The 1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented

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. Their head coach was

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, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in

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, and was a member of the

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. The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 20–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference to the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue was invited to participate in the 8-team NCAA tournament, but declined their bid recommending IU play in the tournament in their place. In only the second national tournament, IU won their first NCAA Tournament Championship by defeating

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, 60–42, in the

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. Indiana was also retroactively recognized as the national champion by the

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Roster

Schedule/Results

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Awards and honors

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, Consensus second team All-American * Marv Huffman,

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* Bill Menke, Third team All-American (

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References

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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons

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