1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 2nd year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1925–26 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–5 (8–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Everett Dean (2nd season)
Captain	Palmer Sponsler
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium

1925–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Purdue	8	–	4		.667			13	–	4		.765
Indiana	8	–	4		.667			12	–	5		.706
Iowa	8	–	4		.667			12	–	5		.706
Michigan	8	–	4		.667			12	–	5		.706
Illinois	6	–	6		.500			9	–	8		.529
Ohio State	6	–	6		.500			10	–	7		.588
Minnesota	5	–	7		.417			7	–	10		.412
Wisconsin	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Northwestern	4	–	8		.333			5	–	11		.313
Chicago	3	–	9		.250			5	–	12		.294

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 12–5 and a conference record of 8–4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
3	Art Beckner	F	6–1	Jr.	Muncie, Indiana
4	Robert Correll	G	6–1	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
10	Ed Farmer	C	6–4	So.	Bloomington, Indiana
18	Charles Benzel	G	5–8	Jr.	Bedford, Indiana
N/A	Herman Byers	F	N/A	So.	Evansville, Indiana
N/A	Harold Derr	F	5–8	So.	Huntington, Indiana
N/A	Millard Easton	G	6–1	Sr.	Sandborn, Indiana
N/A	Edward Jones	C	N/A	So.	Oolitic, Indiana
N/A	Julius Krueger	F	6–1	Jr.	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Ralph McClintock	F	N/A	N/A	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Gale Robinson	C	N/A	N/A	Connersville, Indiana
N/A	Frank Sibley	C	6–2	Jr.	Gary, Indiana
N/A	Palmer Sponsler	G	6–1	Sr.	Bloomington, Indiana
N/A	Jack Winston	G/F	6–6	Sr.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/10/1925*		Miami (OH)	W 47–26	1–0	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
12/15/1925*		DePauw	L 20–33	1–1	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
12/19/1925*		Wabash	W 35–27	2–1	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/5/1926*		Kentucky Indiana–Kentucky rivalry	W 34–23	3–1	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/9/1926		Minnesota	W 33–28	4–1 (1–0)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
1/11/1926		at Wisconsin	L 31–33	4–2 (1–1)	Red Gym  Madison, WI
1/16/1926		at Iowa	L 22–29	4–3 (1–2)	Iowa Armory  Iowa City, IA
1/18/1926		at Northwestern	W 39–31	5–3 (2–2)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/23/1926		Purdue Rivalry	W 37–34	6–3 (3–2)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/1/1926		Iowa	W 30–20	7–3 (4–2)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/13/1926		at Purdue Rivalry	L 29–31	7–4 (4–3)	Memorial Gymnasium  West Lafayette, IN
2/19/1926		Illinois Rivalry	L 20–21	7–5 (4–4)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
2/26/1926		at Minnesota	W 41–23	8–5 (5–4)	Kenwood Armory  Minneapolis, MN
2/27/1926*		at Carleton	W 38–36	9–5 (5–4)	Northfield, MN
3/2/1926		Northwestern	W 34–28	10–5 (6–4)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
3/6/1926		at Illinois Rivalry	W 28–25	11–5 (7–4)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
3/9/1926		Wisconsin	W 35–20	12–5 (8–4)	Men's Gymnasium  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.