1919–20 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1919–20 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1919–20 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–8 (6–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ewald O. Stiehm (1st season);
Captain	Arlo Byrum
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1918–19 1920–21 →

1919–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chicago	10	–	2	.833	14	–	4	.778
Purdue	8	–	2	.800	16	–	4	.800
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	9	–	4	.692
Indiana	6	–	4	.600	13	–	8	.619
Wisconsin	7	–	5	.583	15	–	5	.750
Iowa	6	–	6	.500	9	–	10	.474
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	17	–	10	.630
Minnesota	3	–	9	.250	7	–	9	.438
Michigan	3	–	9	.250	10	–	13	.435
Northwestern	2	–	6	.250	3	–	7	.300

The 1919–20 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Ewald O. Stiehm, who was in his 1st and only year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–8 and a conference record of 6–4, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Arlo Byrum	G	Sr.	Anderson, Indiana
Everett Dean	C	Jr.	Salem, Indiana
William Dobbins	G	Jr.	Bloomington, Indiana
Harry Donovan	C	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
Ralph Esarey	G	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
Urban Jeffries	F	Sr.	Rockville, Indiana
John Kyle	F	Jr.	Gary, Indiana
Ardith Phillips	G	Sr.	Amo, Indiana
Gilbert Rhea	F	N/A	Clayton, Indiana
Russell Hauss	G	So.	Sellersburg, Indiana
Herm Schuler	F	Jr.	Elkhart, Indiana
Markham Wakefield	F	Sr.	Worthington, Indiana
Heber Williams	F	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
William Zellar	G	Sr.	Brazil, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/12/1919*	North American Gymnastic Union	W 32–10	1–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/13/1919*	Hanover	W 46–5	2–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/18/1919*	Valparaiso	W 24–15	3–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/29/1919*	at Huntington Athletic Club	L 15–22	3–1	Huntington, IN
12/30/1919*	at Merchants Heat and Light	L 28–33	3–2	Indianapolis, IN
1/9/1920*	at Ohio Wesleyan	W 38–21	4–2	Delaware, OH
1/10/1920	at Ohio State	W 22–11	5–2 (1–0)	Columbus, OH
1/16/1920*	at Michigan State	W 20–19	6–2 (1–0)	IM Circle East Lansing, MI
1/17/1920	at Michigan	W 22–9	7–2 (2–0)	Waterman Gymnasium Ann Arbor, MI
1/23/1920	Purdue Rivalry	L 9–17	7–3 (2–1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/31/1920	Northwestern	W 32–11	8–3 (3–1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/4/1920*	at Creighton	L 20–29	8–4 (3–1)	University Gym Omaha, NE
2/5/1920*	at Nebraska	W 24–20	9–4 (3–1)	Grant Memorial Hall Lincoln, NE
2/6/1920*	at Nebraska	L 18–38	9–5 (3–1)	Grant Memorial Hall Lincoln, NE
2/7/1920	at Iowa	L 20–28	9–6 (3–2)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
2/13/1920	Iowa	W 25–19	10–6 (4–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/19/1920*	Cincinnati	W 36–12	11–6 (4–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/25/1920	at Purdue Rivalry	L 20–31	11–7 (4–3)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/28/1920	Ohio State	W 17–16	12–7 (5–3)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
3/6/1920	at Northwestern	L 34–36	12–8 (5–4)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/15/1920	Michigan	W 19–18	13–8 (6–4)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 29, 2015.

[1] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 29, 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