The 1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented
Indiana University
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. Their head coach was
Branch McCracken, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games in
The Fieldhouse in
Bloomington, Indiana
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, and was a member of the
Big Ten Conference
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.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 17–3 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
Kansas
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, 60–42, in the
final
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. Indiana was also retroactively recognized as the national champion by the
Premo-Porretta Power Poll
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.
Roster
Schedule/Results
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NCAA tournament
Awards and honors
*
Marv Huffman, Consensus second team
All-American
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* Marv Huffman,
NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
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* Bill Menke, Third team All-American (
Converse)
References
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Indiana
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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
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team