1966–67 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1966–67 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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

1966–67 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	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

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]

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	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

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

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

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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics