1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dana Evans (1st season)
Captain	Phillip Bowser
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
Seasons← 1916–17 1918–19 →

1917–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wisconsin	9	–	3	.750	14	–	3	.824
Minnesota	7	–	3	.700	13	–	3	.813
Northwestern	5	–	3	.625	7	–	4	.636
Illinois	6	–	6	.500	9	–	6	.600
Chicago	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Purdue	5	–	5	.500	11	–	5	.688
Ohio State	5	–	5	.500	12	–	7	.632
Indiana	3	–	3	.500	10	–	4	.714
Iowa	4	–	6	.400	6	–	8	.429
Michigan	0	–	10	.000	6	–	12	.333

The 1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Dana Evans, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–4 and a conference record of 3–3, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Phillip Bowser	C	Sr.	Syracuse, Indiana
William Easton	F	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
James Ingles	G	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
Urban Jeffries	F	So.	Rockville, Indiana
Ardith Phillips	G	So.	Amo, Indiana
Elliott Risley	F	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
Willard Stahr	G	N/A	Hagerstown, Indiana
Edward Von Tress	G	So.	Vincennes, Indiana
William Zellar	F	Jr.	Brazil, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/7/1917*	Manchester	W 45–18	1–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/14/1917*	Indiana Central	W 49–6	2–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
12/20/1917*	DePauw	W 26–20	3–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/11/1918*	Wabash	W 21–9	4–0	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
1/18/1918	at Michigan	W 21–17	5–0 (1–0)	Waterman Gymnasium Ann Arbor, MI
1/24/1918*	Detroit	W 24–15	6–0 (1–0)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/1/1918	at Ohio State	L 22–28	6–1 (1–1)	Columbus, OH
2/11/1918*	at DePauw	W 34–22	7–1 (1–1)	Greencastle, IN
2/12/1918	Ohio State	L 21–23	7–2 (1–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
2/16/1918	at Iowa	W 29–25	8–2 (2–2)	Iowa Armory Iowa City, IA
2/18/1918*	at Wabash	L 18–28	8–3 (2–2)	Crawfordsville, IN
2/22/1918	Michigan	W 21–20	9–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
3/1/1918*	Rose Poly	W 43–7	10–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium Bloomington, IN
3/8/1918	Iowa	L 11–13	10–4 (3–3)	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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