2004–05 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in the 2004–2005 college basketball season. Their head coach was Mike Davis, who was in his fifth season. The team played its home games at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2004–05 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	15–14 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mike Davis (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Donnie Marsh (1st season) Kerry Rupp (1st season)
Home arena	Assembly Hall
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Illinois †	15	–	1		.938			37	–	2		.949
No. 15 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Minnesota	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Ohio State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Iowa	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
Penn State	1	–	15		.063			7	–	23		.233
† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 15, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Indiana finished the season with an overall record of 15–14 and a conference record of 10–6, finishing with 4th place in the Big Ten Conference. After missing out on the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year, Indiana was invited to play in the NIT. However, IU lost in the first round, which ended their season.^[2]

2004–05 Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
2	James Hardy	F	6–7	Fr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
3	D. J. White	F	6–9	Fr.	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
3	Patrick Ewing Jr.	F	6–8	So.	Marietta, Georgia
4	Bracey Wright	G	6–3	Jr.	The Colony, Texas
10	Roderick Wilmont	G	6–4	So.	Miramar, Florida
11	Errek Suhr	G	5–8	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
12	Donald Perry	G	6–2	Sr.	Tallulah, Louisiana
20	A. J. Ratliff	G	6–3	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
21	Mark Johnson	G	6–2	Sr.	Oregon, Wisconsin
22	Marshall Strickland	G	6–2	Jr.	Mount Airy, Maryland
23	Sean Kline	F	6–8	Jr.	Huntington, Indiana
24	Robert Vaden	F	6–5	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
33	Mike Roberts	F	6–9	Sr.	Eugene, Oregon
34	Adam Ahlfeld	G	6–0	Fr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
34	Ryan Tapak	G	6–2	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
11/23/2004*		Indiana State	W 56–52	1–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
11/27/2004*		Western Illinois	W 64–60	2–0	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/1/2004* ESPN		No. 9 North Carolina ACC – Big Ten Challenge	L 63–70	2–1	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/4/2004* CBS		at No. 7 Connecticut	L 69–74	2–2	Hartford Civic Center  Hartford, Connecticut
12/8/2004*		Notre Dame	L 45–55	2–3	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/11/2004* CBS		vs. No. 10 Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	L 58–73	2–4	Freedom Hall  Louisville, Kentucky
12/19/2004*		at Missouri	L 53–56	2–5	Mizzou Arena  Columbia, Missouri
12/22/2004*		Charlotte	L 73–74	2–6	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
12/28/2004*		vs. Ball State	W 71–59	3–6	Conseco Fieldhouse  Indianapolis
12/31/2004*		Oral Roberts	W 69–68	4–6	Assembly Hall  Indianapolis
1/2/2005*		Furman	W 68–52	5–6	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/5/2005		at Northwestern	L 52–73	5–7 (0–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
1/8/2005		Wisconsin	W 74–61	6–7 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/15/2005		at Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 75–73	7–7 (2–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
1/19/2005		Michigan	W 62–53	8–7 (3–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/22/2005		Ohio State	W 67–60	9–7 (4–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
1/26/2005		at Minnesota	L 65–70	9–8 (4–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
1/29/2005		at Iowa	L 57–72	9–9 (4–3)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
2/2/2005		Penn State	W 68–63	10–9 (5–3)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/6/2005 CBS		at No. 1 Illinois Rivalry	L 47–60	10–10 (5–4)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
2/12/2005		Minnesota	W 71–56	11–10 (6–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/15/2005		at Ohio State	L 44–57	11–11 (6–5)	Value City Arena  Columbus, Ohio
2/20/2005 CBS		at Michigan	W 70–63	12–11 (7–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
2/22/2005		Purdue Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup	W 79–62	13–11 (8–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
2/27/2005 CBS		Michigan State	W 78–74	14–11 (9–5)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
3/1/2005		at Wisconsin	L 60–62	14–12 (9–6)	Kohl Center  Madison, Wisconsin
3/5/2005		Northwestern	W 77–55	15–12 (10–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Big Ten tournament
3/11/2005		vs. Minnesota Quarterfinals	L 55–71	15–13 (10–6)	United Center  Chicago
NIT
3/16/2005*		Vanderbilt First Round	L 60–67	15–14 (10–6)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.