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.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 1–4.
Team formation
Roster
NamePositionYearHometownGuy CantwellGSo.Spencer, IndianaPhelps DarbyC/FFr.Evansville, IndianaJay FitzgeraldFSr.Clarion, PennsylvaniaAlvah RuckerGJr.Evansville, IndianaErnest StrangeG/FSo.Arcana, IndianaCharles UnnewehrF/CJr.Batesville, IndianaEarl WalkerF/GSr.Huntington, Indiana
Indiana was led in scoring by sophomore captain Ernest Strange. The 1900–1901 season would be the only one for Strange, who died in a boiler explosion in the summer of 1901. Darby, the starting center, would return for the 1901–1902 season as the team's captain, coach, and leading scorer.
Schedule
!colspan=8| Regular season
Game summaries
Butler: February 8 Butler: February 21 Purdue: March 2 Wabash: March 8 Disputed Purdue game
References