1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball teamrepresentedIndiana University.Their head coach wasBranch McCracken,who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games inThe FieldhouseinBloomington, Indiana,and was a member of theBig Ten Conference.

1939–40Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
NCAA tournamentNational champions
National Championship Game, W 60-42 vs.Kansas
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–3 (9–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken(2nd season)
Assistant coach	Ralph Graham
Captain	Marv Huffman
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1939–40 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Purdue	10	–	2		.833			16	–	4		.800
Indiana	9	–	3		.750			20	–	3		.870
Ohio State	8	–	4		.667			13	–	7		.650
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			14	–	6		.700
Northwestern	7	–	5		.583			13	–	7		.650
Michigan	6	–	6		.500			13	–	7		.650
Minnesota	5	–	7		.417			12	–	8		.600
Iowa	4	–	8		.333			9	–	12		.429
Wisconsin	3	–	9		.250			5	–	15		.250
Chicago	1	–	11		.083			5	–	15		.250

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference to the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue was invited to participate in the 8-teamNCAA tournament,but declined their bid recommending IU play in the tournament in their place. In only the second national tournament, IU won their firstNCAA Tournament Championshipby defeatingKansas,60–42, in thefinal.Indiana was also retroactively recognized as the national champion by thePremo-Porretta Power Poll.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
7	Andy Zimmer	C	6–4	So.	Goodland, Indiana
9	Chet Francis	G	6–1	Jr.	Avon, Indiana
10	Harold Zimmer	F	5–8	Jr.	Springfield, Ohio
11	Everett Hoffman	C	6–3	So.	Evansville, Indiana
12	Jim Gridley	G	6–1	Jr.	Vevay, Indiana
13	Jim Ooley	G	6–2	Sr.	Spencer, Indiana
16	James Clifton	C	6–3	Jr.	Bentonville, Indiana
18	Cliff Wiethoff	F	6–1	So.	Seymour, Indiana
19	Ed Newby	G	5–11	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
20	Jack Stevenson	F	6–1	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
21	Max Hasler	G	5–10	So.	Elnora, Indiana
22	Jay McCreary	G	5–10	Jr.	Frankfort, Indiana
23	Don Huckleberry	G	5–9	So.	Salem, Indiana
24	John Torphy	F	5–11	So.	Bedford, Indiana
25	Bill Frey	F	6–1	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
26	Tom Motter	F	6–1	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
28	William Torphy	G	6–1	So.	Bedford, Indiana
29	Robert Menke	F	6–3	Jr.	Huntingburg, Indiana
30	Ralph Dorsey	F	5–10	Sr.	Horse Cave, Kentucky
32	Herm Schaefer	F	6–1	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
33	Curly Armstrong	F	5–11	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
34	Marv Huffman	G	6–2	Sr.	New Castle, Indiana
35	William Menke	C	6–3	Jr.	Huntingburg, Indiana
38	Bob Dro	G	5–11	Sr.	Berne, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/9/1939*		Wabash	W37–24	1–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1939*		Xavier	W58–24	2–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/15/1939*		atNebraska	W49–39	3–0	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, Nebraska
12/18/1939*		Pittsburgh	W51–35	4–0	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
12/23/1939*		atButler	W40–33	5–0	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis
12/27/1939*		atDuquesne	W51–49	6–0	Duquesne Gardens Pittsburgh
12/28/1939*		atVillanova	W45–33	7–0	Villanova Field House Villanova, Pennsylvania
1/6/1940		Illinois Rivalry	W38–36	8–0 (1–0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/8/1940		Iowa	W45–30	9–0 (2–0)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
1/13/1940		atMinnesota	L44–46	9–1 (2–1)	Minnesota Field House Minneapolis
1/15/1940		atWisconsin	W40–34	10–1 (3–1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
2/3/1940*		atDePaul	W51–30	11–1 (3–1)	University Auditorium Chicago
2/10/1940		Purdue Rivalry	W46–39	12–1 (4–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/12/1940		Michigan	W57–30	13–1 (5–1)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/17/1940		atNorthwestern	L36–40	13–2 (5–2)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
2/19/1940		atIowa	W46–42	14–2 (6–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/24/1940		Chicago	W38–34	15–2 (7–2)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
2/26/1940		atOhio State	L26–44	15–3 (7–3)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
3/2/1940		atPurdue Rivalry	W51–45	16–3 (8–3)	Lambert Fieldhouse West Lafayette, Indiana
3/4/1940		Ohio State	W52–31	17–3 (9–3)	The Fieldhouse Bloomington, Indiana
NCAA tournament
3/22/1940*		vs.Springfield Quarterfinals	W48–24	18–3 (9–3)	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis,IN
3/23/1940*		vs.Duquesne Final Four	W39–30	19–3 (9–3)	Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis
3/30/1940*		vs.Kansas Championship	W60–42	20–3 (9–3)	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll.(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

• Marv Huffman,Consensus second teamAll-American
• Marv Huffman,NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Bill Menke, Third team All-American (Converse)