Indiana State

Official Name: 
Indiana State University
Nickname: 
Sycamores
Mailing Address: 

Room A-15
Student Services Building
Terre Haute, IN 47809

Website: 
www.gosycamores.com
Telephone: 
(812) 237-4160
Fax: 
(812) 237-4157
Enrollment: 
11,485
Arena: 

Hulman Center
Capacity: 10,200
Year Opened: 1972

School Colors: 
Blue and White
Conference: 

Missouri Valley (since 1977)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(1) 1979

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(4) 1963, 1966, 1967, and 1968

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1979, 2000, and 2001
5-3 record (.625)
Finished 2nd in 1979

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1966, 1967, and 1968
5-4 record (.556)
Finished 2nd in 1968

NIT Appearances: 

(2) 1977 and 1978
1-2 record (.333)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(12) 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1962, and 1963
25-12 record (.676)
Finished 1st in 1950, 2nd in 1946 and 1948, 3rd in 1953, and 4th in 1949

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Duane Klueh (12 years from 1956-67 when school was classified as a small college, 182-121 record, .602)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Larry Bird (2,850 points from 1977-79)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Larry Bird (1,247 from 1977-79)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Larry Bird (49 points as senior vs. Wichita State on 2/25/79)

All-American Selections: 

(4) F Larry Bird (1977, 1978 and 1979), F Duane Klueh (1948)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Larry Bird (1978 and 1979)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Duane Klueh (1948)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Larry Bird (49 vs. Wichita State)
February 25, 1979 (senior/28.6 ppg)

1

2

Total

Indiana State

48

61

109

Wichita State

42

42

84

Indiana State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Gilbert

1-4

0-0

2

Miley

2-3

1-3

5

Bird

18-28

13-15

49

Nicks

11-20

3-4

25

Reed

5-6

0-1

10

Staley

3-7

4-4

10

Heaton

1-2

2-3

4

Nemcek

0-1

0-0

0

Curry

1-4

0-0

2

Crowder

0-0

0-0

0

Turner

0-0

0-0

0

McNelly

1-1

0-0

2

Ritter

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

43-76

23-30

109

Percentages

.566

.767

Wichita State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Johnson

8-17

5-8

21

Williams

2-6

2-2

6

Kalocinski

7-16

0-3

14

Ryer

5-7

0-0

10

Trogele

10-17

0-0

20

Kohar

0-1

0-0

0

Shirley

1-6

1-1

3

Howell

2-4

0-1

4

Smith

0-0

0-0

0

Denny

1-1

0-1

2

Kuhn

1-1

0-0

2

Aughburns

1-1

0-0

2

Totals

38-77

8-16

84

Percentages

.493

.500
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

John P. Kimmell

11

1900-08, 10, 11

28-72

.280

2000, 2005, and 2006

.500

Eddy Conners

1

1909

2-7

.222

1909

2-7

Bertram E. Wiggins

1

1912

7-6

.538

1912

7-6

Alfred F. Westphal

5

1913-17

47-23

.671

1917

13-4

Orville S. Sink

1

1918

8-8

.500

1918

8-8

Birch E. Bayh Sr.

5

1919-23

57-24

.704

'22, 1923

.800

Arthur L. Strum

1

1924

16-7

.696

1924

16-7

David A. Glascock

4

1925-27, 1933

33-32

.508

1925

11-4

Walter E. "Wally" Marks

9

1928-31, 34-38

90-58

.608

1930

16-2

J. Roy Goodland

1

1932

10-5

.667

1932

10-5

Glenn M. Curtis

8

1939-46

122-45

.731

1940

15-3

John R. Wooden

2

1947-48

44-15

.746

1948

27-7

John L. Longfellow

7

1949-55

120-59

.670

1950

27-8

Paul Wolf

1

1955

-

.

1955

-

Duane Klueh

12

1956-67

182-121

.602

1967

21-5

Gordon Stauffer

8

1968-75

121-92

.568

1968

23-6

Bob King

3

1976-78

61-24

.718

1977

25-3

Bill Hodges

4

1979-82

67-48

.582

1979

33-1

Dave Schellhase

3

1983-85

37-48

.435

1984

14-14

Ron Greene

4

1986-89

31-82

.274

1986

11-17

Taylor "Tates" Locke

5

1990-94

50-88

.411

1991

14-14

Sherman Dillard

3

1995-97

29-51

.363

1997

12-16

Royce Waltman

10

1998-2007

134-165

.448

2000

22-10

Kevin McKenna

3

2008-10

43-52

.453

2010

17-15

Greg Lansing

1

2011

20-14

.588

2011

20-14
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,368-1,159 (.541) from 1900 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Indiana State moved up to major-college status in 1972
  • Longfellow and Wolf shared coaching duties in 1954-55 when the Sycamores went 9-15.