1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
| 1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1900–01 record | 1–4 |
| Head coach | James H. Horne (1st season) |
| Captain | Ernest Strange |
| Home arena | Old Assembly Hall |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue† | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll †Intermural play only, the conference did not have an official championship |
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The 1900–01 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University in its first season of collegiate basketball. The head coach was James H. Horne, who was in his first and only year. The team played its home games at the Old Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, as an independent school. Indiana did not officially compete in basketball as a member of the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, until the 1904–1905 season.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 1–4.
During the 1900–01 school year, Indiana University officials desired to compete with rival schools in "basket ball," as it was then known. So after the holiday break at the end of 1900, athletic director James H. Horne put out a call for players to try out for the new team. To prepare players participated in drills and scrimmages daily. Horne served as the team's coach and Thomas Records as the team manager. Six of the best players were selected to play varsity.
Indiana was led in scoring by sophomore captain Ernest Strange. The 1900–1901 season would be the only one for Strange, who died in a boiler explosion in the summer of 1901. Darby, the starting center, would return for the 1901–1902 season as the team's captain, coach, and leading scorer.
Indiana's first official basketball game took place on Friday, February 8, 1901, at 3:00 p.m. when the Hoosiers took on Butler at the Indianapolis YMCA gymnasium. 100 of the team's fans joined them on a train to watch. According to Indiana Daily Student reports, "the excitement approached that of an inter-collegiate football contest." However, the superior performance of Butler's star forward Carl McGaughey ultimately helped propel Butler to a 20–17 victory.
Indiana and Butler scheduled a return match-up on Thursday, February 21 in Bloomington. Phelps Darby, who was 5 feet 11 inches tall, had played center in the initial game, but for the re-match he was moved to the forward position so that he could guard Butler's Carl McGaughey. McGaughey still managed to score five field goals in the first half to give Butler a 16–6 advantage at halftime. Indiana rallied behind the play of team captain, Ernest Strange, but still lost 24–20. McGaughey was scoreless in the second half but still led all players with 10 points. For Indiana, Strange and Fitzgerald each had six points.
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