1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Old Dominion Classic champions
National Invitation Tournament, Lost First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1971–72 record	17–7 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight
Assistant coach	Dave Bliss
Assistant coach	John Hulls
Assistant coach	Bob Weltlich
Home arena	Assembly Hall

	Conf				Overall
1971–72 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#11 Minnesota	11	–	3	.786	17	–	6	.739
#19 Ohio State	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
#17 Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Michigan	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
Michigan State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	13	–	11	.542
Purdue	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	14	–	10	.583
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. The Head Coach was Bobby Knight. The team played its home games in the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Regular season

Bobby Knight was in his first season as head coach of the Hoosiers. The team started 8–1 and were ranked #5 in the nation.^[1] On December 29, the Hoosiers beat Old Dominion by a score of 88–86 to claim the Old Dominion Classic championship.^[1] In the last ten games of the season, the Hoosiers won nine games to finish the season with seventeen wins compared to seven losses.^[2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	18	Joby Wright	Seattle SuperSonics

^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography, p. 83, Pocket Books, ISBN 978-0-7434-6267-9
↑ Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography, p. 84, Pocket Books, ISBN 978-0-7434-6267-9
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1972

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)

Rivalries	Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions A Season on the Brink (film) "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches

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

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics