1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

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The 1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in its first season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was James H. Horne, who was in his first and only year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as an independent school. Indiana did not officially compete in basketball as a member of the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, until the 1904–1905 season.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Headcoach
CaptainErnest Strange
Quick facts Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Conference ...
1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4
Head coach
CaptainErnest Strange
Home arenaOld Assembly Hall
Seasons
1901–02 â†’
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1900–01 Western Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Purdue†2–0 1.00012–0  1.000
Minnesota1–0 1.00011–1  .917
Wisconsin0–1 .0001–1  .500
Indiana0–2 .0001–4  .200
† Intramural play only; the conference did not have an official championship winner
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The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 1–4.[2]

Team formation

Roster

IU's first basketball team.
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NamePositionYearHometown
Guy CantwellGSo.Spencer, Indiana
Phelps DarbyC/FFr.Evansville, Indiana
Jay FitzgeraldFSr.Clarion, Pennsylvania
Alvah RuckerGJr.Evansville, Indiana
Ernest StrangeG/FSo.Arcana, Indiana
Charles UnnewehrF/CJr.Batesville, Indiana
Earl WalkerF/GSr.Huntington, Indiana
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Indiana was led in scoring by sophomore captain Ernest Strange.[3] The 1900–1901 season would be the only one for Strange, who died in a boiler explosion in the summer of 1901.[3] Darby, the starting center, would return for the 1901–1902 season as the team's captain, coach, and leading scorer.[3]

Schedule

More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
2/8/1901*
 at Butler L 17–20  0–1
 Indianapolis YMCA 
Indianapolis, IN
2/21/1901*
 Butler L 20–24  0–2
 Old Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
3/2/1901*
 Purdue
Rivalry		 L 15–20  0–3
 Old Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
3/8/1901*
 Wabash W 26–17  1–3
 Old Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
3/15/1901*
 at Purdue
Rivalry		 L 19–23  1–4
 Lafayette Coliseum 
West Lafayette, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Game summaries

Butler: February 8

Butler: February 21

Purdue: March 2

Wabash: March 8

Disputed Purdue game

References

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