1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–10 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Everett Dean (5th season);
Captain	Dale Wells
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1927–28 1929–30 →

1928–29 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	10	–	2	.833	15	–	2	.882
Michigan	10	–	2	.833	13	–	3	.813
Purdue	9	–	3	.750	13	–	4	.765
Northwestern	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	6	–	6	.500	10	–	7	.588
Ohio State	6	–	6	.500	9	–	8	.529
Iowa	5	–	7	.417	9	–	8	.529
Indiana	4	–	8	.333	7	–	10	.412
Chicago	2	–	10	.167	5	–	11	.313
Minnesota	1	–	11	.083	4	–	13	.235

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 5th year. Due to growing popularity of the sport, the team moved to The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana to play its home games, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 7–10 and a conference record of 4–8, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
2	Lucian Ashby	F	5–11	So.	Evansville, Indiana
3	Paul Jasper	C	6–2	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
4	Robert Correll	G	6–1	Sr.	Bloomington, Indiana
5	Dale Wells	F	6–1	Sr.	LaPorte, Indiana
6	James Strickland	F	6–2	Jr.	Owensville, Indiana
7	Branch McCracken	C	6–5	Jr.	Monrovia, Indiana
8	Claron Veller	G	5–9	So.	Linton, Indiana
9	Carl Scheid	G	6–1	Sr.	Vincennes, Indiana
10	Donald Cooper	F	6–1	Jr.	North Vernon, Indiana
11	Bernard Miller	F	6–1	So.	Waldron, Indiana
12	Jay Campbell	F	5–7	So.	Shelbyville, Indiana
13	James Gill	G	6–2	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
18	Leonard Miller	F	6–1	Jr.	Waldron, Indiana

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/8/1928*	Washington (Mo.)	L 30–31	0–1	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/13/1928*	Pennsylvania	W 34–26	1–1	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/21/1928*	at Notre Dame	W 29–17	2–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse Notre Dame, IN
1/1/1929*	at Pittsburgh	L 31–52	2–2	Pitt Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA
1/4/1929*	Missouri	W 41–29	3–2	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/8/1929	at Illinois Rivalry	L 16–20	3–3 (0–1)	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
1/12/1929	at Minnesota	W 37–36	4–3 (1–1)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1929	at Wisconsin	L 20–24	4–4 (1–2)	Red Gym Madison, WI
1/19/1929	Purdue Rivalry	L 23–29	4–5 (1–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/21/1929	Minnesota	W 41–22	5–5 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/5/1929	Northwestern	L 30–31	5–6 (2–4)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/11/1929	at Iowa	L 27–29	5–7 (2–5)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/16/1929	Wisconsin	L 25–27	5–8 (2–6)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/18/1929	at Purdue Rivalry	L 16–30	5–9 (2–7)	Lafayette Jefferson HS Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/25/1929	at Northwestern	L 26–28	5–10 (2–8)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
2/26/1929	Illinois Rivalry	W 32–22	6–10 (3–8)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/4/1929	Iowa	W 35–30	7–10 (4–8)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

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[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

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Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics