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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–14 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Watson (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Don Luft Tom Bolyard
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1966–67 1968–69 →

1967–68 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Ohio State	10	–	4		.714			21	–	8		.724
Iowa	10	–	4		.714			16	–	9		.640
Purdue	9	–	5		.643			15	–	9		.625
Northwestern	8	–	6		.571			13	–	10		.565
Wisconsin	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Illinois	6	–	8		.429			11	–	13		.458
Michigan	6	–	8		.429			11	–	13		.458
Indiana	4	–	10		.286			10	–	14		.417
Minnesota	4	–	10		.286			7	–	17		.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.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Mike Niles	G	6–4	So.	Warsaw, Indiana
22	Joe Cooke	G	6–3	So.	Toledo, Ohio
23	Vern Payne	G	5–10	Sr.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Bobby Kent	G	5–8	So.	Unionville, Indiana
25	Ken Newsome	F	6–5	Sr.	Ahoskie, North Carolina
30	Rich Schrumpf	C	6–9	Sr.	Galien, Michigan
31	Bill DeHeer	C	6–9	Jr.	Maplewood, Missouri
32	Mike Noland	F	6–6	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Ken Johnson	C	6–6	So.	Anderson, Indiana
34	Butch Joyner	F	6–4	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana
35	Bill Stenberg	C	6–7	Jr.	Rockford, Illinois
40	John Isenbarger	G	6–3	So.	Muncie, Indiana
41	Gabe Oliverio	G	6–2	Jr.	Annandale, Virginia
42	Rick Atkinson	G	6–3	So.	Evansville, Indiana
43	John Muirhead	C	6–7	Jr.	Danville, Illinois
44	Earl Schneider	F	6–9	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
45	Gary Leinberger	F	6–7	Sr.	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.