The Indiana State Sycamores Football is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Schedule of Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
They currently compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team played at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2011.
The Sycamores‘ first time was 1896, making them the basketball team from the NCAA alongside Washington, Minnesota and Bucknell the records from 1896 to 1899 longer exist. The Sycamores boast two College Players of the Year, 14 All-Americans, 39 1,000-point scorers and 1,496 victories. Their success count puts them . [4][5]
In addition, the Sycamores have 26 Post-Season Appearances (7 NCAA, 4 NIT, 1 CBI, 1 CIT, 12 NAIA and the 1936 Olympic Trials) with 5 National Championship Appearances (two NCAA, 3 NAIA). Seven Sycamores were members of this 1951 Pan-American Games Gold Medal-winning team. The Sycamore season was the UPI National title, in addition to 1978 — 79, when celebrity Larry Bird led an undefeated team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. However, it lost the title game compared to the Magic Johnson-led Michigan State team; and ended the season with a list of 33–1. This is the strangest run with a first-time player in the Division I championship, and one of only three occasions a first-time group has progressed as far as the Final Four (UNCC in 1977 and Georgia in 1983). They wouldn’t have yet another postseason appearance until 2000.
The Sycamores were the National Runner-Up at the NCAA College Division (now Div II) in 1968; they won the NAIA National Championship in 1950, had NAIA Finals appearances in 1946 & 1948 and NAIA National Semifinals appearances in 1949 & 1953. The Sycamores were led Dick Atha, Duane Klueh, by All-Americans and Lenny Rzeszewski. As the program transitioned from NAIA to the NCAA, one last NAIA highlight was Ray Goddard directing the Nation in FT percentage (91.2percent )[6] during the 1961-62 season. Former Head Coaches include the legendary John Wooden, Purdue All-American Dave Schellhase, Indiana training legend Glenn M. Curtis and well-known college coaches like Bob King, Royce Waltman, Tates Locke and Ron Greene. Former assistants include current collegiate head coaches such as Thad Matta (Butler, Xavier, Ohio State), Rick Ray (Mississippi State, Southeast Missouri), Kareem Richardson (Missouri-Kansas City), Phil Hopkins (Western Carolina), Mel Garland (IUPUI), Stan Gouard (Indianapolis) and NBA Great Mel Daniels.
The Indiana State Sycamores men’s basketball team currently play their home games in Hulman Center (10,200) and are coached by Greg Lansing.
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