1915–16 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1915–16 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1915–16 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Conference	Big Ten Conference
1915–16 record	6-7 (3-5 Western)
Head coach	Allan Willisford (1st year)
Captain	Allen Maxwell
Home arena	Old Assembly Hall
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The 1915–16 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Allan Willisford, who was in his 1st and only year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Western Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 6-7 and a conference record of 3-5, finishing 5th in the Western Conference.^[1]

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Phillip Bowser	C	So.	Syracuse, Indiana
Severin Buschmann	F	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
James Frenzel	F	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
Russell Kirkpatrick	G	Sr.	Rushville, Indiana
Allen Maxwell	F	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
DeWitt Mullett	G	Jr.	Columbia City, Indiana
Cleon Nafe	F	Jr.	Rochester, Indiana
William Nash	C	Jr.	Brazil, Indiana
John Porter	F	Sr.	Lebanon, Indiana
Clinton Prather	F	Sr.	Wheatland, Indiana
Frank Whitaker	G	Sr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
1/8/1916*	Franklin College	W 33-17	1-0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/11/1916*	Wabash	L 18-33	1-1	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/15/1916	at Purdue Rivalry	L 17-26	1-2 (0-1)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
1/25/1916*	at DePauw	W 37-5	2-2 (0-1)	Greencastle, IN
2/9/1916*	at Earlham	W 30-18	3-2 (0-1)	Richmond, IN
2/12/1916	Ohio State	W 26-17	4-2 (1-1)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/14/1916	Minnesota	L 20-29	4-3 (1-2)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/19/1916	Northwestern	L 26-40	4-4 (1-3)	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
2/22/1916	at Ohio State	W 29-26	5-4 (2-3)	Columbus, OH
2/28/1916	at Northwestern	L 20-38	5-5 (2-4)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
2/29/1916	at Minnesota	L 20-27	5-6 (2-5)	UM Armory Minneapolis, MN
3/4/1916*	vs. Wabash	L 25-30	5-7 (2-5)
3/11/1916	Purdue Rivalry	W 39-29	6-7 (3-5)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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1915–16 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	11	–	1	.917	20	–	1	.952
Illinois	9	–	3	.750	13	–	3	.813
Northwestern	9	–	3	.750	13	–	3	.813
Minnesota	6	–	6	.500	11	–	6	.647
Indiana	3	–	5	.375	6	–	7	.462
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	15	–	11	.577
Iowa	2	–	4	.333	11	–	4	.733
Ohio State	2	–	8	.200	9	–	13	.409
Purdue	2	–	10	.167	4	–	10	.286

Rankings from AP Poll

v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (Practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & Lore	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky Upset
People	Head coaches NBA draftees
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 1999–00 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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