	6–1	Sr.	Washington, Indiana
20	Al Schlegelmilch	G	6–1	So.	Monticello, Indiana
22	Archie Dees	C	6–8	Sr.	Mount Carmel, Illinois
23	Stan Hill	G	5–10	So.	Seymour, Indiana
24	Ray Ball	F	6–3	Sr.	Elkhart, Indiana
30	Lee Aldridge	C	6–6	Jr.	Switz City, Indiana
31	Norbert Witte	C	6–7	So.	Decatur, Indiana
31	Jim Hinds	F	6–5	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
32	Gene Flowers	F	6–2	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
33	Frank Radovich	F	6–7	So.	Hammond, Indiana
42	Bill Balch	F	6–5	Jr.	Crawfordsville, Indiana
43	Pete Obremskey	F	6–3	Sr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
44	Bob Wilkinson	G	6–1	So.	LaPorte, Indiana
45	Jerry Thompson	F	6–5	Sr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1957*		Ohio	L 68-76	0-1	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/7/1957*		Kansas State	L 61-66	0-2	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/14/1957*		at Missouri	L 73-78	0-3	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
12/19/1957*		Saint Mary's	W 79-66	1-3	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/23/1957*		Oregon State	L 51-62	1-4	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/27/1957*		at Butler Hoosier Classic	L 78-84	1-5	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/28/1957*		vs. Notre Dame Hoosier Classic	L 74-89	1-6	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
1/4/1958		Northwestern	W 68-65	2-6 (1-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/6/1958		at Purdue Rivalry	L 66-68	2-7 (1-1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
1/11/1958		Illinois Rivalry	W 89-82	3-7 (2-1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/13/1958		Minnesota	W 85-64	4-7 (3-1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/18/1958		at Iowa	L 75-79	4-8 (3-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/1/1958*		at DePaul	W 76-66	5-8 (3-2)	Alumni Hall Chicago, IL
2/3/1958		at Minnesota	L 66-69	5-9 (3-3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/8/1958		Michigan State	W 82-79	6-9 (4-3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/10/1958		at Wisconsin	W 93-87	7-9 (5-3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/17/1958		Ohio State	L 83-93	7-10 (5-4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/22/1958		at Ohio State	W 88-83	8-10 (6-4)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/24/1958		Michigan	W 95-88	9-10 (7-4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/1/1958		Purdue Rivalry	W 109-95	10-10 (8-4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/3/1958		at Illinois Rivalry	W 96-86	11-10 (9-4)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
3/8/1958		at Michigan State	W 75-72	12-10 (10-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1958*	No. 12	vs. Notre Dame Regional Semifinals	L 87-94	12-11 (10-4)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
3/15/1958*	No. 12	vs. Miami (OH) Regional Third Place	W 98-91	13-11 (10-4)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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