1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Old Dominion Classic Champions
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 17
Record	17–8 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Dave Bliss; John Hulls; Bob Weltlich;
Captain	Joby Wright
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1970–71 1972–73 →

1971–72 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Minnesota	11	–	3	.786	17	–	6	.739
No. 19 Ohio State	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
No. 17 Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Michigan	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	14	–	10	.583
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games in the newly constructed Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–8 and a conference record of 9–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Missing out on the NCAA Tournament, Indiana was invited to play in the National Invitation Tournament; however, the Hoosiers lost in the first round, bringing Knight's first season to an end.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Frank Wilson	G	6–3	Jr.	Bluffton, Indiana
22	Bootsie White	G	5–8	Jr.	Hammond, Indiana
23	Steve Heiniger	G	5–10	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
24	Dave Shepherd	G	5–11	So.	Carmel, Indiana
32	Steve Downing	C	6–8	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Jerry Memering	F/C	6–7	Jr.	Vincennes, Indiana
42	John Ritter	F	6–5	Jr.	Goshen, Indiana
43	Rick Ford	F	6–5	Sr.	Cloverdale, Indiana
44	Joby Wright	F	6–8	Sr.	Savannah, Georgia
54	Kim Pemberton	G	6–3	Jr.	Osgood, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1971*		Ball State	W 84–77	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/4/1971*		Miami	W 65–50	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/6/1971*		No. 14 Kansas	W 59–56	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1971*		vs. No. 7 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 90–89 ^2OT	4–0	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
12/15/1971*	No. 12	at Ohio	L 70–79	4–1	Convocation Center Athens, Ohio
12/18/1971*	No. 12	Notre Dame	W 94–29	5–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/22/1971*	No. 8	at Butler	W 85–74	6–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana
12/28/1971*	No. 7	vs. No. 8 BYU Old Dominion Classic	W 61–50	7–1	Hampton Coliseum Norfolk, Virginia
12/29/1971*	No. 7	at Old Dominion Old Dominion Classic	W 88–86	8–1	Hampton Coliseum Norfolk, Virginia
1/4/1972*	No. 5	at Northern Illinois	L 71–85	8–2	Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, Illinois
1/8/1972	No. 5	at Minnesota	L 51–52	8–3 (0–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
1/15/1972	No. 17	Wisconsin	L 64–66 ^OT	8–4 (0–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/22/1972		at Ohio State	L 74–80	8–5 (0–3)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
1/29/1972		at Michigan State	L 73-83	8–6 (0–4)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
2/5/1972		Michigan State	W 83–69	9–6 (1–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/8/1972		Minnesota	W 61–42	10–6 (2–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/12/1972		at Wisconsin	W 84–76 ^OT	11–6 (3–4)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
2/19/1972		Iowa	W 86–79	12–6 (4–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/22/1972		at Illinois Rivalry	W 90–71	13–6 (5–4)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
2/26/1972		at Purdue Rivalry	L 69–70	13–7 (5–5)	Purdue Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
2/29/1972		No. 16 Michigan	W 79–75	14–7 (6–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/4/1972		No. 14 Ohio State	W 65–57	15–7 (7–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/7/1972	No. 20	at Northwestern	W 72–67	16–7 (8–5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
3/11/1972	No. 20	Purdue Rivalry	W 62–48	17–7 (9–5)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
NIT
3/18/1972*	No. 17	vs. Princeton First Round	L 60–68	17–8 (9–5)	Madison Square Garden New York City
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	18	Joby Wright	Seattle SuperSonics

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References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
^ "1972 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[2] "1972 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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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

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