1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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.

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 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

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

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

Main article: 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

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