Northwestern

Big Ten · Evanston, Chicago, Illinois

1196-1632

All-time

0.423

Win %

NCAA titles

Final Fours

Tourney apps

#1 seeds

Weeks at #1

All-Americans

Greatest tournament games

Northwestern’s top NCAA tournament games of all time by Game Score.

#	Date	Season	Round	Match	Game Score
1	Mar 18, 2017	2017	Second Round	Northwestern 73-79 #2 Gonzaga Delta Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah	1.29
2	Mar 22, 2024	2024	First Round	Northwestern 77-65 Florida Atlantic (OT) Barclays Center, New York, New York	1.15
3	Mar 18, 2023	2023	Second Round	Northwestern 63-68 #7 UCLA Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California	1.05
4	Mar 16, 2023	2023	First Round	Northwestern 75-67 Boise State Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California	1.02
5	Mar 16, 2017	2017	First Round	Northwestern 68-66 Vanderbilt Delta Center, Salt Lake City-Provo, Utah	0.81
6	Mar 24, 2024	2024	Second Round	Northwestern 58-75 #1 Connecticut Barclays Center, New York, New York	0.67

Season by season

Year	School	Record	Conference	Conf	SRS	Seed	Tournament
2026	Northwestern	15-19	Big Ten	5-15	#57
2025	Northwestern	17-16	Big Ten	7-13	#46
2024	Northwestern	22-12	Big Ten	12-8	#50	9	NCAA tournament
2023	Northwestern	22-12	Big Ten	12-8	#37	7	NCAA tournament
2022	Northwestern	15-16	Big Ten	7-13	#73
2021	Northwestern	9-15	Big Ten	6-13	#65
2020	Northwestern	8-23	Big Ten	3-17	#106
2019	Northwestern	13-19	Big Ten	4-16	#56
2018	Northwestern	15-17	Big Ten	6-12	#68
2017	Northwestern	24-12	Big Ten	10-8	#39	8	NCAA tournament
2016	Northwestern	20-12	Big Ten	8-10	#63
2015	Northwestern	15-17	Big Ten	6-12	#87
2014	Northwestern	14-19	Big Ten	6-12	#104
2013	Northwestern	13-19	Big Ten	4-14	#99
2012	Northwestern	19-14	Big Ten	8-10	#59		NIT
2011	Northwestern	20-14	Big Ten	7-11	#51		NIT
2010	Northwestern	20-14	Big Ten	7-11	#75		NIT
2009	Northwestern	17-14	Big Ten	8-10	#65		NIT
2008	Northwestern	8-22	Big Ten	1-17	#161
2007	Northwestern	13-18	Big Ten	2-14	#93
2006	Northwestern	14-15	Big Ten	6-10	#114
2005	Northwestern	15-16	Big Ten	6-10	#106
2004	Northwestern	14-15	Big Ten	8-8	#102
2003	Northwestern	12-17	Big Ten	3-13	#123
2002	Northwestern	16-13	Big Ten	7-9	#88
2001	Northwestern	11-19	Big Ten	3-13	#110
2000	Northwestern	5-25	Big Ten	0-16	#198
1999	Northwestern	15-14	Big Ten	6-10	#49		NIT
1998	Northwestern	10-17	Big Ten	3-13	#123
1997	Northwestern	7-22	Big Ten	2-16	#138
1996	Northwestern	7-20	Big Ten	2-16	#186
1995	Northwestern	5-22	Big Ten	1-17	#255
1994	Northwestern	15-14	Big Ten	5-13	#48		NIT
1993	Northwestern	8-19	Big Ten	3-15	#112
1992	Northwestern	9-19	Big Ten	2-16	#112
1991	Northwestern	5-23	Big Ten	0-18	#196
1990	Northwestern	9-19	Big Ten	2-16	#95
1989	Northwestern	9-19	Big Ten	2-16	#84
1988	Northwestern	7-21	Big Ten	2-16	#127
1987	Northwestern	7-21	Big Ten	2-16	#204
1986	Northwestern	7-20	Big Ten	2-16	#158
1985	Northwestern	6-22	Big Ten	2-16	#133
1984	Northwestern	14-14	Big Ten	5-13	#89
1983	Northwestern	17-13	Big Ten	7-11	#52		NIT
1982	Northwestern	8-19	Big Ten	4-14	#117
1981	Northwestern	9-18	Big Ten	3-15	#117
1980	Northwestern	10-17	Big Ten	5-13	#56
1979	Northwestern	6-21	Big Ten	2-16	#108
1978	Northwestern	8-19	Big Ten	4-14	#116
1977	Northwestern	7-20	Big Ten	5-13	#120
1976	Northwestern	12-15	Big Ten	7-11	#51
1975	Northwestern	6-20	Big Ten	4-14	#114
1974	Northwestern	9-15	Big Ten	3-11	#91
1973	Northwestern	5-19	Big Ten	2-12	#104
1972	Northwestern	5-18	Big Ten	3-11	#98
1971	Northwestern	7-17	Big Ten	3-11	#85
1970	Northwestern	9-15	Big Ten	4-10	#92
1969	Northwestern	14-10	Big Ten	6-8	#24
1968	Northwestern	13-10	Big Ten	8-6	#67
1967	Northwestern	11-11	Big Ten	7-7	#48
1966	Northwestern	12-12	Big Ten	7-7	#84
1965	Northwestern	7-17	Big Ten	3-11	#82
1964	Northwestern	8-13	Big Ten	6-8	#52
1963	Northwestern	9-15	Big Ten	6-8	#41
1962	Northwestern	8-15	Big Ten	3-11	#82
1961	Northwestern	10-12	Big Ten	6-8	#76
1960	Northwestern	11-12	Big Ten	8-6	#63
1959	Northwestern	15-7	Big Ten	8-6	#13
1958	Northwestern	13-9	Big Ten	8-6	#21
1957	Northwestern	6-16	Big Ten	2-12	#72
1956	Northwestern	2-20	Big Ten	1-13	#107
1955	Northwestern	12-10	Big Ten	7-7	#29
1954	Northwestern	9-13	Big Ten	6-8	#32
1953	Northwestern	6-16	Big Ten	5-13	#46
1952	Northwestern	7-15	Big Ten	4-10	#94
1951	Northwestern	12-10	Big Ten	7-7	#60
1950	Northwestern	10-12	Big Ten	3-9	#43
1949	Northwestern	5-16	Big Ten	2-10
1948	Northwestern	6-14	Big Ten	3-9
1947	Northwestern	7-13	Big Nine	2-10
1946	Northwestern	15-5	Big Nine	8-4
1945	Northwestern	7-12	Big Ten	4-8
1944	Northwestern	12-7	Big Ten	8-4
1943	Northwestern	8-9	Big Ten	7-5
1942	Northwestern	8-13	Big Ten	5-10
1941	Northwestern	7-11	Big Ten	3-9
1940	Northwestern	13-7	Big Ten	7-5
1939	Northwestern	7-13	Big Ten	5-7
1938	Northwestern	10-10	Big Ten	7-5
1937	Northwestern	11-9	Big Ten	4-8
1936	Northwestern	13-6	Big Ten	7-5
1935	Northwestern	10-10	Big Ten	3-9
1934	Northwestern	11-8	Big Ten	8-4
1933	Northwestern	15-4	Big Ten ★	10-2
1932	Northwestern	13-5	Big Ten	9-3
1931	Northwestern	16-1	Big Ten ★	11-1
1930	Northwestern	8-8	Big Ten	6-6
1929	Northwestern	12-5	Big Ten	7-5
1928	Northwestern	12-5	Big Ten	9-3
1927	Northwestern	3-14	Big Ten	1-11
1926	Northwestern	5-12	Big Ten	3-9
1925	Northwestern	6-10	Big Ten	4-8
1924	Northwestern	0-16	Big Ten	0-12
1923	Northwestern	5-10	Big Ten	3-9
1922	Northwestern	7-11	Big Ten	3-9
1921	Northwestern	2-12	Big Ten	1-11
1920	Northwestern	3-7	Big Ten	2-6
1919	Northwestern	6-6	Big Ten	6-4
1918	Northwestern	7-4	Big Ten	5-3
1917	Northwestern	3-11	Western Intercollegiate	2-10
1916	Northwestern	14-5	Western Intercollegiate	9-3
1915	Northwestern	11-8	Western Intercollegiate	5-5
1914	Northwestern	11-6	Western Intercollegiate	6-5
1913	Northwestern	14-4	Western Intercollegiate	7-2
1912	Northwestern	4-9	Western Intercollegiate	0-8
1911	Northwestern	4-15	Western Intercollegiate	1-12
1910	Northwestern	0-9	Western Intercollegiate	0-9
1909	Northwestern	1-7	Western Intercollegiate	1-4
1908	Northwestern	2-7	Western Intercollegiate
1907	Northwestern	1-5	Western Intercollegiate
1905	Northwestern	2-2	Western Intercollegiate

Consensus All-Americans

3 AP All-American selections.

Year	Player
1999	Evan Eschmeyer
1967	Jim Burns
1959	Joe Ruklick

NBA first-round picks

2 first-round NBA draft selections from this program.

Draft	Player	Last college yr
1993	Rex Walters	1990
1993	Rex Walters	1989