1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	19–5 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (24th season);
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson; Don Luft;
Captain	Jon McGlocklin ; Al Harden
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Michigan	13	–	1	.929	24	–	4	.857
No. 7 Minnesota	11	–	3	.786	19	–	5	.792
Illinois	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
Indiana	9	–	5	.643	19	–	5	.792
Iowa	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Ohio State	6	–	3	.667	12	–	12	.500
Purdue	5	–	9	.357	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	9	–	13	.409
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	1	–	13	.071	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the Big Ten Conference. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 24th and final year. The team played its home games on campus in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–5 (.792) (9–5 in Big Ten, fourth). Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1] (In 1965, the NCAA tournament had 23 teams and the NIT had fourteen.)

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Gary Tofil	G	6–2	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Bill Russell	G	6–1	So.	Columbus, Indiana
23	Al Harden	G	5–10	Sr.	Covington, Indiana
24	Vern Pfaff	G	5–10	Jr.	Ellettsville, Indiana
25	Tom Van Arsdale	F	6–5	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Dick Van Arsdale	F	6–5	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
32	Ron Peyser	C	6–8	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois
33	Jack Johnson	F	6–6	So.	Greenfield, Indiana
34	Dave Dickerson	F	6–4	So.	Paris, Illinois
35	Ron McMains	F	6–5	So.	Frankfort, Indiana
40	Larry Turpen	G	6–1	Jr.	Shawswick, Indiana
41	Max Walker	G	6–1	Jr.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
42	Erv Inniger	G	6–3	So.	Berne, Indiana
43	Gary Grieger	F	6–4	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
44	Steve Redenbaugh	G	6–2	Sr.	Paoli, Indiana
45	Larry Cooper	C	6–7	Sr.	Osborne, Kansas
54	Jon McGlocklin	F/C	6–5	Sr.	Franklin, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1964*		Ohio	W 81–70	1–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/5/1964*		at No. 8 Kansas State	W 74–70	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
12/7/1964*		Oklahoma	W 87–69	3–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/12/1964*		North Carolina	W 107–81	4–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/14/1964*		DePaul	W 91–78	5–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/19/1964*		at Detroit	W 108–89	6–0	Calihan Hall Detroit, MI
12/21/1964*		vs. Notre Dame	W 107–81	7–0	Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
12/28/1964*	No. 8	vs. Saint Louis Memphis State Invitational	W 98–68	8–0	Memorial Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
12/29/1964*	No. 7	at Memphis State Memphis State Invitational	W 91–68	9–0	Memorial Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
1/4/1965	No. 7	at No. 6 Illinois Rivalry	L 81–86	9–1 (0–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
1/9/1965	No. 2	Northwestern	W 86–73	10–1 (1–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/11/1965	No. 2	at Iowa	W 85–76	11–1 (2–1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/16/1965	No. 5	at Ohio State	W 84–72	12–1 (3–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
1/18/1965	No. 5	Iowa	L 68–74	12–2 (3–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/4/1965*	No. 7	Loyola (Chicago)	W 109–82	13–2 (3–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/8/1965	No. 7	Michigan State	W 112–94	14–2 (4–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/13/1965		at Northwestern	W 86–76	15–2 (5–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/15/1965	No. 8	No. 1 Michigan	L 95–96 ^OT	15–3 (5–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/20/1965	No. 7	Wisconsin	W 100–87	16–3 (6–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/22/1965	No. 7	at Purdue Rivalry	L 70–82	16–4 (6–4)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/27/1965	No. 7	at No. 8 Minnesota	L 88–100	16–5 (6–5)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
3/1/1965	No. 7	Ohio State	W 110–90	17–5 (7–5)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/6/1965		Purdue Rivalry	W 90–79	18–5 (8–5)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/8/1965		at Wisconsin	W 92–73	19–5 (9–5)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 19, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 19, 2015.

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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