1959–60 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1959–60 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 19th year. For the last time, the team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1959–60 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 7
Record	20–4 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson Gene Ring
Captain	Frank Radovich
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Ohio State	13	–	1		.929			25	–	3		.893
No. 7 Indiana	11	–	3		.786			20	–	4		.833
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			16	–	7		.696
Minnesota	8	–	6		.571			12	–	12		.500
Northwestern	8	–	6		.571			11	–	12		.478
Iowa	6	–	8		.429			14	–	10		.583
Purdue	6	–	8		.429			11	–	12		.478
Michigan State	5	–	9		.357			10	–	11		.476
Wisconsin	4	–	10		.286			8	–	16		.333
Michigan	1	–	13		.071			4	–	20		.167
Rankings from https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1960.html

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20–4 and a conference record of 11–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
13	Bob Reinhart	G	5–10	Sr.	Dale, Indiana
15	Gary Long	G	6–1	Jr.	Shelbyville, Indiana
20	Al Schlegelmilch	G	6–1	Sr.	Monticello, Indiana
21	Leroy Johnson	F	6–4	Jr.	Mishawaka, Indiana
23	Jerry Bass	G	5–9	So.	Morristown, Indiana
24	Herbie Lee	G	5–11	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
25	Glen Butte	F	6–4	Sr.	Milan, Indiana
30	Gordon Mickey	F	6–7	So.	Chillicothe, Ohio
31	Norbert Witte	C	6–7	Sr.	Decatur, Indiana
32	Ernie Wilhoit	G	6–3	So.	Collinsville, Illinois
33	Frank Radovich	F	6–7	Sr.	Hammond, Indiana
35	Walt Bellamy	C	6–11	Jr.	New Bern, North Carolina
41	Bill Altman	F	6–2	So.	Mooresville, Indiana
42	Charley Hall	F	6–6	So.	Terre Haute, Indiana
44	Bob Wilkinson	G	6–1	Sr.	LaPorte, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/5/1959*		Ball State	W 103–63	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/7/1959*		at Missouri	L 76–79	1–1	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
12/12/1959*		Ohio	W 80–68	2–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/14/1959*		Kansas State	W 67–58	3–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/19/1959*		Detroit	W 89–85	4–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/22/1959*	No. 9	at Butler Hoosier Classic	W 91–85	5–1	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
12/23/1959*	No. 9	vs. Notre Dame Hoosier Classic	W 71–60	6–1	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
12/28/1959*	No. 9	vs. Maryland Bluegrass Festival Tournament	W 72–63	7–1	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
12/29/1959*	No. 7	at Louisville Bluegrass Festival Tournament	W 90–71	8–1	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
1/2/1960	No. 7	Purdue Rivalry	L 76–79	8–2 (0–1)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/4/1960	No. 7	at Northwestern	L 57–61	8–3 (0–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
1/9/1960	No. 11	at Ohio State	L 95–96	8–4 (0–3)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/11/1960	No. 11	at Michigan	W 77–72	9–4 (1–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
1/30/1960*		at DePaul	W 82–78	10–4 (1–3)	Alumni Hall  Chicago, IL
2/1/1960		Northwestern	W 76–58	11–4 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/6/1960		at Wisconsin	W 97–85	12–4 (3–3)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
2/8/1960		Iowa	W 87–74	13–4 (4–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/13/1960		Wisconsin	W 91–71	14–4 (5–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/15/1960		Michigan	W 86–69	15–4 (6–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/20/1960		at Iowa	W 79–64	16–4 (7–3)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/22/1960		at Illinois Rivalry	W 92–78	17–4 (8–3)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/27/1960	No. 20	Minnesota	W 78–74	18–4 (9–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/29/1960	No. 20	Ohio State	W 99–83	19–4 (10–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/5/1960	No. 12	at Michigan State	W 86–80	20–4 (11–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

1. "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 20, 2015.