The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
As Big Ten Conference Champions, IU was invited to participate in the 1983 NCAA Tournament as a 2-seed.
While there now are two banners listing the years of IU's 21 Big Ten titles, those were not present during Bobby Knight's tenure.
Before 2000, the only Big Ten title banner that was hung honored the 1983 team, which Knight ordered as a tribute to the fans.
He credited the fans with inspiring the team to win its final three home games over Purdue, Illinois, and Ohio State, to seal the conference title after losing Ted Kitchel to injury.