1905–06 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1905–06 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Zora G. Clevenger, who was in his 2nd and final year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Western Conference.

1905–06 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–9 (2–2 Western)
Head coach	Zora G. Clevenger (2nd season)
Captain	Chester Harmeson
Home arena	Old Assembly Hall

1905–06 Western Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Minnesota	6	–	1		.857			13	–	2		.867
Wisconsin	6	–	2		.750			12	–	2		.857
Indiana	2	–	2		.500			7	–	9		.438
Chicago	3	–	5		.375			5	–	5		.500
Purdue	3	–	6		.333			4	–	7		.364
Illinois	3	–	6		.333			6	–	8		.429
Iowa	-	–	-		–			11	–	5		.688

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 7–9 and a conference record of 2–2, finishing 3rd in the Western Conference.

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Chester Harmeson	F	Sr.	Anderson, Indiana
Cassius Hiatt	G	Sr.	Kirklin, Indiana
Edgar Kempf	F	N/A	Jasper, Indiana
Harlan McCoy	F	So.	Chrisney, Indiana
Robert Martin	C	N/A	Dana, Indiana
Leslie Maxwell	C	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
Claudius Quinn	G	Jr.	Cutler, Indiana
Godfred Ritterskamp	F	Sr.	Freelandsville, Indiana
James Sanders	G	Jr.	Jasonville, Indiana
George Trimble	G	So.	Evansville, Indiana
Clifford Woody	F	Jr.	Thorntown, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
1/9/1906*		Butler	W 42–11	1–0	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/16/1906*		Rose Poly	W 45–23	2–0	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/19/1906*		at Wabash Athletic Club	W 20–13	3–0	Wabash, IN
1/20/1906		at Illinois Rivalry	L 24–27	3–1 (0–1)	Kenney Gym  Urbana, IL
1/27/1906*		New Albany YMCA	W 46–21	4–1 (0–1)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomingotn, IN
2/2/1906*		at Indiana State	W 27–12	5–1 (0–1)	North Hall  TerreHaute, IN
2/3/1906*		at Rose Poly	L 21–30	5–2 (0–1)	Terre Haute, IN
2/5/1906*		Wabash	L 21–29	5–3 (0–1)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/10/1906		at Purdue Rivalry	L 25–27	5–4 (0–2)	Lafayette Coliseum  West Lafayette, IN
2/16/1906		Illinois Rivalry	W 37–8	6–4 (1–2)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
2/20/1906*		at Wabash	L 9–29	6–5 (1–2)	Crawfordsville, IN
2/27/1906*		at New Albany YMCA	L 17–18	6–6 (1–2)	New Albany, IN
3/1/1906*		at Cincinnati	L 23–26	6–7 (1–2)	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
3/2/1906*		at Earlham	L 23–26	6–8 (1–2)	Richmond, IN
3/3/1906*		at Hartford City Athletic Club	L 13–25	6–9 (1–2)	Hartford City, IN
3/10/1906		Purdue Rivalry	W 30–27	7–9 (2–2)	Old Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.