1955–56 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1955–56 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 15th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1955–56 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–9 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson Ernie Andres
Captain	Wally Choice
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1955–56 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Iowa	13	–	1		.929			20	–	6		.769
No. 10 Illinois	11	–	3		.786			18	–	4		.818
Ohio State	9	–	5		.643			16	–	6		.727
Purdue	9	–	5		.643			16	–	6		.727
Michigan State	7	–	7		.500			13	–	9		.591
Indiana	6	–	8		.429			13	–	9		.591
Minnesota	6	–	8		.429			11	–	11		.500
Michigan	4	–	10		.286			9	–	13		.409
Wisconsin	4	–	10		.286			6	–	16		.273
Northwestern	1	–	13		.071			2	–	20		.091
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–9 and a conference record of 6–8, finishing 6th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
13	Charlie Brown	F	6–2	So.	Chicago
14	Paxton Lumpkin	G	6–1	So.	Chicago
15	Sam Gee	G	6–1	So.	Washington, Indiana
20	Jim Barley	G	6–2	Sr.	Marion, Indiana
21	Hallie Bryant	G	6–3	Jr.	Indianapolis
22	Warren Fisher	F	6–3	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
23	Jim Phipps	G	5–11	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
24	Ray Ball	F	6–3	So.	Elkhart, Indiana
30	Charlie Hodson	G	5–9	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
31	Pete Obremskey	F	6–3	Jr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
32	Dick Custer	C	6–6	So.	Parkersburg, West Virginia
33	Archie Dees	C	6–8	So.	Mount Carmel, Illinois
35	Dick Neal	F	6–5	Jr.	Reelsville, Indiana
43	Cliff Williamson	F	6–3	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
44	Wally Choice	F	6–4	Sr.	Montclair, New Jersey
45	Jerry Thompson	F	6–5	So.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/3/1955*		Ohio	W 93–74	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/10/1955*		Kansas State	W 96–72	2–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/12/1955*		Saint Louis	L 75–86	2–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/17/1955*	No. 19	at Missouri	W 81–78	3–1	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, Missouri
12/19/1955*	No. 19	Cincinnati	W 80–61	4–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/22/1955*	No. 18	at Drake	W 82–79	5–1	Drake Fieldhouse  Des Moines, Iowa
12/27/1955*		at Butler	W 94–70	6–1	Butler Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
1/2/1956		Northwestern	W 94–81	7–1 (1–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/7/1956	No. 13	at Wisconsin	W 75–71	8–1 (2–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
1/9/1956	No. 13	at Minnesota	L 71–77	8–2 (2–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
1/14/1956	No. 12	Illinois Rivalry	L 72–96	8–3 (2–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/16/1956	No. 12	Michigan State	W 79–70	9–3 (3–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/30/1956*		Notre Dame	W 81–76	10–3 (3–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/4/1956		at Ohio State	L 82–100	10–4 (3–3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
2/6/1956		at Illinois Rivalry	L 89–92	10–5 (3–4)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/11/1956		Michigan	W 97–73	11–5 (4–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/13/1956		Wisconsin	L 67–69	11–6 (4–5)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/18/1956		at Michigan	W 80–75	12–6 (5–5)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/20/1956		Iowa	L 83–87	12–7 (5–6)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/25/1956		at Northwestern	W 84–82	13–7 (6–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
3/3/1956		Purdue Rivalry	L 71–73	13–8 (6–7)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/5/1956		at Iowa	L 73–84	13–9 (6–8)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, Iowa
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.