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1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1974–75 |
| team | Indiana Hoosiers |
| logo_size | 100 |
| conference | Big Ten Conference |
| short_conf | Big Ten |
| CoachRank | 1 |
| APRank | 3 |
| record | 31–1 |
| conf_record | 18–0 |
| head_coach | Bobby Knight |
| hc_year | 4th |
| asst_coach1 | Dave Bliss |
| ac1_year | 4th |
| asst_coach2 | Bob Donewald |
| ac2_year | 1st |
| asst_coach3 | Bob Weltlich |
| ac3_year | 4th |
| asst_coach4 | Mike Krzyzewski |
| ac4_year | 1st |
| captain | Steve Green |
| captain2 | Quinn Buckner |
| stadium | Assembly Hall |
| champion | Big Ten champions |
| bowl | [NCAA Tournament](1975-ncaa-men-s-division-i-basketball-tournament) |
| bowl_result | 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. They began the season third in the polls and were top-ranked since January 7. 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.
Roster
| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Year | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Bobby Wilkerson | G/F | 6–7 | Jr. | Anderson, Indiana |
| 21 | Quinn Buckner | G | 6–3 | Jr. | Phoenix, Illinois |
| 22 | Wayne Radford | G/F | 6–3 | Fr. | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 24 | Steve Ahlfeld | G | 6–1 | Sr. | Wabash, Indiana |
| 25 | Doug Allen | F | 6–6 | Sr. | Champaign, Illinois |
| 30 | John Kamstra | G | 6–1 | Sr. | Frankfort, Indiana |
| 31 | John Laskowski | G/F | 6–5 | Sr. | South Bend, Indiana |
| 32 | Mark Haymore | F/C | 6–8 | Fr. | Shaker Heights, Ohio |
| 33 | Tom Abernethy | F | 6–7 | Jr. | South Bend, Indiana |
| 34 | Steve Green | F | 6–7 | Sr. | Sellersburg, Indiana |
| 40 | Jim Wisman | G | 6–2 | Fr. | Quincy, Illinois |
| 42 | Scott May | F | 6–7 | Jr. | Sandusky, Ohio |
| 43 | Don Noort | C | 6–8 | Jr. | Worth, Illinois |
| 45 | Jim Crews | G | 6–5 | Jr. | Normal, Illinois |
| 54 | Kent Benson | C | 6–11 | So. | 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. 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. 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."
Knight said the slap to the head was something he has done, "affectionately" to his own players for years. "But maybe someone would not like that", he said. "If Joe didn't like it, I offer an apology. I don't apologize for the intent." ... "Hall and I have been friends for a long time", Knight said. "If he wants to dissolve the friendship, that's up to him." Knight blamed the furor on Hall, noting in his inimitable style, "If it was meant to be malicious, I'd have blasted him into the seats."
NCAA tournament
Following the one-sided regular season game in early December, 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.
The loss for Indiana prevented what could have been back-to-back undefeated seasons and national championships as the Hoosiers went on to take the national title in 1976. Bob Knight would later say that this 1974–75 team was the best he ever coached, even better than the undefeated national champions of 1976.
Schedule and results
|- !colspan=8 style=| Non-conference regular season |-
|- !colspan=8 style=| Big Ten regular season |-
|- !colspan=8 style=| NCAA Tournament
Rankings
Main article: 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Team players drafted into the NBA
References
References
- "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar.
- Damer, Roy. (January 8, 1975). "Improved Indiana now No. 1". Chicago Tribune.
- (January 8, 1975). "Top ranking is 'pressure'". Spokesman-Review.
- McDermott, Barry. (March 31, 1975). "It will be a horse race".
- Damer, Roy. (March 23, 1975). "Kentucky topples Indiana by 92–90". Chicago Tribune.
- (March 23, 1975). "Kentucky topples Indiana". Spokesman-Review.
- (December 8, 1974). "Hoosiers blast Kentucky". Chicago Tribune.
- "Recapping the rivalry".
- (28 February 1982). "none". Atlanta Constitution Journal.
- Laudeman, Tev. (8 December 1974). "none". Louisville Courier Journal.
- Delsohn, Steve. (2006). "Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography". Simon & Schuster.
- Indiana and Kentucky met again in the [[1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. 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. However, Indiana had lost star player [[Scott May]] to a broken arm in the regular season finale against [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
- "1975 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com".
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