1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#6
AP	#6
1972–73 record	22–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight
Assistant coach	Dave Bliss
Assistant coach	John Hulls
Assistant coach	Bob Weltlich
Home arena	Assembly Hall

	Conf							Overall
1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#6 Indiana	11	–	3		.786			22	–	6		.786
#10 Minnesota	10	–	4		.714			21	–	5		.808
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Ohio State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Iowa	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Northwestern	2	–	12		.143			5	–	19		.208

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972–73 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.

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Indiana 75, Marquette 69
- Indiana 72, Kentucky 65
Final Four
- UCLA 70, Indiana 59
Third Place Game
- Indiana 97, Providence 79

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	17	Steve Downing	Boston Celtics

References

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