1970–71_Indiana_Hoosiers_men's_basketball_team

1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	17–7 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Watson (5th season);
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1969–70 1971–72 →

1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Lou Watson, who after taking a one-year leave of absence to recover from surgery returned for his 5th and final year. Jerry Oliver, who filled in for Watson the previous season, again filled in for him when Watson resigned before the last game of the season. For the last time, the team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–7 and a conference record of 9–5, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to play in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Schedule/Results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1970*	No. 16	Eastern Michigan	W 99–82	1–0	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/5/1970*	No. 16	Kansas State	W 75–72	2–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
12/12/1970*	No. 11	No. 5 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 93–95 ^OT	2–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/15/1970*	No. 13	at No. 7 Notre Dame	W 106–103	3–1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
12/18/1970*	No. 13	Ohio	W 97–88	4–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/22/1970*	No. 11	Butler	W 111–94	5–1	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
12/26/1970*	No. 11	vs. Washington State Far West Classic	L 80–83	5–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/29/1970*	No. 14	vs. San Jose State Far West Classic	W 86–76	6–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/30/1970*	No. 14	vs. Ohio State Far West Classic	W 85–77	7–2	Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
1/9/1971	No. 12	at Northwestern	W 101–90	8–2 (1–0)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
1/12/1971	No. 11	Minnesota	W 99–73	9–2 (2–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
1/16/1971	No. 11	at Michigan	L 81–92	9–3 (2–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
2/1/1971*		Northern Illinois	W 113–112	10–3 (2–1)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/6/1971		Purdue Rivalry	L 81–85	10–4 (2–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/9/1971		Michigan State	W 71–70	11–4 (3–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/13/1971		at Iowa	W 86–84	12–4 (4–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/16/1971		Michigan State	W 90–76	13–4 (5–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/20/1971		at Illinois Rivalry	W 88–86	14–4 (6–2)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
2/23/1971		No. 12 Michigan	W 88–79	15–4 (7–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
2/27/1971		Northwestern	W 97–74	16–4 (8–2)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/2/1971	No. 18	at Wisconsin	L 87–94 ^OT	16–5 (8–3)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
3/6/1971	No. 18	Iowa	W 104–88	17–5 (9–3)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
3/9/1971		at No. 12 Ohio State	L 75–91	17–6 (9–4)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
3/13/1971		Illinois Rivalry	L 87–103	17–7 (9–5)	New Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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"Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 16, 2015.

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No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Frank Wilson	G	6–3	So.	Bluffton, Indiana
22	Bootsie White	G	5–8	So.	Hammond, Indiana
23	Larry Gipson	G	5–10	Sr.	Michigan City, Indiana
24	Ken Morgan	F	6–6	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
25	Jeff Stocksdale	F	6–4	Sr.	Lima, Ohio
30	Jim Harris	G	6–1	Sr.	Lorain, Ohio
32	Steve Downing	C	6–8	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Jerry Memering	F/C	6–7	So.	Vincennes, Indiana
35	George McGinnis	F	6–8	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
42	John Ritter	F	6–5	So.	Goshen, Indiana
43	Rick Ford	F	6–5	Jr.	Cloverdale, Indiana
44	Joby Wright	F	6–8	Jr.	Savannah, Georgia
54	Kim Pemberton	G	6–3	So.	Osgood, Indiana
55	Ed Daniels	G	6–4	So.	Savannah, Georgia

1970–71_Indiana_Hoosiers_men's_basketball_team

1970–71 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	20	–	6	.769
Michigan	12	–	2	.857	19	–	7	.731
Purdue	11	–	3	.786	18	–	7	.720
Indiana	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	11	–	12	.478
Minnesota	5	–	9	.357	11	–	13	.458
Michigan State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	14	.417
Iowa	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292

Rankings from AP Poll