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1965–66 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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1965–66 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–16 (4–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Watson (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Don Luft Tom Bolyard
Captain	Gary Grieger
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

1965–66 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No.9Michigan	11	–	3	.786	18	–	8	.692
Michigan State	10	–	4	.714	15	–	7	.682
Iowa	8	–	6	.571	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	8	–	6	.571	12	–	12	.500
Minnesota	7	–	7	.500	14	–	10	.583
Northwestern	7	–	7	.500	12	–	12	.500
Wisconsin	6	–	8	.429	11	–	13	.458
Ohio State	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Indiana	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333
Purdue	4	–	10	.286	8	–	16	.333

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965–66 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games in New FieldhouseinBloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–16 and a conference record of 4–10, finishing 9th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
22	Bill Russell	G	6–1	Jr.	Columbus, Indiana
23	Vern Payne	G	5–10	So.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Vern Pfaff	G	5–10	Jr.	Ellettsville, Indiana
25	Ken Newsome	F	6–5	So.	Ahoskie, North Carolina
30	Rich Schrumpf	C	6–9	So.	Galien, Michigan
32	Frank Everett	C	6–6	So.	Williamston, North Carolina
33	Jack Johnson	F	6–6	Jr.	Greenfield, Indiana
34	Butch Joyner	F	6–4	So.	New Castle, Indiana
35	Ron McMains	F	6–5	Jr.	Frankfort, Indiana
40	Larry Turpen	G	6–1	Jr.	Shawswick, Indiana
41	Max Walker	G	6–1	Sr.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
42	Erv Inniger	G	6–3	Jr.	Berne, Indiana
43	Gary Grieger	F	6–4	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
45	Gary Leinberger	F	6–7	So.	St. Louis, Missouri

Schedule/Results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1965*	St. Joseph's (Ind.)	W 76–62	1–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/4/1965*	at Oklahoma	L 82–83	1–1	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
12/6/1965*	Detroit	L 75–78	1–2	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/13/1965*	Kansas State	L 69–82	1–3	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/17/1965*	vs. California Kentucky Invitational	W 71–64	2–3	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
12/18/1965*	at Kentucky Kentucky Invitational/Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 56–91	2–4	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
12/21/1965*	vs. Notre Dame	W 80–58	3–4	Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN
12/31/1965*	vs. No. 3 Bradley	W 104–87	4–4	Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL
1/3/1966*	Loyola (Chicago)	L 68–91	4–5	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/8/1966	Illinois Rivalry	L 84–98	4–6 (0–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
1/10/1966	at Michigan	L 68–88	4–7 (0–2)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, MI
1/15/1966	at Minnesota	L 82–91	4–8 (0–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/17/1966	Iowa	W 73–61	5–8 (1–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/1/1966*	at DePaul	L 79–100	5–9 (1–3)	Alumni Hall Chicago, IL
2/5/1966	No. 9 Michigan	L 76–93	5–10 (1–4)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/7/1966	at Wisconsin	L 78–79	5–11 (1–5)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
2/12/1966	at Illinois Rivalry	W 81–77	6–11 (2–5)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/14/1966	Ohio State	W 81–61	7–11 (3–5)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/19/1966	Northwestern	L 82–83	7–12 (3–6)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/21/1966	at Purdue Rivalry	L 68–77	7–13 (3–7)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, IN
2/26/1966	at Michigan State	L 63–69	7–14 (3–8)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
2/28/1966	Minnesota	L 90–96	7–15 (3–9)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/5/1966	Michigan State	W 86–76	8–15 (4–9)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/7/1966	at Iowa	L 77–82	8–16 (4–10)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References[edit]

^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 19, 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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