1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 9th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1949–50 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
Record	17–5 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (9th season)
Assistant coach	Ernie Andres
Captain	Lou Watson
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1949–50 Big Nine Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Ohio State	11	–	1		.917			22	–	4		.846
No. 16 Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			17	–	5		.773
No. 20 Indiana	7	–	5		.583			17	–	5		.773
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			14	–	8		.636
Iowa	6	–	6		.500			15	–	7		.682
Minnesota	4	–	8		.333			13	–	9		.591
Michigan	4	–	8		.333			11	–	11		.500
Northwestern	3	–	9		.250			10	–	12		.455
Purdue	3	–	9		.250			9	–	13		.409
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–5 and a conference record of 7–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Jerry Stuteville	F	6–3	Sr.	Attica, Indiana
4	Dale Vieau	G	5–10	So.	Hammond, Indiana
5	Sam Miranda	G	5–10	So.	Collinsville, Illinois
6	Lou Watson	G	6–5	Sr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
7	Gene Ring	G	6–1	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana
8	Bill Garrett	C	6–3	Jr.	Shelbyville, Indiana
9	Bob Masters	G	6–3	So.	Lafayette, Indiana
10	Charles Vaughn	F	5–11	So.	Lafayette, Indiana
11	Bill Tosheff	F	6–1	Jr.	Gary, Indiana
12	Phil Buck	F	5–10	Jr.	Rossville, Indiana
14	Hal Summers	F	6–1	So.	Lawrenceville, Illinois
15	Frank O'Bannon	G	5–10	So.	Corydon, Indiana
16	Don Luft	C	6–5	So.	Sheboygan, Wisconsin
17	Marvin Christie	F	6–1	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
18	Tom Schwartz	C	6–6	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
19	Charley Meyer	C	6–5	Sr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
21	Sheldon Turner	F	6–1	So.	Albany, Indiana
22	John Scott	F	6–1	So.	Madison, Indiana
24	Tyrie Robbins	F	6–3	Jr.	Gary, Indiana
25	Tony Hill	F	6–1	So.	Seymour, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/5/1949*		Wabash	W 64–33	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/10/1949*		at Michigan State	W 73–58	2–0	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
12/13/1949*		DePaul	W 61–55	3–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1949*		Arkansas	W 75–50	4–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/19/1949*		at Oregon State	W 65–60	5–0	Oregon State Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
12/20/1949*		at Oregon State	W 58–53	6–0	Oregon State Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
12/29/1949*		vs. Notre Dame Hoosier Classic	W 79–69	7–0	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
12/30/1949*		at Butler Hoosier Classic	W 68–57	8–0	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
1/2/1950*		Michigan State	W 60–50	9–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/7/1950	No. 5	Wisconsin	W 61–59	10–0 (1–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/9/1950	No. 5	at Michigan	L 67–69	10–1 (1–1)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/14/1950	No. 4	at Iowa	L 64–65	10–2 (1–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/16/1950*	No. 4	Butler	W 57–49	11–2 (1–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/21/1950	No. 8	at Purdue Rivalry	W 49–39	12–2 (2–2)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, Indiana
2/4/1950	No. 12	at Northwestern	W 64–59	13–2 (3–2)	Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/6/1950	No. 12	Ohio State	L 55–56	13–3 (3–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/11/1950	No. 16	Minnesota	W 59–39	14–3 (4–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/13/1950	No. 16	at Illinois Rivalry	W 83–72	15–3 (5–3)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/18/1950		Purdue Rivalry	W 60–50	16–3 (6–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/20/1950		at Ohio State	L 65–75	16–4 (6–4)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
2/25/1950	No. 17	Iowa	L 53–59	16–5 (6–5)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/27/1950	No. 17	Illinois Rivalry	W 80–66	17–5 (7–5)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 1949–50 NCAA men's basketball rankings