1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. After returning from serving as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II, Branch McCracken resumed the head coaching position for a 6th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.

1946–47 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–8 (8–4 Big Nine)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (6th season)
Captain	Ralph Hamilton
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1946–47 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			16	–	6		.727
Illinois	8	–	4		.667			14	–	6		.700
Indiana	8	–	4		.667			12	–	8		.600
Minnesota	7	–	5		.583			14	–	7		.667
Michigan	6	–	6		.500			12	–	8		.600
Iowa	5	–	7		.417			12	–	7		.632
Ohio State	5	–	7		.417			7	–	13		.350
Purdue	4	–	8		.333			9	–	11		.450
Northwestern	2	–	10		.167			7	–	13		.350

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 12–8 and a conference record of 8–4, finishing 2nd in the Big Nine Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jerry Stuteville	F	6–3	Fr.	Attica, Indiana
4	Bob Cowan	G	5–10	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
4	Bob Lollar	F	6–2	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
5	Ralph Hamilton	F	6–1	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
5	Murray Mendenhall	G	5–9	Fr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
6	Lou Watson	G/F	6–5	Fr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
7	Dave Walker	F	6–3	So.	Loogootee, Indiana
8	Al Herman	F	6–3	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana
11	Lou Jensen	G	5–11	Fr.	New Albany, Indiana
12	Norbert Hermann	G	6–2	Jr.	Brownstown, Indiana
13	Al Kravolansky	F	6–3	Sr.	East Chicago, Indiana
14	Ward Williams	C	6–3	Jr.	Colfax, Indiana
15	Bob Armstrong	C	6–4	Fr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
17	John Wallace	F	6–3	Jr.	Richmond, Indiana
19	Charley Meyer	C	6–5	Fr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
22	Jack Brown	F	6–3	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana
37	Don Ritter	G	5–10	So.	Aurora, Indiana
40	Robert Mehl	F	6–1	So.	Indianapolis
N/A	Ray Krupa	F	6–2	So.	East Chicago, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/2/1946*		Wabash	W 69–46	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/7/1946*		Miami (OH)	W 69–36	2–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/9/1946*		Notre Dame	L 60–70	2–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/14/1946*		at Louisville	L 46–53	2–2	Jefferson County Armory  Louisville, Kentucky
12/21/1946*		at Loyola (Chicago)	L 53–60	2–3	Alumni Gym  Chicago
1/2/1947*		at Butler	L 41–52	2–4	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
1/6/1947		at Ohio State	W 62–39	3–4 (1–0)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
1/11/1947		at Wisconsin	L 49–70	3–5 (1–1)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
1/13/1947		Purdue Rivalry	W 62–46	4–5 (2–1)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/18/1947		Iowa	W 50–48	5–5 (3–1)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/20/1947		at Minnesota	L 56–59	5–6 (3–2)	Minnesota Field House  Minneapolis
1/23/1947*		at Marquette	W 74–50	6–6 (3–2)	Marquette Gymnasium  Milwaukee
1/25/1947		Michigan	W 55–42	7–6 (4–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/8/1947*		at Earlham	W 93–41	8–6 (4–2)	Richmond, Indiana
2/15/1947		at Illinois Rivalry	L 50–59	8–7 (4–3)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/17/1947		at Northwestern	W 69–43	9–7 (5–3)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/22/1947		at Iowa	L 46–68	9–8 (5–4)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
2/24/1947		Ohio State	W 46–43	10–8 (6–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/1/1947		Illinois Rivalry	W 48–41	11–8 (7–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/3/1947		at Purdue Rivalry	W 54–38	12–8 (8–4)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.