1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.

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References

1. "1973–74 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
2. "2010–11 Media Guide" (PDF). NUsports.com.