1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	1–4
Head coach	James H. Horne (1st season);
Captain	Ernest Strange
Home arena	Old Assembly Hall

1900–01 Western Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Purdue†	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
Minnesota	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
Wisconsin	0	–	1	.000	1	–	1	.500
Indiana	0	–	2	.000	1	–	4	.200

† Intramural play only; the conference did not have an official championship winner

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]

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 1–4.^[2]

Team formation

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Guy Cantwell	G	So.	Spencer, Indiana
Phelps Darby	C/F	Fr.	Evansville, Indiana
Jay Fitzgerald	F	Sr.	Clarion, Pennsylvania
Alvah Rucker	G	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
Ernest Strange	G/F	So.	Arcana, Indiana
Charles Unnewehr	F/C	Jr.	Batesville, Indiana
Earl Walker	F/G	Sr.	Huntington, Indiana

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

Date time, TV	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.

Game summaries

Butler: February 8

Butler: February 21

Purdue: March 2

Wabash: March 8

Disputed Purdue game

References

^ 2011–2012 Indiana Basketball Records Book (PDF). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Athletics Media Relations Department. 2011. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hammel, Bob; Klingelhoffer, Kit, eds. (1999). Glory of Old IU: 100 Years of Indiana Athletics. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 4, 6. ISBN 978-1-58261-068-9. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ "1900-1901 Basketball Schedule - Wabash College Athletics". Wabash College. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[2011-2012_Indiana_Basketball-1] 2011–2012 Indiana Basketball Records Book (PDF). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Athletics Media Relations Department. 2011. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[2] "Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

[Glory_of_Old_IU-3] Hammel, Bob; Klingelhoffer, Kit, eds. (1999). Glory of Old IU: 100 Years of Indiana Athletics. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 4, 6. ISBN 978-1-58261-068-9. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[4] "1900-1901 Basketball Schedule - Wabash College Athletics". Wabash College. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Venues	Old Assembly Hall (1900–1917) Men's Gymnasium (1917–1928) The Fieldhouse (1928–1960) New Fieldhouse (1960–1971) Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (1971–present) Cook Hall (practice)
Rivalries	Illinois Kentucky Purdue
Culture & lore	2011 Kentucky upset A Season on the Brink (film) Blue blood status Crimson Guard Crossroads Classic "Indiana, Our Indiana"
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26 2026–27
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics