1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

The 1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Dutch Lonborg, coaching in his fourth season with the Wildcats. The team finished the season with a 16–1 record^[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2][3]

1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dutch Lonborg (4th season)
Captain	Bert Riel
Home arena	Old Patten Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1929–30 1931–32 →

1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northwestern	11	–	1		.917			16	–	1		.941
Michigan	8	–	4		.667			13	–	4		.765
Minnesota	8	–	4		.667			13	–	4		.765
Purdue	8	–	4		.667			12	–	5		.706
Illinois	7	–	5		.583			12	–	5		.706
Indiana	5	–	7		.417			9	–	8		.529
Chicago	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Wisconsin	4	–	8		.333			8	–	9		.471
Ohio State	3	–	9		.250			4	–	13		.235
Iowa	2	–	10		.167			5	–	12		.294

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/8/1930*		Bradley	W 36–23	1–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
12/12/1930*		at Notre Dame	W 44–29	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, Indiana
12/20/1930*		Carleton	W 31–22	3–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
12/31/1930*		Alabama	W 32–10	4–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
1/3/1931*		Notre Dame	W 20–17	5–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
1/10/1931		Michigan	W 27–22	6–0 (1–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
1/12/1931		at Illinois	W 29–27	7–0 (2–0)	Huff Hall  Champaign, Illinois
1/19/1931		at Michigan	W 26–21	8–0 (3–0)	Yost Field House  Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/24/1931		Ohio State	W 35–22	9–0 (4–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/7/1931		Chicago	W 31–16	10–0 (5–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/9/1931		Minnesota	W 35–26	11–0 (6–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/14/1931		at Chicago	W 27–15	12–0 (7–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium  Chicago
2/16/1931		Illinois	L 28–35	12–1 (7–1)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
2/21/1931		at Iowa	W 40–30	13–1 (8–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
2/23/1931		at Minnesota	W 45–23	14–1 (9–1)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis
2/28/1931		at Ohio State	W 32–18	15–1 (10–1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum  Columbus, Ohio
3/2/1931		Iowa	W 41–16	16–1 (11–1)	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, Illinois
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

Individual honors

• Joe Reiff – Consensus All-American

References

1. "Northwestern Wildcats season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
2. "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
3. ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York: ESPN Books. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
4. "2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 159). Northwestern University. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2014.