1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#9
AP	#9
1973–74 record	23-5 (12-2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Dave Bliss
Assistant coach	Bob Donewald
Assistant coach	Bob Weltlich
Captain	Steve Green; Quinn Buckner
Home arena	Assembly Hall
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The 1973–74 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 3rd year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 23-5 and a conference record of 12-2, tying Michigan for 1st in the Big Ten Conference. Due to the 1974 NCAA Tournament rules of only conference champions being invited, Indiana and Michigan faced off for a third game to determine which team would go to the 1974 NCAA Tournament. IU lost, 67-75, and thus did not participate. Instead, the 1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament invited second place teams from 8 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 Abernathy	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/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/1/1973*	#3	The Citadel	W 74-55	1-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/5/1973*	#3	Kansas	W 72-59	2-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/8/1973*	#3	vs. #10 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 77-68	3-0	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
12/11/1973*	#3	#6 Notre Dame	L 67-73	3-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/1973*	#3	at Ball State	W 87-62	4-1	Irving Gymnasium Muncie, IN
12/22/1973*	#7	#15 South Carolina	W 84-71	5-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/26/1973*	#7	vs. BYU Far West Classic Quarterfinals	W 96-52	6-1	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/28/1973*	#7	vs. Oregon State Far West Classic Semifinals	L 48-61	6-2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/29/1973*	#7	vs. Oregon Far West Classic Consolation Round	W 56-47	7-2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
1/5/1974	#8	at #18 Michigan	L 71-73	7-3 (0-1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
1/8/1974*	#13	at Miami	W 71-58	8-3 (0-1)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/12/1974	#13	#13 Wisconsin	W 52-51	9-3 (1-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/14/1974	#13	Northwestern	W 72-67	10-3 (2-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/19/1974	#12	at Iowa	W 55-51	11-3 (3-1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
1/26/1974	#11	at Northwestern	W 82-53	12-3 (4-1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/2/1974	#12	Iowa	W 85-50	13-3 (5-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/9/1974	#12	Illinois Rivalry	W 107-67	14-3 (6-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/11/1974	#12	at Wisconsin	W 81-63	15-3 (7-1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/16/1974	#12	#15 Michigan	W 93-81	16-3 (8-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/18/1974	#12	at Illinois Rivalry	W 101-83	17-3 (9-1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/23/1974	#10	at Minnesota	W 73-55	18-3 (10-1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/25/1974	#10	Michigan State	W 91-85	19-3 (11-1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/2/1974	#9	at Ohio State	L 79-85	19-4 (11-2)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
3/9/1974	#13	Purdue Rivalry	W 80-79	20-4 (12-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/11/1974*	#13	vs. #12 Michigan Big Ten Conference Tie-Breaker	L 67-75	20-5 (12-2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
CCAT
3/15/1974*	#10	vs. Tennessee First Round	W 73-71	21-5 (12-2)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/17/1974*	#10	vs. Toledo Semifinals	W 73-72 ^OT	22-5 (12-2)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/18/1974*	#10	vs. USC Championship	W 85-60	23-5 (12-2)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#9 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	23	–	5	.821
#6 Michigan	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
#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