1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Logo 1946-1979.png Big Ten Conference Big Ten 1 3 31–1 18–0 Bobby Knight 4th Dave Bliss 4th Bob Donewald 1st Bob Weltlich 4th Mike Krzyzewski 1st Steve Green Quinn Buckner Assembly Hall Coaches Poll regular season championsBig Ten champions NCAA Tournament Elite Eight The 1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University, led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Knight. The team played its home games on campus in Bloomington at Assembly Hall, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers finished the regular season with a 29–0 record, and won the Big Ten Conference by six games at 18–0.http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2013/10/29/indiana-basketball-mens-database/3308409/ Indiana Basketball Men's Database IndyStar November 16, 2015 They began the season third in the polls and were top-ranked since January 7.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/01/08/page/53/article/improved-indiana-now-no-1 Chicago Tribune Damer Roy Improved Indiana now No. 1 January 8, 1975 5, sec. 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Re9LAAAAIBAJ&pg=6883%2C1124065 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Top ranking is 'pressure' January 8, 1975 17 When combined with the following year, Indiana won 37 consecutive Big Ten games. The Hoosiers won their conference games by an average of 22.8 points. However, in an 83–82 win against Purdue on February 22, they lost consensus All-American forward Scott May to a broken left arm. The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters – Scott May, Steve Green, Kent Benson, and Quinn Buckner – were named to the five-man All-Big Ten team following the regular season. With May's injury keeping him to seven minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost to Kentucky 92–90 in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament and finished the season at 31–1.https://www.si.com/vault/1975/03/31/617083/it-will-be-a-horse-race Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry It will be a horse race March 31, 1975 22http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/03/23/page/69/article/kentucky-topples-indiana-by-92-90 Chicago Tribune Damer Roy Kentucky topples Indiana by 92–90 March 23, 1975 1, sec. 3 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BR1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=4262%2C3547724 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Kentucky topples Indiana March 23, 1975 1, sports Larry Bird arrived in Bloomington in the summer of 1974, but returned home just 24 days later after feeling overwhelmed by the large campus and big-city transition from his small hometown of French Lick, Indiana.2024-02-23 Larry Bird on brief stay at IU — “I don’t think me and Coach Knight would have had a problem” https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/larry-bird-on-his-brief-stay-at-iu-i-dont-think-me-and-coach-knight-would-have-had-a-problem/ 2026-10-07 The Daily Hoosier en-US Roster No.NamePositionHt.YearHometown20Bobby WilkersonG/F6–7Jr.Anderson, Indiana21Quinn BucknerG6–3Jr.Phoenix, Illinois22Wayne RadfordG/F6–3Fr.Indianapolis, Indiana24Steve AhlfeldG6–1Sr.Wabash, Indiana25Doug AllenF6–6Sr.Champaign, Illinois30John KamstraG6–1Sr.Frankfort, Indiana31John LaskowskiG/F6–5Sr.South Bend, Indiana32Mark HaymoreF/C6–8Fr.Shaker Heights, Ohio33Tom AbernethyF6–7Jr.South Bend, Indiana34Steve GreenF6–7Sr.Sellersburg, Indiana40Jim WismanG6–2Fr.Quincy, Illinois42Scott MayF6–7Jr.Sandusky, Ohio43Don NoortC6–8Jr.Worth, Illinois45Jim CrewsG6–5Jr.Normal, Illinois54Kent BensonC6–11So.New Castle, Indiana Regular season game against Kentucky On December 7, 1974, Indiana and Kentucky met in the regular season in Bloomington with a 98–74 Indiana win.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1974/12/08/page/79/article/hoosiers-blast-kentucky Chicago Tribune Associated Press Hoosiers blast Kentucky December 8, 1974 3, sec. 3 Near the end of the game, Indiana coach Bobby Knight went to the Kentucky bench where the official was standing to complain about a call. Before he left, Knight hit Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall in the back of the head.Recapping the rivalry https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/article/recapping-the-top-5-games-in-the-kentucky-indiana-hoops-rivalry-52292/ 22 March 2012 UK's assistant coach Lynn Nance, a former FBI agent who was about 6 feet 5 inches, had to be restrained by Hall from hitting Knight. Hall later said, "It publicly humiliated me."none Atlanta Constitution Journal 28 February 1982Delsohn Steve Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography https://archive.org/details/bobknightunautho00dels registration 2006 Simon & Schuster 96 9780743243483 NCAA tournament Following the one-sided regular season game in early December, Indiana and Kentucky met again in the 1975 Elite Eight in Dayton, Ohio, the Mideast regional final. Entering that game on March 22, the top-ranked Hoosiers had a 34-game winning streak and Kentucky (24–4) was ranked fifth. Kentucky won by two points, 92–90. The game made USA Todays list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time.Mike Douchant – Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002 The win put Kentucky in the Final Four in San Diego, where they dropped the NCAA title game to UCLA in John Wooden's final game as head coach. Schedule and results no yes no no |- !colspan=8 style=Indiana Hoosiers| Non-conference regular season |- 11/30/1974 yes 3 Tennessee Tech Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 113–60 1–0 12/4/1974 yes yes 3 Kansas 7 Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas 74–70 OT 2–0 12/7/1974 yes 3 Kentucky 15 Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Indiana–Kentucky rivalry 98–74 3–0 12/11/1974 yes yes 3 Notre Dame 11 Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana 94–84 4–0 12/14/1974 yes yes 3 Texas A&M Market Square Arena Indianapolis 90–55 5–0 12/16/1974 yes 3 Toledo Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 92–70 6–0 12/20/1974 yes 2 Creighton Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Indiana Classic 71–53 7–0 12/21/1974 yes 2 Nebraska Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Indiana Classic 97–60 8–0 12/26/1974 yes yes 2 Florida Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic Quarterfinals 98–84 9–0 12/27/1974 yes yes 2 Ohio State Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic Semifinals 102–71 10–0 12/30/1974 yes yes 2 Hawaii Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI Rainbow Classic Championship 69–52 11–0 |- !colspan=8 style=Indiana Hoosiers| Big Ten regular season |- 1/4/1975 yes 2 Michigan State Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan 107–55 12–0 1–0 1/6/1975 yes 2 Michigan 17 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan 90–76 13–0 2–0 1/11/1975 1 Iowa Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 102–49 14–0 3–0 1/13/1975 1 Minnesota Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 79–59 15–0 4–0 1/18/1975 yes 1 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois 82–56 16–0 5–0 1/20/1975 yes 1 Wisconsin Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin 89–69 17–0 6–0 1/25/1975 1 Purdue 20 Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Rivalry 104–71 18–0 7–0 1/27/1975 1 Illinois Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana Rivalry 73–57 19–0 8–0 2/1/1975 yes 1 Ohio State St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio 72–66 20–0 9–0 2/3/1975 1 Michigan Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 74–48 21–0 10–0 2/8/1975 yes 1 Iowa Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa 79–56 22–0 11–0 2/10/1975 yes 1 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis 69–54 23–0 12–0 2/15/1975 1 Northwestern Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 82–58 24–0 13–0 2/17/1975 1 Wisconsin Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 93–58 25–0 14–0 2/22/1975 yes 1 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana Rivalry 83–82 26–0 15–0 2/24/1975 yes 1 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois Rivalry 112–89 27–0 16–0 3/1/1975 1 Ohio State Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 86–78 28–0 17–0 3/8/1975 1 Michigan State Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana 94–79 29–0 18–0 |- !colspan=8 style=Indiana Hoosiers| NCAA Tournament 3/15/1975 yes yes 1 UTEP Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Kentucky Quarterfinals 78–52 30–0 3/20/1975 yes yes 1 Oregon State University of Daytona Arena Dayton, Ohio Sweet Sixteen 81–71 31–0 3/22/1975 yes yes 1 Kentucky 5 University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio Elite Eight 90–92 31–1 AP Poll Rankings 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Team players drafted into the NBA Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1975 2 30 Steve Green Chicago Bulls 1975 2 32 John Laskowski Chicago Bulls 1976 1 2 Scott May Chicago Bulls 1976 1 7 Quinn Buckner Milwaukee Bucks 1976 1 11 Bob Wilkerson Seattle SuperSonics 1976 3 43 Tom Abernethy Los Angeles Lakers 1977 1 1 Kent Benson Milwaukee Bucks 1978 2 27 Wayne Radford Indiana Pacershttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1975&lg=N 1975 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2013-10-09 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130523153600/http://databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1975&lg=n 2013-05-23 References 2 Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Category:Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball seasons Indiana Hoosiers Indiana Hoosiers