1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

The 1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 16th year. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

1956–57 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
Big Ten Co-Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
Record	14–8 (10–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Branch McCracken (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Lou Watson Ernie Andres
Captain	Charlie Hodson
Home arena	The Fieldhouse

1956–57 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana	10	–	4		.714			14	–	8		.636
No. 11 Michigan State	10	–	4		.714			16	–	10		.615
Minnesota	9	–	5		.643			14	–	8		.636
Ohio State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	8		.636
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	7		.682
Michigan	8	–	6		.571			13	–	9		.591
Illinois	7	–	7		.500			14	–	8		.636
Iowa	4	–	10		.286			8	–	14		.364
Wisconsin	3	–	11		.214			5	–	17		.227
Northwestern	2	–	12		.143			6	–	16		.273
Rankings from AP Poll

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 14–8 and a conference record of 10–4, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference. Despite being Big Ten Conference Champions, Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.

Roster

No.	Name	Position	Ht.	Year	Hometown
15	Sam Gee	G	6–1	Jr.	Washington, Indiana
20	Jerry Schofield	G	6–1	So.	Monticello, Indiana
21	Hallie Bryant	G	6–3	Sr.	Indianapolis, Indiana
22	Archie Dees	C	6–8	Jr.	Mount Carmel, Illinois
23	Charlie Hodson	G	5–9	Sr.	Muncie, Indiana
24	Ray Ball	F	6–3	Jr.	Elkhart, Indiana
25	Clarence Doninger	F	6–3	Sr.	Evansville, Indiana
30	Lee Aldridge	C	6–6	So.	Switz City, Indiana
31	Jim Hinds	F	6–5	So.	Muncie, Indiana
32	Gene Flowers	F	6–2	So.	Muncie, Indiana
35	Dick Neal	F	6–5	Sr.	Reelsville, Indiana
40	Thomas Hayes	G	6–1	So.	Chicago, Illinois
42	Bill Balch	F	6–5	So.	Crawfordsville, Indiana
43	Pete Obremskey	F	6–3	Jr.	Jeffersonville, Indiana
45	Jerry Thompson	F	6–5	Jr.	South Bend, Indiana

Schedule/Results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1956*		Valparaiso	W 64–57	1–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/8/1956*		Southern Illinois	W 80–57	2–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/10/1956*		Butler	W 73–68	3–0	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
12/15/1956*		at Kansas State	L 77–84	3–1	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
12/18/1956*		at La Salle	W 93–80	4–1	Palestra  Philadelphia, PA
12/20/1956*		at Villanova	L 69–79	4–2	Villanova Field House  Villanova, PA
12/29/1956*		UCLA	L 48–52	4–3	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/5/1957		Michigan	W 73–68	5–3 (1–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/7/1957		Wisconsin	W 79–68	6–3 (2–0)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
1/12/1957		at Purdue Rivalry	L 64–70	6–4 (2–1)	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
1/14/1957		at Illinois Rivalry	L 91–112	6–5 (2–2)	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
1/29/1957*		at Notre Dame	L 82–94	6–6 (2–2)	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  Notre Dame, IN
2/2/1957		at Iowa	W 82–66	7–6 (3–2)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/4/1957		Northwestern	W 74–56	8–6 (4–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/9/1957		Ohio State	W 69–59	9–6 (5–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/11/1957		Minnesota	W 91–72	10–6 (6–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/16/1957	No. 18	at Northwestern	W 87–74	11–6 (7–2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/18/1957	No. 18	Iowa	W 90–76	12–6 (8–2)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
2/23/1957	No. 11	at Wisconsin	W 85–74	13–6 (9–2)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
2/25/1957	No. 11	at Michigan	L 86–87	13–7 (9–3)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, MI
3/2/1957	No. 10	at Michigan State	L 61–76	13–8 (9–4)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
3/4/1957	No. 10	Illinois Rivalry	W 84–76	14–8 (10–4)	The Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.