1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	22–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Dave Bliss; John Hulls; Bob Weltlich;
Captain	John Ritter
Home arena	Assembly Hall
	Seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	22	–	6	.786
No. 10 Minnesota	10	–	4	.714	21	–	5	.808
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Ohio State	8	–	6	.571	14	–	10	.583
Iowa	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Michigan	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Wisconsin	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Northwestern	2	–	12	.143	5	–	19	.208

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 2nd 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 22–6 and a conference record of 11–3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. After a quick first-round exit during the 1972 NIT, Indiana was invited to participate in the 1973 NCAA Tournament, where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers advanced to the Final Four. IU lost to the UCLA Bruins who went on to win their 7th straight national title; however, IU secured third place after beating Providence.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Frank Wilson	G	6–3	Sr.	Bluffton, Indiana
21	Quinn Buckner	G	6–3	Fr.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Trent Smock	F	6–5	Fr.	Richmond, Indiana
22	Bootsie White	G	5–8	Sr.	Hammond, Indiana
23	Steve Heiniger	G	5–10	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
24	Steve Ahlfeld	G	6–1	So.	Wabash, Indiana
25	Doug Allen	F	6–6	So.	Champaign, Illinois
30	John Kamstra	G	6–1	So.	Frankfort, Indiana
31	John Laskowski	G/F	6–5	So.	South Bend, Indiana
32	Steve Downing	C	6–8	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Jerry Memering	F/C	6–7	Sr.	Vincennes, Indiana
34	Steve Green	F	6–7	So.	Sellersburg, Indiana
35	Don Noort	C	6–8	Fr.	Worth, Illinois
40	Mike Miller	F	6–8	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana
41	Craig Morris	G	6–4	Fr.	DeGraff, Ohio
42	John Ritter	F	6–5	Sr.	Goshen, Indiana
43	John Hunter	F	6–6	So.	Danville, Indiana
45	Jim Crews	G	6–5	Fr.	Normal, Illinois
55	Tom Abernethy	F	6–7	Fr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1972*		Harvard	W 97–76	1–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/5/1972*		at Kansas	W 72–55	2–0	Allen Field House Lawrence, KS
12/9/1972*		No. 8 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 64–58	3–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/12/1972*	No. 15	Notre Dame	W 69–67	4–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/16/1972*	No. 15	Ohio	W 89–68	5–0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/22/1972*	No. 9	at South Carolina	L 85–88	5–1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
12/28/1972*	No. 15	vs. No. 13 Houston	W 75–72	6–1	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, TX
12/29/1972*	No. 15	at UTEP	L 65–74	6–2	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, Texas
1/3/1973*	No. 20	Ball State	W 94–71	7–2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/6/1973	No. 20	at Wisconsin	W 78–64	8–2 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/9/1973*	No. 16	Miami	W 80–68	9–2 (1–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/13/1973	No. 16	Ohio State	W 81–67	10–2 (2–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/20/1973	No. 16	No. 6 Minnesota	W 83–71	11–2 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/22/1973	No. 16	at Michigan State	W 97–89	12–2 (4–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/27/1973	No. 6	at Michigan	W 79–73	13–2 (5–0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/3/1973	No. 5	Northwestern	W 83–65	14–2 (6–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/5/1973	No. 5	at Ohio State	L 69–70	14–3 (6–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/10/1973	No. 4	at Purdue Rivalry	L 69–72	14–4 (6–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/12/1973	No. 4	Illinois Rivalry	W 87–66	15–4 (7–2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/17/1973	No. 11	at No. 4 Minnesota	L 75–82	15–5 (7–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/19/1973	No. 11	Michigan State	W 75–65	16–5 (8–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/24/1973	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 57–55	17–5 (9–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/3/1973	No. 12	at Iowa	W 80–64	18–5 (10–3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/10/1973	No. 9	Purdue Rivalry	W 77–72	19–5 (11–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NCAA tournament
3/15/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 5 Marquette Regional semifinals	W 75–69	20–5 (11–3)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
3/17/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 17 Kentucky Elite Eight	W 72–65	21–5 (11–3)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
3/24/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 UCLA Final Four	L 59–70	21–6 (11–3)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/26/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 Providence National third-place game	W 97–79	22–6 (11–3)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	17	Steve Downing	Boston Celtics^[2]

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
^ "1973 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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

[2] "1973 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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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
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics