1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–6 (3–5 Western)
Head coach	Guy Lowman (1st season)
Captain	Severin Buschmann
Home arena	Old Assembly Hall / Men's Gymnasium
Seasons← 1915–16 1917–18 →

1916–17 Western Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Minnesota	10	–	2	.833	17	–	2	.895
Illinois	10	–	2	.833	13	–	3	.813
Purdue	7	–	2	.778	11	–	3	.786
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	15	–	3	.833
Indiana	3	–	5	.375	13	–	6	.684
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	13	–	15	.464
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	15	–	11	.577
Northwestern	2	–	10	.167	3	–	11	.214
Iowa	1	–	8	.111	7	–	9	.438

The 1916–17 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Guy Lowman, who was in his 1st and only year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall before moving to the newly constructed Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Western Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–6 and a conference record of 3–5, finishing 5th in the Western Conference.

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Phillip Bowser	C	Jr.	Syracuse, Indiana
Severin Buschmann	F	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
Arlo Byrum	G	So.	Anderson, Indiana
Henry Miller	G	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
DeWitt Mullett	G	Sr.	Columbia City, Indiana
Cleon Nafe	F	Sr.	Rochester, Indiana
W. Penn Nash	C	Sr.	Brazil, Indiana
George Reed	G	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
Bob Rogers	F	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
Herm Schuler	F	So.	Elkhart, Indiana
Heber Williams	F	So.	Kokomo, Indiana
William Zellar	F	Fr.	Brazil, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/8/1916*	Indiana Dental College	W 40–10	1–0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/15/1916*	Earlham	W 44–23	2–0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
12/18/1916*	Vincennes YMCA	W 28–18	3–0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/3/1917*	DePauw	W 24–14	4–0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/5/1917*	Rose Poly	W 35–9	5–0	Old Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/12/1917	at Iowa	W 21–12	6–0 (1–0)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
1/13/1917*	at Iowa State Teachers College	W 29–13	7–0 (1–0)	Cedar Falls, IA
1/19/1917	Iowa	W 12–7	8–0 (2–0)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/28/1917	Purdue Rivalry	L 15–22	8–1 (2–1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/2/1917*	Butler	W 18–9	9–1 (2–1)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/6/1917	at Purdue Rivalry	L 18–24	9–2 (2–2)	Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/8/1917*	at DePauw	W 14–13	10–2 (2–2)	Greencastle, IN
2/9/1917*	Central Nation College	W 61–9	11–2 (2–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/16/1917*	Wabash	L 17–20	11–3 (2–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/24/1917	at Ohio State	W 24–19	12–3 (3–2)	Columbus, OH
3/2/1917	Ohio State	L 14–30	12–4 (3–3)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
3/6/1917	at Wisconsin	L 13–29	12–5 (3–4)	Red Gym Madison, WI
3/7/1917*	at Milwaukee Normal College	W 39–12	13–5 (3–4)	Milwaukee, WI
3/15/1917	Wisconsin	L 16–18	13–6 (3–5)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"Indiana Basketball Men's Database". IndyStar. Retrieved November 29, 2015.

v t e 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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