2026 is a year to celebrate perfection at IU.
At halftime of Indiana’s game against Oregon next Monday, members of the 1976 undefeated team will be honored.
Players from the team expected to be there are Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Kent Benson, Bobby Wilkerson, Jim Crews, Scott Eells, James Roberson, Tom Abernethy, and Mitchell Radford – honoring Wayne Radford.
The players will also take questions from the media prior to the game, along with AD Scott Dolson.
Indiana has been wearing a 1976 jersey patch all season in honor of the 50-year anniversary of college basketball’s last undefeated season.
The IU football team just finished their own 16-0 national championship season, giving IU the last undefeated season in each sport.
Indiana and Oregon tip at 8:30 p.m. ET Monday in Bloomington.
Indiana’s 1975-76 team finished a perfect 32-0 and remains the most recent Division I team to complete an undefeated season. The dominant Hoosiers – coached by Hall of Famer Bob Knight – won their five NCAA Tournament games by an average of 15.2 points, including an 86-68 route of Michigan in the national championship game.
Indiana excelled in nearly every phase of the game that season, outscoring opponents by an average of 17.3 points while shooting over 50 percent from the field and forcing an average of 20.3 turnovers per game. Six players from that Hoosier squad would eventually reach the NBA, including Scott May, who won nearly every national player of the year award after averaging 23.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
