1954–55 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1954–55 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 14th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1954–55 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–14 (5–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Ernie Andres Phil Buck
Captain	Don Schlundt
Home arena	The Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1953–54 1955–56 →

1954–55 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Iowa	11	–	3		.786			19	–	7		.731
No. 18 Illinois	10	–	4		.714			17	–	5		.773
No. 11 Minnesota	10	–	4		.714			15	–	7		.682
Michigan State	8	–	6		.571			13	–	9		.591
Northwestern	7	–	7		.500			12	–	10		.545
Purdue	5	–	9		.357			12	–	10		.545
Michigan	5	–	9		.357			11	–	11		.500
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			10	–	12		.455
Indiana	5	–	9		.357			8	–	14		.364
Ohio State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	12		.455
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–14 and a conference record of 5–9, finishing 6th in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
13	Dick Baumgartner	G	6–1	Sr.	LaPorte, Indiana
14	Phil Byers	G	5–11	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
15	Neal Skeeters	G	5–11	Jr.	Louisville, Kentucky
20	Jim Barley	G	6–2	Jr.	Marion, Indiana
21	Hallie Bryant	G	6–3	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Warren Fisher	F	6–3	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
23	Jim Phipps	G	5–11	Jr.	Kokomo, Indiana
23	Charlie Hodson	G	5–9	So.	Muncie, Indiana
24	John Wood	G	5–7	Sr.	Morristown, Indiana
25	Burke Scott	G	6–1	Sr.	Tell City, Indiana
31	Paul Poff	G	6–1	Sr.	New Albany, Indiana
32	Dick Kirkpatrick	F	6–3	So.	Terre Haute, Indiana
33	Bill Maetschke	F	6–4	Jr.	New Albany, Indiana
34	Don Schlundt	C	6–10	Sr.	South Bend, Indiana
35	Dick Neal	F	6–5	So.	Reelsville, Indiana
41	Dick White	F	6–1	Sr.	Terre Haute, Indiana
42	Charles Mead	G	6–3	Jr.	Oak Park, Illinois
43	Cliff Williamson	F	6–3	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
44	Wally Choice	F	6–4	Jr.	Montclair, New Jersey
45	Frank Stemle	F	6–3	Jr.	New Albany, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1954*		Valparaiso	W 77–66	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/6/1954*		Missouri	L 61–64	1–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/1954*	No. 6	at Notre Dame	W 73–70	2–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, Indiana
12/13/1954*	No. 6	SMU	L 78–83	2–2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/18/1954*	No. 7	at Cincinnati	L 65–97	2–3	Armory Fieldhouse  Cincinnati
12/21/1954*		at Kansas State	L 74–91	2–4	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, Kansas
12/27/1954*		at Saint Louis	L 78–80	2–5	Kiel Auditorium  St. Louis
1/3/1955		Michigan	W 95–77	3–5 (1–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/8/1955		at Illinois Rivalry	L 75–99	3–6 (1–1)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
1/10/1955		at Minnesota	L 74–88	3–7 (1–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
1/15/1955		at Wisconsin	L 66–77	3–8 (1–3)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
1/17/1955		Michigan State	W 88–79	4–8 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/31/1955*		Butler	W 87–56	5–8 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/5/1955		at Ohio State	L 87–90	5–9 (2–4)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
2/7/1955		Wisconsin	W 65–58	6–9 (3–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/12/1955		at Iowa	L 75–90	6–10 (3–5)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/14/1955		Minnesota	L 70–80	6–11 (3–6)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/19/1955		Northwestern	L 78–85	6–12 (3–7)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/21/1955		Purdue Rivalry	W 75–62	7–12 (4–7)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/26/1955		at Purdue Rivalry	L 67–92	7–13 (4–8)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, Indiana
2/28/1955		at Michigan State	L 77–93	7–14 (4–9)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, Michigan
3/5/1955		Ohio State	W 84–66	8–14 (5–9)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.