1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1956–57 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1956–57 record	14-8 (10-4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (16th year)
Assistant coach	Lou Watson
Assistant coach	Ernie Andres
Captain	Charlie Hodson
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
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The 1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 16th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 14-8 and a conference record of 10-4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. Despite being Big Ten Conference Champions, Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
15	Sam Gee	G	6–1	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
20	Jerry Schofield	G	6–1	So.	Monticello, Indiana
21	Hallie Bryant	G	6–3	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Archie Dees	C	6–8	Jr.	Mount Carmel, Illinois
23	Charlie Hodson	G	5–9	Sr.	Muncie, Indiana
24	Ray Ball	F	6–3	Jr.	Elkhart, Indiana
25	Clarence Doninger	F	6–3	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
30	Lee Aldridge	C	6–6	So.	Switz City, Indiana
31	Jim Hinds	F	6–5	So.	Muncie, Indiana
32	Gene Flowers	F	6–2	So.	Muncie, Indiana
35	Dick Neal	F	6–5	Sr.	Reelsville, Indiana
40	Thomas Hayes	G	6–1	So.	Chicago, Illinois
42	Bill Balch	F	6–5	So.	Crawfordsville, Indiana
43	Pete Obremskey	F	6–3	Jr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
45	Jerry Thompson	F	6–5	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
12/4/1956*		Valparaiso	W 64-57	1-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/8/1956*		Southern Illinois	W 80-57	2-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/10/1956*		Butler	W 73-68	3-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/15/1956*		at Kansas State	L 77-84	3-1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
12/18/1956*		at La Salle	W 93-80	4-1	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
12/20/1956*		at Villanova	L 69-79	4-2	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
12/29/1956*		UCLA	L 48-52	4-3	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/5/1957		Michigan	W 73-68	5-3 (1-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/7/1957		Wisconsin	W 79-68	6-3 (2-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/12/1957		at Purdue Rivalry	L 64-70	6-4 (2-1)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
1/14/1957		at Illinois Rivalry	L 91-112	6-5 (2-2)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
1/29/1957*		at Notre Dame	L 82-94	6-6 (2-2)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN
2/2/1957		at Iowa	W 82-66	7-6 (3-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/4/1957		Northwestern	W 74-56	8-6 (4-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/9/1957		Ohio State	W 69-59	9-6 (5-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/11/1957		Minnesota	W 91-72	10-6 (6-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/16/1957	#18	at Northwestern	W 87-74	11-6 (7-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/18/1957	#18	Iowa	W 90-76	12-6 (8-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/23/1957	#11	at Wisconsin	W 85-74	13-6 (9-2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/25/1957	#11	at Michigan	L 86-87	13-7 (9-3)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1957	#10	at Michigan State	L 61-76	13-8 (9-4)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
3/4/1957	#10	Illinois Rivalry	W 84-76	14-8 (10-4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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1956–57 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Indiana	10	–	4	.714	14	–	8	.636
#11 Michigan State	16	–	10	.615	10	–	4	.714
Minnesota	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Ohio State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	8	.636
Purdue	8	–	6	.571	15	–	7	.682
Michigan	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	14	–	8	.636
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	8	–	14	.364
Wisconsin	3	–	11	.214	5	–	17	.227
Northwestern	2	–	12	.143	6	–	16	.273

Rankings from AP Poll