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

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	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.