1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1972–73 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	22–6 (11–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bobby Knight (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Dave Bliss John Hulls Bob Weltlich
Captain	John Ritter
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Indiana	11	–	3		.786			22	–	6		.786
No. 10 Minnesota	10	–	4		.714			21	–	5		.808
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Ohio State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Iowa	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Northwestern	2	–	12		.143			5	–	19		.208
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 22–6 and a conference record of 11–3, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. After a quick first-round exit during the 1972 NIT, Indiana was invited to participate in the 1973 NCAA Tournament, where Bobby Knight and the Hoosiers advanced to the Final Four. IU lost to the UCLA Bruins who went on to win their 7th straight national title; however, IU secured third place after beating Providence.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
20	Frank Wilson	G	6–3	Sr.	Bluffton, Indiana
21	Quinn Buckner	G	6–3	Fr.	Phoenix, Illinois
22	Trent Smock	F	6–5	Fr.	Richmond, Indiana
22	Bootsie White	G	5–8	Sr.	Hammond, Indiana
23	Steve Heiniger	G	5–10	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
24	Steve Ahlfeld	G	6–1	So.	Wabash, Indiana
25	Doug Allen	F	6–6	So.	Champaign, Illinois
30	John Kamstra	G	6–1	So.	Frankfort, Indiana
31	John Laskowski	G/F	6–5	So.	South Bend, Indiana
32	Steve Downing	C	6–8	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Jerry Memering	F/C	6–7	Sr.	Vincennes, Indiana
34	Steve Green	F	6–7	So.	Sellersburg, Indiana
35	Don Noort	C	6–8	Fr.	Worth, Illinois
40	Mike Miller	F	6–8	Fr.	Bloomington, Indiana
41	Craig Morris	G	6–4	Fr.	DeGraff, Ohio
42	John Ritter	F	6–5	Sr.	Goshen, Indiana
43	John Hunter	F	6–6	So.	Danville, Indiana
45	Jim Crews	G	6–5	Fr.	Normal, Illinois
55	Tom Abernethy	F	6–7	Fr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1972*		Harvard	W 97–76	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/5/1972*		at Kansas	W 72–55	2–0	Allen Field House  Lawrence, KS
12/9/1972*		No. 8 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 64–58	3–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/12/1972*	No. 15	Notre Dame	W 69–67	4–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/16/1972*	No. 15	Ohio	W 89–68	5–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
12/22/1972*	No. 9	at South Carolina	L 85–88	5–1	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, SC
12/28/1972*	No. 15	vs. No. 13 Houston	W 75–72	6–1	Memorial Gymnasium  El Paso, TX
12/29/1972*	No. 15	at UTEP	L 65–74	6–2	Memorial Gymnasium  El Paso, Texas
1/3/1973*	No. 20	Ball State	W 94–71	7–2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/6/1973	No. 20	at Wisconsin	W 78–64	8–2 (1–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
1/9/1973*	No. 16	Miami	W 80–68	9–2 (1–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/13/1973	No. 16	Ohio State	W 81–67	10–2 (2–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/20/1973	No. 16	No. 6 Minnesota	W 83–71	11–2 (3–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/22/1973	No. 16	at Michigan State	W 97–89	12–2 (4–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/27/1973	No. 6	at Michigan	W 79–73	13–2 (5–0)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
2/3/1973	No. 5	Northwestern	W 83–65	14–2 (6–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/5/1973	No. 5	at Ohio State	L 69–70	14–3 (6–1)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
2/10/1973	No. 4	at Purdue Rivalry	L 69–72	14–4 (6–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
2/12/1973	No. 4	Illinois Rivalry	W 87–66	15–4 (7–2)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/17/1973	No. 11	at No. 4 Minnesota	L 75–82	15–5 (7–3)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/19/1973	No. 11	Michigan State	W 75–65	16–5 (8–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/24/1973	No. 10	Wisconsin	W 57–55	17–5 (9–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
3/3/1973	No. 12	at Iowa	W 80–64	18–5 (10–3)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
3/10/1973	No. 9	Purdue Rivalry	W 77–72	19–5 (11–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
NCAA tournament
3/15/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 5 Marquette Regional semifinals	W 75–69	20–5 (11–3)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
3/17/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 17 Kentucky Elite Eight	W 72–65	21–5 (11–3)	Memorial Gymnasium  Nashville, TN
3/24/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 UCLA Final Four	L 59–70	21–6 (11–3)	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
3/26/1973*	No. 6	vs. No. 4 Providence National third-place game	W 97–79	22–6 (11–3)	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	17	Steve Downing	Boston Celtics[2]