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Buckner was born August 20, 1954, in Phoenix, Illinois. His father, Bill, played football for the Hoosiers’ unbeaten Big Ten champions in 1945. Quinn played football and basketball at Thornridge High School in Dolton, a suburb south of Chicago, and was on hoop teams that went 32–1 and 33–0 in his junior and senior years. In 1971–72, the Falcons won every game by fourteen or more points and won the state championship 104–69 over Quincy. That Thornridge team is still considered the best in Illinois history.

Scott May was born March 19, 1954, in Sandusky, Ohio, the son of a steelworker. He was a high school All-American and averaged twenty-five points as a senior. He was academically ineligible as a freshman at IU but soon found his footing in the classroom and on the court. Without May, Indiana reached the 1973 Final Four and lost to number one UCLA 70–59 in a national semifinal in St. Louis.

Buckner once thought about transferring from Indiana but eventually developed a close relationship with coach Bob Knight. Buckner said his father told him to get used to the way Knight communicates.