1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1939–40 record	20–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Ralph Graham
Captain	Marv Huffman
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1939–40 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue	10	–	2	.833	16	–	4	.800
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	20	–	3	.870
Ohio State	8	–	4	.667	13	–	7	.650
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	14	–	6	.700
Northwestern	7	–	5	.583	13	–	7	.650
Michigan	6	–	6	.500	13	–	7	.650
Minnesota	5	–	7	.417	12	–	8	.600
Iowa	4	–	8	.333	9	–	12	.429
Wisconsin	3	–	9	.250	5	–	15	.250
Chicago	1	–	11	.083	5	–	15	.250

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20-3 and a conference record of 9-3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was invited to participate in the 8-team NCAA Tournament. IU won their first and second ever NCAA Tournament Championship by defeating Kansas, 60–42, in the final. Indiana was also retroactively recognized as the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
7	Andy Zimmer	C	6–4	So.	Goodland, Indiana
9	Chet Francis	G	6–1	Jr.	Avon, Indiana
10	Harold Zimmer	F	5–8	Jr.	Springfield, Ohio
11	Everett Hoffman	C	6–3	So.	Evansville, Indiana
12	Jim Gridley	G	6–1	Jr.	Vevay, Indiana
13	Jim Ooley	G	6–2	Sr.	Spencer, Indiana
16	James Clifton	C	6–3	Jr.	Bentonville, Indiana
18	Cliff Wiethoff	F	6–1	So.	Seymour, Indiana
19	Ed Newby	G	5–11	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
20	Jack Stevenson	F	6–1	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
21	Max Hasler	G	5–10	So.	Elnora, Indiana
22	Jay McCreary	G	5–10	Jr.	Frankfort, Indiana
23	Don Huckleberry	G	5–9	So.	Salem, Indiana
24	John Torphy	F	5–11	So.	Bedford, Indiana
25	Bill Frey	F	6–1	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
26	Tom Motter	F	6–1	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
28	William Torphy	G	6–1	So.	Bedford, Indiana
29	Robert Menke	F	6–3	Jr.	Huntingburg, Indiana
30	Ralph Dorsey	F	5–10	Sr.	Horse Cave, Kentucky
32	Herm Schaefer	F	6–1	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
33	Curly Armstrong	F	5–11	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
34	Marv Huffman	G	6–2	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana
35	William Menke	C	6–3	Jr.	Huntingburg, Indiana
38	Bob Dro	G	5–11	Sr.	Berne, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season

12/9/1939*	Wabash	W 37-24	1-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/11/1939*	Xavier	W 58-24	2-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/15/1939*	at Nebraska	W 49-39	3-0	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
12/18/1939*	Pittsburgh	W 51-35	4-0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/23/1939*	at Butler	W 40-33	5-0	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
12/27/1939*	at Duquesne	W 51-49	6-0	Duquesne Gardens Pittsburgh, PA
12/28/1939*	at Villanova	W 45-33	7-0	Villanova Field House Villanova, PA
1/6/1940	Illinois Rivalry	W 38-36	8-0 (1-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/8/1940	Iowa	W 45-30	9-0 (2-0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/13/1940	at Minnesota	L 44-46	9-1 (2-1)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
1/15/1940	at Wisconsin	W 40-34	10-1 (3-1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/3/1940*	at DePaul	W 51-30	11-1 (3-1)	University Auditorium Chicago, IL
2/10/1940	Purdue Rivalry	W 46-39	12-1 (4-1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/12/1940	Michigan	W 57-30	13-1 (5-1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/17/1940	at Northwestern	L 36-40	13-2 (5-2)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
2/19/1940	at Iowa	W 46-42	14-2 (6-2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/24/1940	Chicago	W 38-34	15-2 (7-2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/26/1940	at Ohio State	L 26-44	15-3 (7-3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, OH
3/2/1940	at Purdue Rivalry	W 51-45	16-3 (8-3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
3/4/1940	Ohio State	W 52-31	17-3 (9-3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/22/1940*	vs. Springfield Quarterfinals	W 48-24	18-3 (9-3)	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis,IN
3/23/1940*	vs. Duquesne Final Four	W 39-30	19-3 (9-3)	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
3/30/1940*	vs. Kansas Championship	W 60-42	20-3 (9-3)	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Marv Huffman, Consensus second team All-American
Marv Huffman, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Bill Menke, Third team All-American (Converse)

References

↑ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
↑ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 553. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

Indiana Hoosiers Men's Basketball 1939–40 NCAA Champions

7 Andy Zimmer 10 Jay McCreary 32 Herm Schaefer 33 Curly Armstrong 34 Marvin Huffman (MOP) 35 Bill Menke 36 Bob Dro Head Coach Branch McCracken Assistant Coach Ralph Graham

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

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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