1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 3
1974–75 record	31–1 (18–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (4th year)
Assistant coach	Dave Bliss
Assistant coach	Bob Donewald
Assistant coach	Bob Weltlich
Assistant coach	Mike Krzyzewski
Captain	Steve Green Quinn Buckner
Home arena	Assembly Hall

1974–75 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Indiana	18	–	0	1.000	31	–	1	.969
#19 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	19	–	8	.704
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	18	–	8	.692
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	17	–	11	.607
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	9	.654
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	14	–	14	.500
Iowa	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	8	–	18	.308
Illinois	4	–	14	.222	8	–	18	.308
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	6	–	20	.231

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974–75 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 4th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 31-1 and a conference record of 18-0, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The Hoosiers went the entire regular season undefeated, and when combined with the following year (1975–76) they won 37-consecutive Big Ten games. The 1974–75 Hoosiers swept the entire Big Ten by an average of 22.8 points per game. However, in an 83-82 win against Purdue they lost consensus All-American forward Scott May to a broken left arm. With May's injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost to Kentucky 92-90 in the Elite Eight. The Hoosiers were so dominant that four starters – Scott May, Steve Green, Kent Benson and Quinn Buckner – would make the five-man All-Big Ten team.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Bobby Wilkerson	G/F	6–7	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
21	Quinn Buckner	G	6–3	Jr.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Wayne Radford	G/F	6–3	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
24	Steve Ahlfeld	G	6–1	Sr.	Wabash, Indiana
25	Doug Allen	F	6–6	Sr.	Champaign, Illinois
30	John Kamstra	G	6–1	Sr.	Frankfort, Indiana
31	John Laskowski	G/F	6–5	Sr.	South Bend, Indiana
32	Mark Haymore	F/C	6–8	Fr.	Shaker Heights, Ohio
33	Tom Abernathy	F	6–7	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
34	Steve Green	F	6–7	Sr.	Sellersburg, Indiana
40	Jim Wisman	G	6–2	Fr.	Quincy, Illinois
42	Scott May	F	6–7	Jr.	Sandusky, Ohio
43	Don Noort	C	6–8	Jr.	Worth, Illinois
45	Jim Crews	G	6–5	Jr.	Normal, Illinois
54	Kent Benson	C	6–11	So.	New Castle, Indiana

Regular season

On December 7, 1974, Indiana and Kentucky met in the regular season in Bloomington with a 98-74 Indiana win. Near the end of the game, Indiana coach Bobby Knight went to the Kentucky bench where the official was standing to complain about a call. Before he left, Knight hit Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall in the back of the head.^[2] UK's assistant coach Lynn Nance, a former FBI agent who was about 6 feet 5 inches, had to be restrained by Hall from hitting Knight. Hall later said, "It publicly humiliated me."^[3]

Knight said the slap to the head was something he has done, "affectionately" to his own players for years. "But maybe someone would not like that", he said. "If Joe didn't like it, I offer an apology. I don't apologize for the intent." ... "Hall and I have been friends for a long time", Knight said. "If he wants to dissolve the friendship, that's up to him."^[4] Knight blamed the furor on Hall, noting in his inimitable style, "If it was meant to be malicious, I'd have blasted him into the seats."^[5] Indiana finished the regular season unbeaten (31-0).

Schedule/Results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season

11/30/1974*	No. 3	Tennessee Tech	W 113-60	1-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/4/1974*	No. 3	at No. 7 Kansas	W 74-70 ^OT	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas
12/7/1974*	No. 3	No. 15 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 98-74	3-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1974*	No. 3	at No. 11 Notre Dame	W 94-84	4-0	Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana
12/14/1974*	No. 3	vs. Texas A&M	W 90-55	5-0	Market Square Arena Indianapolis
12/16/1974*	No. 3	Toledo	W 92-70	6-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/20/1974*	No. 2	Creighton Indiana Classic	W 71-53	7-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/21/1974*	No. 2	Nebraska Indiana Classic	W 97-60	8-0	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/26/1974*	No. 2	vs. Florida Rainbow Classic Quarterfinals	W 98-84	9-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/27/1974*	No. 2	vs. Ohio State Rainbow Classic Semifinals	W 102-71	10-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
12/30/1974*	No. 2	vs. Hawaii Rainbow Classic Championship	W 69-52	11-0	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
1/4/1975	No. 2	at Michigan State	W 107-55	12-0 (1-0)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
1/6/1975	No. 2	at No. 17 Michigan	W 90-76	13-0 (2-0)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/11/1975	No. 1	Iowa	W 102-49	14-0 (3-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/13/1975	No. 1	Minnesota	W 79-59	15-0 (4-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/18/1975	No. 1	at Northwestern	W 82-56	16-0 (5-0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
1/20/1975	No. 1	at Wisconsin	W 89-69	17-0 (6-0)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
1/25/1975	No. 1	No. 20 Purdue Rivalry	W 104-71	18-0 (7-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
1/27/1975	No. 1	Illinois Rivalry	W 73-57	19-0 (8-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/1/1975	No. 1	at Ohio State	W 72-66	20-0 (9-0)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
2/3/1975	No. 1	Michigan	W 74-48	21-0 (10-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/8/1975	No. 1	at Iowa	W 79-56	22-0 (11-0)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
2/10/1975	No. 1	at Minnesota	W 69-54	23-0 (12-0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
2/15/1975	No. 1	Northwestern	W 82-58	24-0 (13-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/17/1975	No. 1	Wisconsin	W 93-58	25-0 (14-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
2/22/1975	No. 1	at Purdue Rivalry	W 83-82	26-0 (15-0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
2/24/1975	No. 1	at Illinois Rivalry	W 112-89	27-0 (16-0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois
3/1/1975	No. 1	Ohio State	W 86-78	28-0 (17-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
3/8/1975	No. 1	Michigan State	W 94-79	29-0 (18-0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
NCAA Tournament
3/15/1975*	No. 1	vs. UTEP Quarterfinals	W 78-52	30-0 (18-0)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Kentucky
3/20/1975*	No. 1	vs. Oregon State Sweet Sixteen	W 81-71	31-0 (18-0)	University of Daytona Arena Dayton, Ohio
3/22/1975*	No. 1	vs. No. 5 Kentucky Elite Eight	L 90-92	31-1 (18-0)	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

NCAA Tournament

Following the contentious regular season game, Indiana and Kentucky met in the 1975 Elite Eight in Dayton, Ohio. Coming into that game, the Hoosiers were on a 34-game winning streak, and the number one ranked team in America. Kentucky was ranked number five. However, Indiana had lost star player Scott May to a broken arm in the regular season finale against Purdue. May scored 25 points in the regular season IU-UK meeting, but he managed only 2 points in seven minutes in the tournament game, which he played with a cast on his left arm. IU surged out to an early seven-point lead before UK rallied to tie it at 44 by halftime. Despite Indiana's Kent Benson scoring 33 points (on 13-of-18 shooting) and grabbing 23 rebounds, Kentucky would win by just two points, 92-90. The game made USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time.^[6]

The loss for Indiana prevented what could have been back-to-back undefeated seasons and national championships as the Hoosiers went on to take the national title in 1976. Bob Knight would later say that this 1974–1975 team was the best he ever coached, even better than the undefeated national champions of 1976. The win put UK in the Final Four in San Diego, where they dropped the NCAA title game in what would be John Wooden's last game.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1975	2	30	Steve Green	Chicago Bulls
1975	2	32	John Laskowski	Chicago Bulls
1976	1	2	Scott May	Chicago Bulls
1976	1	7	Quinn Buckner	Milwaukee Bucks
1976	1	11	Bob Wilkerson	Seattle SuperSonics
1976	3	43	Tom Abernethy	Los Angeles Lakers
1977	1	1	Kent Benson	Milwaukee Bucks
1978	2	27	Wayne Radford	Indiana Pacers

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References

↑ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
↑ "Recapping the rivalry". Retrieved 22 March 2012.
↑ "none". Atlanta Constitution Journal. 28 February 1982.
↑ Laudeman, Tev (8 December 1974). "none". Louisville Courier Journal.
↑ Delsohn, Steve (2006). Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography. Simon & Schuster. p. 96.
↑ Mike Douchant – Greatest 63 games in NCAA Tournament history. The Sports Xchange, published in USA Today, March 25, 2002
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1975&lg=N

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (Practice)

Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue

Culture & lore	History Traditions Crossroads Classic A Season on the Brink (film) Crimson Guard "Indiana, Our Indiana" 2011 Kentucky upset

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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