1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 5th year. Due to growing popularity of the sport, the team moved to The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana to play its home games, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1928–29 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–10 (4–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Everett Dean (5th season)
Captain	Dale Wells
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1928–29 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	10	–	2		.833			15	–	2		.882
Michigan	10	–	2		.833			13	–	3		.813
Purdue	9	–	3		.750			13	–	4		.765
Northwestern	7	–	5		.583			12	–	5		.706
Illinois	6	–	6		.500			10	–	7		.588
Ohio State	6	–	6		.500			9	–	8		.529
Iowa	5	–	7		.417			9	–	8		.529
Indiana	4	–	8		.333			7	–	10		.412
Chicago	2	–	10		.167			5	–	11		.313
Minnesota	1	–	11		.083			4	–	13		.235

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 7–10 and a conference record of 4–8, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
2	Lucian Ashby	F	5–11	So.	Evansville, Indiana
3	Paul Jasper	C	6–2	So.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
4	Robert Correll	G	6–1	Sr.	Bloomington, Indiana
5	Dale Wells	F	6–1	Sr.	LaPorte, Indiana
6	James Strickland	F	6–2	Jr.	Owensville, Indiana
7	Branch McCracken	C	6–5	Jr.	Monrovia, Indiana
8	Claron Veller	G	5–9	So.	Linton, Indiana
9	Carl Scheid	G	6–1	Sr.	Vincennes, Indiana
10	Donald Cooper	F	6–1	Jr.	North Vernon, Indiana
11	Bernard Miller	F	6–1	So.	Waldron, Indiana
12	Jay Campbell	F	5–7	So.	Shelbyville, Indiana
13	James Gill	G	6–2	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
18	Leonard Miller	F	6–1	Jr.	Waldron, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/8/1928*		Washington (Mo.)	L 30–31	0–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/13/1928*		Pennsylvania	W 34–26	1–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/21/1928*		at Notre Dame	W 29–17	2–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
1/1/1929*		at Pittsburgh	L 31–52	2–2	Pitt Pavilion  Pittsburgh, PA
1/4/1929*		Missouri	W 41–29	3–2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/8/1929		at Illinois Rivalry	L 16–20	3–3 (0–1)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
1/12/1929		at Minnesota	W 37–36	4–3 (1–1)	Minnesota Field House  Minneapolis, MN
1/14/1929		at Wisconsin	L 20–24	4–4 (1–2)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/19/1929		Purdue Rivalry	L 23–29	4–5 (1–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/21/1929		Minnesota	W 41–22	5–5 (2–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/5/1929		Northwestern	L 30–31	5–6 (2–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/11/1929		at Iowa	L 27–29	5–7 (2–5)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/16/1929		Wisconsin	L 25–27	5–8 (2–6)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/18/1929		at Purdue Rivalry	L 16–30	5–9 (2–7)	Lafayette Jefferson HS Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
2/25/1929		at Northwestern	L 26–28	5–10 (2–8)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
2/26/1929		Illinois Rivalry	W 32–22	6–10 (3–8)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
3/4/1929		Iowa	W 35–30	7–10 (4–8)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.