1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#6
1972–73 record	22–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Dave Bliss
Assistant coach	John Hulls
Assistant coach	Bob Weltlich
Captain	John Ritter
Home arena	Assembly Hall
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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 Abernathy	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*		#8 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 64-58	3-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/12/1972*	#15	Notre Dame	W 69-67	4-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/16/1972*	#15	Ohio	W 89-68	5-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/22/1972*	#9	at South Carolina	L 85-88	5-1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
12/28/1972*	#15	vs. #13 Houston	W 75-72	6-1	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, TX
12/29/1972*	#15	at UTEP	L 65-74	6-2	Memorial Gymnasium El Paso, Texas
1/3/1973*	#20	Ball State	W 94-71	7-2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/6/1973	#20	at Wisconsin	W 78-64	8-2 (1-0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
1/9/1973*	#16	Miami	W 80-68	9-2 (1-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/13/1973	#16	Ohio State	W 81-67	10-2 (2-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/20/1973	#16	#6 Minnesota	W 83-71	11-2 (3-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/22/1973	#16	at Michigan State	W 97-89	12-2 (4-0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
1/27/1973	#6	at Michigan	W 79-73	13-2 (5-0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/3/1973	#5	Northwestern	W 83-65	14-2 (6-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/5/1973	#5	at Ohio State	L 69-70	14-3 (6-1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/10/1973	#4	at Purdue Rivalry	L 69-72	14-4 (6-2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/12/1973	#4	Illinois Rivalry	W 87-66	15-4 (7-2)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/17/1973	#11	at #4 Minnesota	L 75-82	15-5 (7-3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/19/1973	#11	Michigan State	W 75-65	16-5 (8-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/24/1973	#10	Wisconsin	W 57-55	17-5 (9-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
3/3/1973	#12	at Iowa	W 80-64	18-5 (10-3)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/10/1973	#9	Purdue Rivalry	W 77-72	19-5 (11-3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1973*	#6	vs. #5 Marquette Regional Semifinals	W 75-69	20-5 (11-3)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
3/17/1973*	#6	vs. #17 Kentucky Elite Eight	W 72-65	21-5 (11-3)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
3/24/1973*	#6	vs. #1 UCLA Final Four	L 59-70	21-6 (11-3)	St. Louis Arena St. Louis, MO
3/26/1973*	#6	vs. #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

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References

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1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#6 Indiana	11	–	3	.786	22	–	6	.786
#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