1945–46 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1945–46 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1945–46 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–3 (9–3 Big Nine)
Head coach	Harry Good (3rd season);
Captain	Dick Wittenbraker
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1944–45 1946–47 →

1945–46 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	10	–	2	.833	16	–	5	.762
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	18	–	3	.857
Iowa	8	–	4	.667	14	–	4	.778
Northwestern	8	–	4	.667	15	–	5	.750
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	14	–	7	.667
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	14	–	7	.667
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	12	–	7	.632
Purdue	4	–	8	.333	10	–	11	.476
Wisconsin	1	–	11	.083	4	–	17	.190
Chicago	0	–	12	.000	6	–	14	.300

The 1945–46 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Harry Good, who was in his 3rd and final year as Branch McCracken returned from World War II in time for the following season. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 18–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Nine Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
4	Joseph Normington	F	5–10	Fr.	Greenwood, Indiana
4	Bob Lollar	F	6–2	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
6	Louis Edmonds	F	6–2	Fr.	Frankfort, Indiana
7	Dave Walker	F	6–3	Fr.	Loogootee, Indiana
8	Bill Shephard	F	6–1	Fr.	Hope, Indiana
9	Jack Herron	G	5–8	Sr.	Logansport, Indiana
10	John Wallace	F	6–3	So.	Richmond, Indiana
11	Tom Schwartz	C	6–6	Fr.	Kokomo, Indiana
12	Norbert Hermann	G	6–2	So.	Brownstown, Indiana
14	Jim Stepler	C	6–4	Fr.	Greentown, Indiana
15	Roy Kilby	G	5–10	Sr.	Muncie, Indiana
16	Louis Amaya	G	6–1	Fr.	Pueblo, Colorado
17	Jim Powers	G	6–1	Fr.	South Bend, Indiana
21	Dick Wittenbraker	G	6–2	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana
23	Freeland Armstrong	G	5–11	So.	Paoli, Indiana
25	Don Dewer	G	6–2	Fr.	Aurora, Indiana
26	Richard Westlake	G	6–1	Fr.	New Palestine, Indiana
27	Gene Turner	G	5–11	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
29	Charles Radcliffe	F	5–10	Sr.	Paoli, Indiana
32	James Copeland	F	6–2	So.	Elwood, Indiana
35	Al Kravolansky	F	6–3	Jr.	East Chicago, Indiana
37	Stephen Chaleff	G	6–1	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
38	Dee Baker	F	5–11	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
40	Robert Mehl	F	6–1	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1945*	Camp Atterbury	W 59–49	1–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/8/1945*	Washington (Mo.)	W 53–39	2–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1945*	at Camp Atterbury	W 56–53	3–0	Camp Atterbury, Indiana
12/15/1945*	at Louisville	W 62–59	4–0	Jefferson County Armory Louisville, Kentucky
12/18/1945*	Cincinnati	W 54–44	5–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/22/1945	at Michigan	W 67–58	6–0 (1–0)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/1/1946*	at Butler	W 58–47	7–0 (1–0)	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis
1/5/1946	at Chicago	W 59–34	8–0 (2–0)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago
1/7/1946	Minnesota	L 47–58	8–1 (2–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/12/1946	Iowa	W 45–39	9–1 (3–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/16/1946	at Purdue Rivalry	L 38–49	9–2 (3–2)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
1/19/1946	Ohio State	W 44–39	10–2 (4–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/21/1946	Michigan	W 46–43	11–2 (5–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/26/1946	Chicago	W 61–32	12–2 (6–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/5/1946*	at Washington (Mo.)	W 56–46	13–2 (6–2)	Field House St. Louis, Missouri
2/9/1946	at Ohio State	L 52–53	13–3 (6–3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
2/11/1946*	at Cincinnati	W 60–22	14–3 (6–3)	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, Ohio
2/16/1946	Purdue Rivalry	W 57–47	15–3 (7–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/19/1946*	Ball State	W 84–41	16–3 (7–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/23/1946	at Minnesota	W 75–52	17–3 (8–3)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis
2/25/1946	at Iowa	W 49–46	18–3 (9–3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

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