1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the Big Ten Conference. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 24th and final year. The team played its home games on campus in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington.

1964–65 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
Record	19–5 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (24th season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson Don Luft
Captain	Jon McGlocklin Al Harden
Home arena	New Fieldhouse

1964–65 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Michigan	13	–	1		.929			24	–	4		.857
No. 7 Minnesota	11	–	3		.786			19	–	5		.792
Illinois	10	–	4		.714			18	–	6		.750
Indiana	9	–	5		.643			19	–	5		.792
Iowa	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Ohio State	6	–	3		.667			12	–	12		.500
Purdue	5	–	9		.357			12	–	12		.500
Wisconsin	4	–	10		.286			9	–	13		.409
Northwestern	3	–	11		.214			7	–	17		.292
Michigan State	1	–	13		.071			5	–	18		.217
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 19–5 (.792) (9–5 in Big Ten, fourth). Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament. (In 1965, the NCAA tournament had 23 teams and the NIT had fourteen.)

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Gary Tofil	G	6–2	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Bill Russell	G	6–1	So.	Columbus, Indiana
23	Al Harden	G	5–10	Sr.	Covington, Indiana
24	Vern Pfaff	G	5–10	Jr.	Ellettsville, Indiana
25	Tom Van Arsdale	F	6–5	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Dick Van Arsdale	F	6–5	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
32	Ron Peyser	C	6–8	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois
33	Jack Johnson	F	6–6	So.	Greenfield, Indiana
34	Dave Dickerson	F	6–4	So.	Paris, Illinois
35	Ron McMains	F	6–5	So.	Frankfort, Indiana
40	Larry Turpen	G	6–1	Jr.	Shawswick, Indiana
41	Max Walker	G	6–1	Jr.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
42	Erv Inniger	G	6–3	So.	Berne, Indiana
43	Gary Grieger	F	6–4	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
44	Steve Redenbaugh	G	6–2	Sr.	Paoli, Indiana
45	Larry Cooper	C	6–7	Sr.	Osborne, Kansas
54	Jon McGlocklin	F/C	6–5	Sr.	Franklin, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1964*		Ohio	W 81–70	1–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/5/1964*		at No. 8 Kansas State	W 74–70	2–0	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
12/7/1964*		Oklahoma	W 87–69	3–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/12/1964*		North Carolina	W 107–81	4–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/14/1964*		DePaul	W 91–78	5–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/19/1964*		at Detroit	W 108–89	6–0	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
12/21/1964*		vs. Notre Dame	W 107–81	7–0	Memorial Coliseum  Fort Wayne, IN
12/28/1964*	No. 8	vs. Saint Louis Memphis State Invitational	W 98–68	8–0	Memorial Fieldhouse  Memphis, TN
12/29/1964*	No. 7	at Memphis State Memphis State Invitational	W 91–68	9–0	Memorial Fieldhouse  Memphis, TN
1/4/1965	No. 7	at No. 6 Illinois Rivalry	L 81–86	9–1 (0–1)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
1/9/1965	No. 2	Northwestern	W 86–73	10–1 (1–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/11/1965	No. 2	at Iowa	W 85–76	11–1 (2–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/16/1965	No. 5	at Ohio State	W 84–72	12–1 (3–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
1/18/1965	No. 5	Iowa	L 68–74	12–2 (3–2)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/4/1965*	No. 7	Loyola (Chicago)	W 109–82	13–2 (3–2)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/8/1965	No. 7	Michigan State	W 112–94	14–2 (4–2)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/13/1965		at Northwestern	W 86–76	15–2 (5–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/15/1965	No. 8	No. 1 Michigan	L 95–96 OT	15–3 (5–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/20/1965	No. 7	Wisconsin	W 100–87	16–3 (6–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/22/1965	No. 7	at Purdue Rivalry	L 70–82	16–4 (6–4)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
2/27/1965	No. 7	at No. 8 Minnesota	L 88–100	16–5 (6–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
3/1/1965	No. 7	Ohio State	W 110–90	17–5 (7–5)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/6/1965		Purdue Rivalry	W 90–79	18–5 (8–5)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/8/1965		at Wisconsin	W 92–73	19–5 (9–5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings