1966–67 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1966–67 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who was in his second year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hoosiers finished the season 18–8, 10–4 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for first. Indiana was invited to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers lost to Virginia Tech in the Mideast Regional semifinals, but beat Tennessee 51–44 in the Regional third-place game.^[1]

1966–67 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Tournament, Regional Third Place
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
Record	18–8 (10–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Watson (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Don Luft Tom Bolyard
Captain	Jack Johnson
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

1966–67 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Michigan State	10	–	4		.714			16	–	7		.696
Indiana	10	–	4		.714			18	–	8		.692
Iowa	9	–	5		.643			16	–	8		.667
Wisconsin	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Purdue	7	–	7		.500			15	–	9		.625
Northwestern	7	–	7		.500			11	–	11		.500
Ohio State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Illinois	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Minnesota	5	–	9		.357			9	–	15		.375
Michigan	2	–	12		.143			8	–	16		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Mike Bedree	G	6–3	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
21	Harold Curdy	F	6–4	So.	Marion, Indiana
22	Bill Russell	G	6–1	Sr.	Columbus, Indiana
23	Vern Payne	G	5–10	Jr.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Vern Pfaff	G	5–10	Sr.	Ellettsville, Indiana
25	Ken Newsome	F	6–5	Jr.	Ahoskie, North Carolina
30	Rich Schrumpf	C	6–9	Jr.	Galien, Michigan
31	Bill DeHeer	C	6–9	So.	Maplewood, Missouri
32	Jim Houlihan	G	6–3	Jr.	Bluffton, Indiana
33	Jack Johnson	F	6–6	Sr.	Greenfield, Indiana
34	Butch Joyner	F	6–4	Jr.	New Castle, Indiana
35	Bill Stenberg	C	6–7	So.	Rockford, Illinois
40	Larry Turpen	G	6–1	Sr.	Shawswick, Indiana
41	Gabe Oliverio	G	6–2	So.	Annandale, Virginia
42	Erv Inniger	G	6–3	Sr.	Berne, Indiana
43	John Muirhead	C	6–7	So.	Danville, Illinois
44	Earl Schneider	F	6–9	So.	Evansville, Indiana
45	Gary Leinberger	F	6–7	Jr.	St. Louis, Missouri

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/3/1966*		DePauw	W 84–71	1–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/5/1966*		Missouri	W 77–65	2–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/7/1966*		Ohio	L 90–91 ^OT	2–1	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/12/1966*		at Kansas State	L 69–82	2–2	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
12/17/1966*		at Loyola (Chicago)	W 83–73	3–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
12/20/1966*		vs. Notre Dame	W 94–91	4–2	Memorial Coliseum  Fort Wayne, IN
12/27/1966*		vs. Oregon State Far West Classic	W 71–60	5–2	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/29/1966*		vs. Washington Far West Classic	L 79–81	5–3	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
12/30/1966*		vs. Oregon Far West Classic	W 102–64	6–3	Memorial Coliseum  Portland, OR
1/7/1967		at Iowa	L 73–84	6–4 (0–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/9/1967		Minnesota	W 83–68	7–4 (1–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/14/1967		at Ohio State	W 81–80	8–4 (2–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/30/1967*		DePaul	W 72–70	9–4 (2–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/4/1967		at Minnesota	W 82–81	10–4 (3–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/6/1967		Michigan State	W 82–77	11–4 (4–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/11/1967		Wisconsin	W 93–81	12–4 (5–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/13/1967		at Michigan State	L 77–86	12–5 (5–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
2/18/1967		at Northwestern	W 81–79	13–5 (6–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/20/1967		Illinois Rivalry	W 96–81	14–5 (7–2)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/25/1967		Iowa	L 74–75 ^OT	14–6 (7–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/27/1967		at Michigan	W 98–96	15–6 (8–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
3/4/1967		at Illinois Rivalry	L 70–80	15–7 (8–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
3/6/1967		Michigan	W 96–90	16–7 (9–4)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/11/1967		Purdue Rivalry	W 95–82	17–7 (10–4)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/17/1967*		vs. Virginia Tech Regional semifinals	L 70–79	17–8 (10–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
3/18/1967*		vs. No. 8 Tennessee Regional Third Place	W 51–44	18–8 (10–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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