1944–45 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1944–45 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Harry Good, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1944–45 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–11 (3–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Harry Good (2nd season)
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1944–45 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iowa	11	–	1		.917			17	–	1		.944
Ohio State	10	–	2		.833			15	–	5		.750
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			13	–	7		.650
Purdue	6	–	6		.500			9	–	11		.450
Michigan	5	–	7		.417			12	–	7		.632
Wisconsin	4	–	8		.333			10	–	11		.476
Minnesota	4	–	8		.333			8	–	13		.381
Northwestern	4	–	8		.333			7	–	12		.368
Indiana	3	–	9		.250			10	–	11		.476
Chicago	0	–	0		–			7	–	8		.467

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–11 and a conference record of 3–9, finishing 9th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
4	Gene Farris	F	6–3	So.	Campbellsburg, Indiana
5	Charles Radcliffe	F	5–10	Jr.	Paoli, Indiana
5	Ed Schienbein	G	5–9	Sr.	Southport, Indiana
6	George Cherry	G	5–11	Fr.	Greensburg, Indiana
7	Gene Johnson	C	6–3	Fr.	Hartford City, Indiana
8	Dave Etchison	F	6–1	Fr.	Alexandria, Indiana
9	Jack Herron	G	5–8	Jr.	Logansport, Indiana
10	Robert Goodman	F	6–1	Fr.	Paterson, New Jersey
11	Jack Mercer	G	6–1	So.	Brazil, Indiana
12	Norbert Hermann	G	6–2	Fr.	Brownstown, Indiana
14	Marion Fine	G	5–6	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
15	Ray Brandenburg	G	5–10	So.	Corydon, Indiana
16	Louis Teats	G	5–6	Fr.	Aurora, Indiana
17	George Laughery	F	6–1	Fr.	Robinson, Illinois
18	Charles Leedke	G	5–10	Fr.	Connersville, Indiana
21	Dean Daniels	F	5–11	Fr.	South Bend, Indiana
22	James Copeland	F	6–2	Fr.	Elwood, Indiana
22	Dick Schnieder	G	5–11	Fr.	LaPorte, Indiana
23	Freeland Armstrong	G	5–11	Fr.	Paoli, Indiana
24	Zygmund Belsowski	G	5–11	Fr.	LaPorte, Indiana
25	George Milan	G	5–11	Fr.	East Chicago, Indiana
27	Gene Turner	G	5–11	Fr.	Kokomo, Indiana
29	Ed Murray	F	5–10	Fr.	Cincinnati
35	Al Kravolansky	F/C	6–3	So.	East Chicago, Indiana
39	Del Russell	F	6–1	So.	Park Ridge, Illinois
40	Milton Mink	C	6–5	Fr.	Rochester, Indiana
41	Ted Kluszewski	F	6–2	Fr.	Argo, Illinois
45	John Roper	C	6–5	Fr.	Campbell, Ohio

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1944*		at Wabash	W 43–39	1–0	Crawfordsville, Indiana
12/2/1944*		Camp Atterbury	W 44–22	2–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/5/1944*		DePauw	L 50–51	2–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/9/1944*		at Camp Atterbury	W 63–48	3–1	Camp Atterbury, Indiana
12/14/1944*		Wabash	W 55–39	4–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/16/1944*		vs. Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 43–61	4–2	Jefferson County Armory  Louisville, Kentucky
12/30/1944*		Nebraska	W 65–42	5–2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/2/1945*		Pentathlon of Mexico	W 53–33	6–2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/6/1945		at Michigan	L 53–54	6–3 (0–1)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/9/1945*		at DePauw	W 58–38	7–3 (0–1)	Bowman Gym  Greencastle, Indiana
1/17/1945		Purdue Rivalry	W 51–50	8–3 (1–1)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/20/1945		at Minnesota	W 48–46	9–3 (2–1)	Minnesota Field House  Minneapolis
1/22/1945		at Iowa	L 51–56	9–4 (2–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
1/27/1945		Michigan	L 43–47	9–5 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/5/1945		Minnesota	L 48–56	9–6 (2–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/7/1945		at Purdue Rivalry	L 48–62	9–7 (2–5)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, Indiana
2/10/1945		Iowa	L 40–45	9–8 (2–6)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/12/1945		at Illinois Rivalry	L 48–71	9–9 (2–7)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/17/1945		Ohio State	L 45–63	9–10 (2–8)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/24/1945		at Ohio State	L 52–85	9–11 (2–9)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
2/28/1945		Illinois Rivalry	W 65–55	10–11 (3–9)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.