1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Co-Champions
Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	23–5 (12–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Dave Bliss; Bob Donewald; Bob Weltlich;
Captains	Steve Green; Quinn Buckner;
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	23	–	5	.821
No. 6 Michigan	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
No. 11 Purdue	10	–	4	.714	21	–	9	.700
Wisconsin	8	–	6	.571	16	–	8	.667
Michigan State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	8	–	16	.333
Ohio State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	9	–	15	.375
Illinois	2	–	12	.143	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his third year. The team played its home games in 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 23–5 and a conference record of 12–2, tying Michigan for first place in the Big Ten Conference. Due to the NCAA Tournament rules at the time which allowed only conference champions to participate, Indiana and Michigan faced off for a third game to determine which team would go to the NCAA Tournament. IU lost to Michigan, 75–67, and thus did not participate in the Tournament. Instead, the 1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament invited second-place teams from eight conferences to participate in their tournament. This was IU's only appearance in the CCAT; however, they did win the championship game.^[1]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Bobby Wilkerson	G/F	6–7	So.	Anderson, Indiana
21	Quinn Buckner	G	6–3	So.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Trent Smock	F	6–5	So.	Richmond, Indiana
23	Craig Morris	G	6–4	So.	DeGraff, Ohio
24	Steve Ahlfeld	G	6–1	Jr.	Wabash, Indiana
25	Doug Allen	F	6–6	Jr.	Champaign, Illinois
30	John Kamstra	G	6–1	Jr.	Frankfort, Indiana
31	John Laskowski	G/F	6–5	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
33	Tom Abernethy	F	6–7	So.	South Bend, Indiana
34	Steve Green	F	6–7	Jr.	Sellersburg, Indiana
42	Scott May	F	6–7	So.	Sandusky, Ohio
43	Don Noort	C	6–8	So.	Worth, Illinois
45	Jim Crews	G	6–5	So.	Normal, Illinois
54	Kent Benson	C	6–11	Fr.	New Castle, Indiana

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/1/1973*	No. 3	The Citadel	W 74–55	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/5/1973*	No. 3	Kansas	W 72–59	2–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/8/1973*	No. 3	vs. No. 10 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 77–68	3–0	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
12/11/1973*	No. 3	No. 6 Notre Dame	L 67–73	3–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/1973*	No. 3	at Ball State	W 87–62	4–1	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
12/22/1973*	No. 7	No. 15 South Carolina	W 84–71	5–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/26/1973*	No. 7	vs. BYU Far West Classic Quarterfinals	W 96–52	6–1	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/28/1973*	No. 7	vs. Oregon State Far West Classic Semifinals	L 48–61	6–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/29/1973*	No. 7	vs. Oregon Far West Classic consolation round	W 56–47	7–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
1/5/1974	No. 8	at No. 18 Michigan	L 71–73	7–3 (0–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/8/1974*	No. 13	at Miami	W 71–58	8–3	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/12/1974	No. 13	No. 13 Wisconsin	W 52–51	9–3 (1–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/14/1974	No. 13	Northwestern	W 72–67	10–3 (2–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/19/1974	No. 12	at Iowa	W 55–51	11–3 (3–1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/26/1974	No. 11	at Northwestern	W 82–53	12–3 (4–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/2/1974	No. 12	Iowa	W 85–50	13–3 (5–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/9/1974	No. 12	Illinois Rivalry	W 107–67	14–3 (6–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/11/1974	No. 12	at Wisconsin	W 81–63	15–3 (7–1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/16/1974	No. 12	No. 15 Michigan	W 93–81	16–3 (8–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/18/1974	No. 12	at Illinois Rivalry	W 101–83	17–3 (9–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/23/1974	No. 10	at Minnesota	W 73–55	18–3 (10–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/25/1974	No. 10	Michigan State	W 91–85	19–3 (11–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/2/1974	No. 9	at Ohio State	L 79–85	19–4 (11–2)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
3/9/1974	No. 13	Purdue Rivalry	W 80–79	20–4 (12–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/11/1974*	No. 13	vs. No. 12 Michigan Big Ten Conference Tie-Breaker	L 67–75	20–5	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
CCTA Tournament
3/15/1974*	No. 10	vs. Tennessee First Round	W 73–71	21–5	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/17/1974*	No. 10	vs. Toledo Semifinals	W 73–72 ^OT	22–5	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/18/1974*	No. 10	vs. No. 15 USC Championship	W 85–60	23–5	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 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
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics