1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Dana Evans, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	10–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dana Evans (1st season)
Captain	Phillip Bowser
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium

1917–18 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wisconsin	9	–	3		.750			14	–	3		.824
Minnesota	7	–	3		.700			13	–	3		.813
Northwestern	5	–	3		.625			7	–	4		.636
Illinois	6	–	6		.500			9	–	6		.600
Chicago	6	–	6		.500			14	–	10		.583
Purdue	5	–	5		.500			11	–	5		.688
Ohio State	5	–	5		.500			12	–	7		.632
Indiana	3	–	3		.500			10	–	4		.714
Iowa	4	–	6		.400			6	–	8		.429
Michigan	0	–	10		.000			6	–	12		.333

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–4 and a conference record of 3–3, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Name	Position	Year	Hometown
Phillip Bowser	C	Sr.	Syracuse, Indiana
William Easton	F	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
James Ingles	G	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
Urban Jeffries	F	So.	Rockville, Indiana
Ardith Phillips	G	So.	Amo, Indiana
Elliott Risley	F	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
Willard Stahr	G	N/A	Hagerstown, Indiana
Edward Von Tress	G	So.	Vincennes, Indiana
William Zellar	F	Jr.	Brazil, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/7/1917*		Manchester	W 45–18	1–0	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
12/14/1917*		Indiana Central	W 49–6	2–0	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
12/20/1917*		DePauw	W 26–20	3–0	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/11/1918*		Wabash	W 21–9	4–0	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/18/1918		at Michigan	W 21–17	5–0 (1–0)	Waterman Gymnasium  Ann Arbor, MI
1/24/1918*		Detroit	W 24–15	6–0 (1–0)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/1/1918		at Ohio State	L 22–28	6–1 (1–1)	Columbus, OH
2/11/1918*		at DePauw	W 34–22	7–1 (1–1)	Greencastle, IN
2/12/1918		Ohio State	L 21–23	7–2 (1–2)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/16/1918		at Iowa	W 29–25	8–2 (2–2)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
2/18/1918*		at Wabash	L 18–28	8–3 (2–2)	Crawfordsville, IN
2/22/1918		Michigan	W 21–20	9–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/1/1918*		Rose Poly	W 43–7	10–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/8/1918		Iowa	L 11–13	10–4 (3–3)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.