| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1945–46 |
| Team: | Indiana Hoosiers |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Nine |
| Record: | 18–3 |
| Conf Record: | 9–3 |
| Head Coach: | Harry Good |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Captain: | Dick Wittenbraker |
The 1945–46 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Harry Good, who was in his 3rd and final year as Branch McCracken returned from World War II in time for the following season. The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Nine Conference.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 18–3 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Nine Conference. Indiana was not invited to participate in any postseason tournament.[1]
| No. | Name | Position | Ht. | Year | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Joseph Normington | F | 5–10 | Fr. | Greenwood, Indiana | |
| 4 | Bob Lollar | F | 6–2 | So. | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 6 | Louis Edmonds | F | 6–2 | Fr. | Frankfort, Indiana | |
| 7 | Dave Walker | F | 6–3 | Fr. | Loogootee, Indiana | |
| 8 | Bill Shephard | F | 6–1 | Fr. | Hope, Indiana | |
| 9 | Jack Herron | G | 5–8 | Sr. | Logansport, Indiana | |
| 10 | John Wallace | F | 6–3 | So. | Richmond, Indiana | |
| 11 | Tom Schwartz | C | 6–6 | Fr. | Kokomo, Indiana | |
| 12 | Norbert Hermann | G | 6–2 | So. | Brownstown, Indiana | |
| 14 | Jim Stepler | C | 6–4 | Fr. | Greentown, Indiana | |
| 15 | Roy Kilby | G | 5–10 | Sr. | Muncie, Indiana | |
| 16 | Louis Amaya | G | 6–1 | Fr. | Pueblo, Colorado | |
| 17 | Jim Powers | G | 6–1 | Fr. | South Bend, Indiana | |
| 21 | Dick Wittenbraker | G | 6–2 | Sr. | New Castle, Indiana | |
| 23 | Freeland Armstrong | G | 5–11 | So. | Paoli, Indiana | |
| 25 | Don Dewer | G | 6–2 | Fr. | Aurora, Indiana | |
| 26 | Richard Westlake | G | 6–1 | Fr. | New Palestine, Indiana | |
| 27 | Gene Turner | G | 5–11 | So. | Kokomo, Indiana | |
| 29 | Charles Radcliffe | F | 5–10 | Sr. | Paoli, Indiana | |
| 32 | James Copeland | F | 6–2 | So. | Elwood, Indiana | |
| 35 | Al Kravolansky | F | 6–3 | Jr. | East Chicago, Indiana | |
| 37 | Stephen Chaleff | G | 6–1 | Fr. | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 38 | Dee Baker | F | 5–11 | Fr. | Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| 40 | Robert Mehl | F | 6–1 | Fr. | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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