1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 22nd year. The team played its home games in New Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1962–63 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (9–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson Don Luft
Captain	Tom Bolyard
Home arena	New Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1961–62 1963–64 →

1962–63 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Ohio State	11	–	3		.786			20	–	4		.833
No. 8 Illinois	11	–	3		.786			20	–	6		.769
Indiana	9	–	5		.643			13	–	11		.542
Michigan	8	–	6		.571			16	–	8		.667
Minnesota	8	–	6		.571			12	–	12		.500
Wisconsin	7	–	7		.500			14	–	10		.583
Northwestern	6	–	8		.429			9	–	15		.375
Iowa	5	–	9		.357			9	–	15		.375
Michigan State	3	–	11		.214			4	–	16		.200
Purdue	2	–	12		.143			7	–	17		.292
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–11 and a conference record of 9–5, finishing 3rd in the Big Ten Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.^[1]

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
14	Gene Demaree	G	5–11	So.	New Marion, Indiana
20	Dave Granger	F	6–7	Sr.	Hillsdale, Michigan
21	Frank Daly	G	6-2	So.	Springfield, Massachusetts
22	Jimmy Rayl	G	6–2	Sr.	Kokomo, Indiana
23	Al Harden	G	5–10	So.	Covington, Indiana
25	Tom Van Arsdale	F	6–5	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
30	Dick Van Arsdale	F	6–5	So.	Indianapolis, Indiana
31	Jim Sutton	G	5–11	Jr.	Anderson, Indiana
32	Ron Peyser	C	6–8	So.	Chicago, Illinois
33	Winston Fairfield	C	6–9	Sr.	Wilmington, Massachusetts
42	Ron Pease	F	6–3	So.	Muncie, Indiana
43	Dave Porter	F	6–4	Sr.	Noblesville, Indiana
44	Steve Redenbaugh	G	6–2	So.	Paoli, Indiana
45	Tom Bolyard	F	6–4	Sr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
54	Jon McGlocklin	F/C	6–5	So.	Franklin, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1962*		Virginia	W 90–59	1–0	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/3/1962*		Drake	L 76–87	1–1	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/8/1962*	No. 8	Iowa State	L 55–63	1–2	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/10/1962*	No. 8	at Missouri	L 51–52	1–3	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
12/15/1962*		North Carolina	W 90–76	2–3	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/17/1962*		at Detroit	W 92–84	3–3	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
12/19/1962*		at No. 4 Loyola (Chicago)	L 94–106	3–4	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/21/1962*		at Kansas State	L 72–88	3–5	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
1/2/1963*		vs. Notre Dame	L 70–73	3–6	Memorial Coliseum  Fort Wayne, IN
1/5/1963		at Michigan State	W 96–84	4–6 (1–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
1/7/1963		Purdue Rivalry	W 85–71	5–6 (2–0)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/26/1963*		DePaul	W 76–75	6–6 (2–0)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/28/1963		at Purdue Rivalry	W 74–73	7–6 (3–0)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
2/2/1963		Northwestern	L 87–100	7–7 (3–1)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/4/1963		at No. 4 Illinois Rivalry	L 101–104	7–8 (3–2)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
2/9/1963		at Michigan	L 86–90	7–9 (3–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
2/11/1963		Minnesota	W 89–77	8–9 (4–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/16/1963		No. 4 Illinois Rivalry	W 103–100	9–9 (5–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/18/1963		at Iowa	W 82–80	10–9 (6–3)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/23/1963		Michigan State	W 113–94	11–9 (7–3)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/25/1963		at Wisconsin	L 96–102	11–10 (7–4)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
3/2/1963		at Minnesota	L 73–105	11–11 (7–5)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
3/4/1963		Michigan	W 104–96	12–11 (8–5)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/9/1963		No. 3 Ohio State	W 87–85 OT	13–11 (9–5)	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.