1967–68 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1967–68 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who was in his 3rd year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1967–68 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record10–14 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaNew Fieldhouse
1967–68 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ohio State104 .714218  .724
Iowa104 .714169  .640
Purdue95 .643159  .625
Northwestern86 .5711310  .565
Wisconsin77 .5001311  .542
Michigan State68 .4291212  .500
Illinois68 .4291113  .458
Michigan68 .4291113  .458
Indiana410 .2861014  .417
Minnesota410 .286717  .292
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–14 and a conference record of 4–10, finishing 9th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to play in any postseason tournament.[1]

Roster

No.NamePositionHt.YearHometown
20Mike NilesG6–4So.Warsaw, Indiana
22Joe CookeG6–3So.Toledo, Ohio
23Vern PayneG5–10Sr.Michigan City, Indiana
24Bobby KentG5–8So.Unionville, Indiana
25Ken NewsomeF6–5Sr.Ahoskie, North Carolina
30Rich SchrumpfC6–9Sr.Galien, Michigan
31Bill DeHeerC6–9Jr.Maplewood, Missouri
32Mike NolandF6–6So.Indianapolis, Indiana
33Ken JohnsonC6–6So.Anderson, Indiana
34Butch JoynerF6–4Sr.New Castle, Indiana
35Bill StenbergC6–7Jr.Rockford, Illinois
40John IsenbargerG6–3So.Muncie, Indiana
41Gabe OliverioG6–2Jr.Annandale, Virginia
42Rick AtkinsonG6–3So.Evansville, Indiana
43John MuirheadC6–7Jr.Danville, Illinois
44Earl SchneiderF6–9Jr.Evansville, Indiana
45Gary LeinbergerF6–7Sr.St. Louis, Missouri

Schedule/Results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1967*
Northern Illinois W 71–65  1–0
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
12/4/1967*
at Missouri W 78–69  2–0
Brewer Fieldhouse 
Columbia, MO
12/9/1967*
Ohio W 89–63  3–0
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
12/11/1967*
Kansas State W 89–83  4–0
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
12/16/1967*
No. 9 at North Carolina State W 101–97 OT 5–0
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, North Carolina
12/19/1967*
No. 5 vs. Notre Dame W 96–91  6–0
Memorial Coliseum 
Fort Wayne, IN
12/28/1967*
No. 3 vs. Western Kentucky L 91–110  6–1
Moody Coliseum 
Dallas, TX
12/29/1967*
No. 3 at SMU L 84–91  6–2
Moody Coliseum 
Dallas, TX
1/2/1968*
at Detroit L 93–99  6–3
Calihan Hall 
Detroit, MI
1/6/1968
Minnesota W 74–59  7–3 (1–0)
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
1/9/1968
at Illinois
Rivalry
W 61–60 OT 8–3 (2–0)
Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
1/13/1968
Northwestern L 81–86  8–4 (2–1)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
1/16/1968
at Purdue
Rivalry
L 60–89  8–5 (2–2)
Purdue Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
1/29/1968*
at DePaul L 78–79  8–6 (2–2)
Alumni Hall 
Chicago, IL
2/3/1968
at Minnesota L 75–82  8–7 (2–3)
Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
2/5/1968
Ohio State L 77–78  8–8 (2–4)
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
2/10/1968
at Wisconsin L 83–95  8–9 (2–5)
Wisconsin Field House 
Madison, WI
2/17/1968
Michigan W 98–92  9–9 (3–5)
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
2/20/1968
at Michigan State L 70–75  9–10 (3–6)
Jenison Fieldhouse 
East Lansing, MI
2/24/1968
Iowa L 70–78  9–11 (3–7)
Iowa Field House 
Iowa City, IA
2/27/1968
at Northwestern L 66–73 OT 9–12 (3–8)
Welsh-Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
3/2/1968
at Ohio State L 93–107  9–13 (3–9)
St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
3/5/1968
Wisconsin W 93–85  10–13 (4–9)
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
3/9/1968
Purdue
Rivalry
L 64–68  10–14 (4–10)
New Fieldhouse 
Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
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