1941–42 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1941–42 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1941–42 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1941–42 record	15–6 (10–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (4th season);
Captain	Andy Zimmer
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

The 1941–42 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 4th 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 15–6 and a conference record of 10–5, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
7	John Logan	F	6–1	Jr.	Richmond, Indiana
8	Bill Frey	F	6–1	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
10	Ralph Hamilton	F	6–1	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
11	William Torphy	G	6–1	Sr.	Bedford, Indiana
14	Irv Swanson	G	5–10	Jr.	LaPorte, Indiana
15	Roy Kilby	G	5–10	So.	Muncie, Indiana
16	Warren Lewis	F	6–1	So.	New Castle, Indiana
17	Robert Gwin	G	6–1	So.	Shoals, Indiana
18	Ed Denton	C	6–2	Jr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
21	Dick Wittenbraker	G	6–2	So.	New Castle, Indiana
25	Al Wise	F	6–3	So.	Brookville, Indiana
27	Hal Driver	C	6–3	Jr.	Aurora, Indiana
35	Bob Hines	C	6–2	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
38	Swift Wunker	F	N/A	So.	Lawrenceburg, Indiana
39	Neil Funk	F	6–3	So.	LaPorte, Indiana
41	Andy Zimmer	C/G	6–4	Sr.	Goodland, Indiana
42	Everett Hoffman	C	6–3	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
N/A	Lawrence Alleyne	F	6–1	So.	Bloomington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/10/1941*	Wabash	W 36–27	1–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1941*	Great Lakes	L 36–41	1–1	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1941*	Nebraska	W 56–29	2–1	The Field House Bloomington, Indiana
12/18/1941*	UCLA	W 47–33	3–1	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/26/1941*	at Pittsburgh	W 50–41	4–1	Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh
12/27/1941*	at George Washington	W 52–43	5–1	Washington, D.C.
1/3/1942	at Northwestern	L 40–50	5–2 (0–1)	Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1/5/1942	Wisconsin	W 38–34	6–2 (1–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/10/1942	at Minnesota	L 43–63	6–3 (1–2)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis
1/12/1942	Purdue Rivalry	W 40–39	7–3 (2–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/24/1942	at Wisconsin	L 36–42	7–4 (2–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
1/26/1942	Michigan	W 64–36	8–4 (3–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/31/1942	at Chicago	W 63–34	9–4 (4–3)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago
2/2/1942	at Ohio State	W 46–43	10–4 (5–3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
2/9/1942	Illinois Rivalry	W 41–36	11–4 (6–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/14/1942	Chicago	W 52–20	12–4 (7–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/16/1942	at Michigan	W 47–42	13–4 (8–3)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/23/1942	at Iowa	L 52–55	13–5 (8–4)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/28/1942	Minnesota	W 54–45	14–5 (9–4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
3/2/1942	Northwestern	L 45–49	14–6 (9–5)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
3/7/1942	Ohio State	W 48–23	15–6 (10–5)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1941–42 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois	13	–	2	.867	18	–	5	.783
Indiana	10	–	5	.667	15	–	6	.714
Wisconsin	10	–	5	.667	14	–	7	.667
Iowa	10	–	5	.667	12	–	8	.600
Minnesota	9	–	6	.600	15	–	6	.714
Purdue	9	–	6	.600	14	–	7	.667
Northwestern	5	–	10	.333	8	–	13	.381
Michigan	5	–	10	.333	6	–	14	.300
Ohio State	4	–	11	.267	6	–	14	.300
Chicago	0	–	15	.000	1	–	20	.048

Rankings from AP Poll