1973–74 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

1973–74 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
1973–74 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1973–74 record	16–8 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Powless;
Home arena	UW Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1972–73 →

The 1973–1974 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was John Powless, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the UW Fieldhouse in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	45	Kim Hughes	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	RS Jr	Freeport, Illinois

Head coach

John Powless

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
12/01/1973*		Rollins	W 77–55	1–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/03/1973*		California-Davis	W 97–53	2–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/08/1973*		North Dakota State	W 88–60	3–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/15/1973*		DePauw	W 92–51	4–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/19/1973*		at West Virginia	W 69–62	5–0	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/22/1973*		UW-Milwaukee	W 73–46	6–0	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
12/28/1973*		vs. Southern Methodist Milwaukee Classic	W 74–73	7–0	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
12/29/1973*		vs. No. 6 Marquette Milwaukee Classic	L 48–49 ^OT	7–1	Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI
1/05/1974	No. 17	Northwestern	W 87–53	8–1 (1–0)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/09/1974*	No. 14	Ohio	W 69–68	9–1	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/12/1974	No. 14	at No. 13T Indiana	L 51–52	9–2 (1–1)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/19/1974	No. 19	Illinois	W 101–80	10–2 (2–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/26/1974	No. 17	Ohio State	W 69–64	11–2 (3–1)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
1/28/1974	No. 16	at No. 20 Michigan	L 75–83	11–3 (3–2)	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
2/02/1974	No. 16	at Minnesota	L 63–64 ^OT	11–4 (3–3)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/05/1974*		at No. 6 Marquette	L 58–59	11–5	Marquette Gymnasium Milwaukee, WI
2/09/1974		Iowa	W 113–87	12–5 (4–3)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/11/1974		No. 12 Indiana	L 63–81	12–6 (4–4)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
2/16/1974		at Purdue	L 80–107	12–7 (4–5)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
2/23/1974		at Ohio State	W 68–56	13–7 (5–5)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
2/25/1974		No. 17 Michigan	L 74–79	13–8 (5–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/02/1974		Michigan State	W 87–80	14–8 (6–6)	UW Fieldhouse Madison, WI
3/04/1974		at Iowa	W 74–58	15–8 (7–6)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
3/09/1974		at Northwestern	W 77–62	16–8 (8–6)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings[]

References[]

^ Wisconsin Record Book

External links[]

Wisconsin Badgers Basketball History Archived 2014-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Wisconsin Record Book

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hide v t Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
Venues	Red Gym (1904–1930) Wisconsin Field House (1930–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Rivalries	Marquette
Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Grateful Red
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1979–80 1980–81 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1993–94 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics


v t	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