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1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (1st season)
Captain	Ernie Andres
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1937–38 1939–40 →

1938–39 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio State	10	–	2	.833	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	9	–	3	.750	17	–	3	.850
Illinois	8	–	4	.667	14	–	5	.737
Minnesota	7	–	5	.583	14	–	6	.700
Purdue	6	–	6	.500	12	–	7	.632
Northwestern	5	–	7	.417	7	–	13	.350
Michigan	4	–	8	.333	11	–	9	.550
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	10	–	10	.500
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	9	–	11	.450
Iowa	3	–	9	.250	8	–	11	.421

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938–39 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games in The FieldhouseinBloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
4	Gordon McLaughlin	F	6–1	So.	Terre Haute, Indiana
7	Edgar Mansfield	G	5–11	So.	LaPorte, Indiana
8	Richard McGaughey	G	5–11	So.	Crawfordsville, Indiana
9	Chet Francis	G	6–1	So.	Avon, Indiana
10	Bill Tipmore	C	6–2	So.	Elkhart, Indiana
11	Robert Hansen	C	6–3	So.	Chicago
12	Jim Gridley	G	6–1	So.	Vevay, Indiana
13	Jim Ooley	G	6–2	Jr.	Spencer, Indiana
16	Russell Clifton	C	6–3	So.	Bentonville, Indiana
18	Jim Lettellier	F	5–10	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
19	Dale Gentil	F	6–2	Jr.	Mount Vernon, Indiana
20	Jack Stevenson	F	6–1	Jr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
21	Bob Dro	G	5–11	So.	Berne, Indiana
22	Curly Armstrong	F	5–11	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
23	William Menke	C	6–3	So.	Huntingburg, Indiana
24	William Johnson	F/G	6–1	Sr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
24	Herm Schaefer	F	6–1	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
25	Ernie Andres	G	6–1	Sr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
26	Tom Motter	F	6–1	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
28	Marv Huffman	G	6–2	Jr.	New Castle, Indiana
29	Robert Menke	F	6–3	So.	Huntingburg, Indiana
30	Ralph Dorsey	F	5–10	Jr.	Horse Cave, Kentucky

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/5/1938*	Ball State	W 54–28	1–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/10/1938*	Miami (OH)	W 49–23	2–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/12/1938*	Wabash	W 47–23	3–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/17/1938*	Connecticut	W 71–38	4–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/23/1938*	at Butler	W 46–29	5–0	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis
12/30/1938*	at Western Reserve	W 45–33	6–0	Cleveland, Ohio
12/31/1938*	at Michigan State	W 37–33	7–0	Demonstration Hall East Lansing, Michigan
1/7/1939	at Ohio State	L 38–45	7–1 (0–1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
1/9/1939	at Illinois Rivalry	W 29–28	8–1 (1–1)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
1/14/1939	Wisconsin	W 43–19	9–1 (2–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/16/1939	Purdue Rivalry	W 39–36	10–1 (3–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/3/1939*	at Xavier	W 48–39	11–1 (3–1)	Schmidt Field House Cincinnati
2/6/1939	Ohio State	W 46–34	12–1 (4–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/11/1939	at Iowa	W 50–39	13–1 (5–1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/13/1939	at Chicago	W 46–33	14–1 (6–1)	Henry Crown Field House Chicago
2/18/1939	Northwestern	W 44–37	15–1 (7–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/20/1939	Iowa	W 45–40	16–1 (8–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/25/1939	Minnesota	W 49–37	17–1 (9–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/27/1939	at Purdue Rivalry	L 34–45	17–2 (9–2)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
3/4/1939	at Michigan	L 45–53	17–3 (9–3)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

v t e Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
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

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