1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–15 (3–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tex Winter (1st season)
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena
Seasons← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	23	–	5	.821
No. 6 Michigan	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
No. 11 Purdue	10	–	4	.714	21	–	9	.700
Wisconsin	8	–	6	.571	16	–	8	.667
Michigan State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	8	–	16	.333
Ohio State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	9	–	15	.375
Illinois	2	–	12	.143	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	at Ohio	W 83–81	1–0	Convocation Center Athens, Ohio
December 3*	Rollins	W 73–69	2–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 6*	No. 8 Notre Dame	L 74–98	2–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 8*	DePaul	W 76–65	3–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 15*	Valparaiso	W 69–57	4–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 18*	No. 6 Marquette	L 63–77	4–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
December 21*	at Marshall	L 58–59	4–3	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
December 22*	vs. Texas A&M	L 84–86	4–4	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
December 29*	St. Joseph	W 83–65	5–4	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 5	at Wisconsin	L 53–87	5–5 (0–1)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin
January 7	Purdue	L 78–85	5–6 (0–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 12	Iowa	W 87–67	6–6 (1–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 14	at No. 12 Indiana	L 67–72	6–7 (1–3)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
January 19	at Purdue	L 76–89	6–8 (1–4)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana
January 26	No. 11 Indiana	L 53–82	6–9 (1–5)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
January 28	Minnesota	L 54–57	6–10 (1–6)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 2	at Ohio State	W 68–61	7–10 (2–6)	St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio
February 5*	Northern Illinois	W 84–63	8–10 (2–6)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 11	at No. 15 Michigan	L 48–50	8–11 (2–7)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 16	Illinois	W 86–75	9–11 (3–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
February 23	at Michigan State	L 70–73	9–12 (3–8)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, Michigan
February 25	Ohio State	L 69–72	9–13 (3–9)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
March 2	at Iowa	L 76–85	9–14 (3–10)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, Iowa
March 9	Wisconsin	L 62–77	9–15 (3–11)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"2010–11 Media Guide" (PDF). NUsports.com.

v t e Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Old Patten Gymnasium (1910–1940) Patten Gymnasium (1940–1952) Welsh–Ryan Arena (1952–present) Allstate Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Illinois
Culture & lore	"Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold

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