1929–30 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1929–30 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 6th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1929–30 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	8–9 (7–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Everett Dean (6th season)
Captain	Branch McCracken
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1929–30 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Purdue	10	–	0		1.000			13	–	2		.867
Wisconsin	8	–	2		.800			15	–	2		.882
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			8	–	8		.500
Indiana	7	–	5		.583			8	–	9		.471
Michigan	6	–	4		.600			9	–	5		.643
Northwestern	6	–	6		.500			8	–	8		.500
Minnesota	3	–	9		.250			8	–	9		.471
Chicago	2	–	10		.167			5	–	12		.294
Ohio State	1	–	9		.100			4	–	11		.267
Iowa	0	–	0		–			4	–	13		.235

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–9 and a conference record of 7–5, finishing 4th in the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
2	Lucian Ashby	F	5–11	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana
3	Paul Jasper	C	6–2	Jr.	Fort Wayne, Indiana
6	James Strickland	F	6–2	Sr.	Owensville, Indiana
7	Branch McCracken	C	6–5	Sr.	Monrovia, Indiana
8	Claron Veller	G	5–9	Jr.	Linton, Indiana
10	Donald Cooper	F	6–1	Sr.	North Vernon, Indiana
11	Bernard Miller	F	6–1	Jr.	Waldron, Indiana
12	Victor Dauer	F	5–11	So.	Gary, Indiana
13	James Gill	G	6–2	Sr.	Washington, Indiana
17	Leonard Miller	F	6–1	Sr.	Waldron, Indiana
18	Carl Eber	G	N/A	N/A	Plymouth, Indiana
19	Jacob Bretz	F	6–1	Jr.	Huntingburg, Indiana
21	Maurice Massy	G	6–1	N/A	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Joseph Zeller	G	6–1	So.	East Chicago, Indiana
N/A	Bill Blagrave	G	6–2	So.	Washington, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/7/1929*		DePauw	L 24–26	0–1	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/13/1929*		Pittsburgh	L 31–35	0–2	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
12/21/1929*		at Pennsylvania	L 21–26	0–3	The Palestra  Philadelphia
1/7/1930*		Notre Dame	L 29–30	0–4	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/11/1930		at Chicago	W 36–24	1–4 (1–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago
1/18/1930		Northwestern	W 36–22	2–4 (2–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
1/20/1930		at Michigan	L 26–45	2–5 (2–1)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/23/1930		Wisconsin	L 21–23	2–6 (2–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/3/1930*		at Washington (Mo.)	W 33–21	3–6 (2–2)	Field House  St. Louis, Missouri
2/8/1930		at Ohio State	W 26–22	4–6 (3–2)	Ohio Expo Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
2/12/1930		at Northwestern	W 39–31	5–6 (4–2)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/15/1930		Chicago	W 28–16	6–6 (5–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
2/22/1930		Michigan	L 18–21	6–7 (5–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/1/1930		Ohio State	W 27–15	7–7 (6–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/3/1930		Minnesota	W 31–25	8–7 (7–3)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, Indiana
3/8/1930		at Wisconsin	L 23–34	8–8 (7–4)	Red Gym  Madison, Wisconsin
3/10/1930		at Minnesota	L 29–34	8–9 (7–5)	Minnesota Field House  Minneapolis
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.