🏀 The 1973-74 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 20 conferences · 25-team tournament

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1973-74 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

North Carolina State

30-1Final AP #1

Title gameMarquette 64, North Carolina State 76 (Mar 25)

Final FourNorth Carolina StateMarquetteKansasUCLA

The 1974 NCAA tournament

25 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

25-team field · 4 regions

First Round

Texas61

Second Round

Kansas55

Regional Finals

Kansas93

Oral Roberts90

Midwest region

First Round

Texas61

Second Round

Kansas55

Regional Finals

Kansas93

Oral Roberts90

Mideast region

First Round

Marquette85

Ohio59

Austin Peay66

Notre Dame108

Second Round

Regional Finals

East region

First Round

Furman75

Second Round

North Carolina State92

Providence78

Furman78

Pittsburgh81

Regional Finals

North Carolina State100

Pittsburgh72

West region

First Round

Idaho State65

New Mexico73

CSU-Los Angeles80

Dayton88

Second Round

New Mexico61

San Francisco64

Dayton100

UCLA111

Regional Finals

San Francisco60

UCLA83

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

Kansas51

Marquette64

Midwest vs Mideast · Mar 23

North Carolina State80

UCLA77

East vs West · Mar 23

Championship game: North Carolina State

Marquette64

North Carolina State76

Mideast vs East · Mar 25

Third-place games

Creighton80

Louisville71

Regional Third Place · Midwest · Mar 16

Dayton61

New Mexico66

Regional Third Place · West · Mar 16

Furman83

Providence95

Regional Third Place · East · Mar 16

Notre Dame118

Vanderbilt88

Regional Third Place · Mideast · Mar 16

Kansas61

UCLA78

Third Place Game · Midwest vs West · Mar 25

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 3 conference tournaments held in 1973-74.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina State 103-100, Mar 9	Maryland	103-100, Mar 9
Mid-Eastern	MD-Eastern Shore	Morgan State
Southern	Furman 62-60, Mar 2	Richmond	62-60, Mar 2

The 1973-74 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov27	Dec4	11	18	25	Jan2	8	15	22	29	Feb5	12	19	26	Mar5	12	19	27
North Carolina State	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2
Marquette	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	9	9	8	11	7	3	3
Maryland	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Notre Dame	8	8	6	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5
Michigan							18	14	15	20	16	15	19	17	16	12	7	6
Kansas	13									18	17	16	16	15	15	14	6	7
Providence	6	6	8	9	9	14	10	7	8	9	11	11	11	12	8	5	8	8
Indiana	3	3	3	7	7	8	13	12	11	12	12	12	10	9	13	10	11	9
Long Beach State	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	13	13	9	9	9	10
Purdue																	18	11
North Carolina	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	8	10	12
Vanderbilt				17	11	10	6	8	7	7	5	5	4	6	5	6	11	13
Alabama	18	18	13	10	13	7	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	12	11	13	14
Utah												19	17					15
Pittsburgh								17	16	13	10	7	7	11	14	13	15	16
USC			20	16	14	11	17	13	12	11	14	13	12	10	7	15	14	17
Oral Roberts										19	19				20		18	18
South Carolina			16	15			15	11	13	14	13	14	14	14	10	18	17	19
Dayton																20	16	20
New Mexico					17	12	8	15	19	17				19	17	17	20
Louisville	9	9	9	8	8	13	11	16	14	15	15	18	20	20	18	16
Creighton												17	15	16	19	19
Arizona	15	15	14	14	12	15						20		18
Kansas State		13	15	13	18								18
UTEP											18
MD-Eastern Shore											20
Wisconsin						17	13	19	17	16
Centenary									18
Arizona State									20
Missouri								18
Cincinnati				20				20
UNLV	19	19			19	15	16
Memphis State		20	10	12	16	18	19
Hawaii							20
Syracuse			18	18	15	19
Austin Peay					20	20
Jacksonville	17	17	19	19
Pennsylvania	16	16	11
San Francisco	11	11	17
Kentucky	10	10
Houston	14	14

Tap a rank to read it.

1974 final AP Top 20

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1974 final AP Top 20AP

11Purdue21-9
12North Carolina22-6
13Vanderbilt23-5
14Alabama22-4
15Utah22-8
16Pittsburgh25-4
17USC24-5
18Oral Roberts23-6
19South Carolina22-5
20Dayton20-9

1974 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1974 standings by conference20 conferences

Atlantic Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina State	30-1	12-0	★ 🏆 NCAA AP 1
Maryland	23-5	9-3	AP 4
North Carolina	22-6	9-3	AP 12
Virginia	11-16	4-8
Clemson	14-12	3-9
Wake Forest	13-13	3-9
Duke	10-16	2-10

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	23-7	13-1	★ NCAA AP 7
Kansas State	19-8	11-3
Oklahoma	18-8	9-5
Nebraska	14-12	7-7
Iowa State	15-11	6-8
Colorado	9-17	4-10
Missouri	12-14	3-11
Oklahoma State	9-17	3-11

Big Sky8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Idaho State	20-8	11-3	★ NCAA
Montana	19-8	11-3	★
Weber State	14-12	8-6
Gonzaga	13-13	7-7
Boise State	12-14	6-8
Idaho	12-14	5-9
Montana State	11-15	5-9
Northern Arizona	6-20	3-11

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Indiana	23-5	12-2	★ AP 9
Michigan	22-5	12-2	★ NCAA AP 6
Purdue	21-9	10-4	AP 11
Wisconsin	16-8	8-6
Michigan State	13-11	8-6
Minnesota	12-12	6-8
Iowa	8-16	5-9
Ohio State	9-15	4-10
Northwestern	9-15	3-11
Illinois	5-18	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pennsylvania	21-6	13-1	★ NCAA
Brown	17-9	11-3
Princeton	16-10	11-3
Harvard	11-13	9-5
Yale	8-16	5-9
Columbia	5-20	4-10
Dartmouth	4-22	2-12
Cornell	3-23	1-13

Mid-American7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio	16-11	9-3	★ NCAA
Toledo	19-9	8-4
Bowling Green	15-11	7-5
Central Michigan	14-12	6-6
Miami (OH)	13-13	6-6
Western Michigan	13-13	5-7
Kent State	9-17	1-11

Mid-Eastern7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
MD-Eastern Shore	27-2	11-1	★ 🏆
North Carolina A&T	16-10	7-5
Delaware State	18-11	5-7
Howard	11-15	4-8
South Carolina State	13-15	2-10
Morgan State	17-9		★
North Carolina Central	5-16

Middle Atlantic13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
La Salle	18-10	5-1	★
St. Joseph's	19-11	5-1	★ NCAA
Rider	13-13	8-2	★
Lafayette	17-9	7-3
Delaware	15-11	7-3
Temple	16-9	4-2
American	16-10	4-2
Gettysburg	15-10	4-6
Drexel	15-9	2-4
Bucknell	8-16	2-8
Lehigh	3-21	2-8
Hofstra	8-16	1-5
West Chester	11-15	0-6

Missouri Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	21-7	11-1	★ NCAA
Bradley	20-8	9-3
Tulsa	18-8	7-6
New Mexico State	14-11	7-6
Wichita State	11-15	6-7
West Texas State	11-15	5-8
North Texas	13-13	4-8
Saint Louis	9-16	4-8
Drake	13-13	3-9

Ohio Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Morehead State	17-9	10-4	★
Austin Peay	17-10	10-4	★ NCAA
Middle Tennessee State	18-8	9-5
Western Kentucky	15-10	8-6
Murray State	12-13	6-8
Eastern Kentucky	8-15	6-8
Tennessee Tech	7-18	4-10
East Tennessee State	8-18	3-11

Pacific Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Long Beach State	24-2	12-0	★ AP 10
CSU-Los Angeles	17-10	8-4	NCAA
UC Santa Barbara	16-10	7-5
Fresno State	16-9	5-7
Pacific	14-12	4-8
San Diego State	7-19	4-8
San Jose State	11-15	2-10

Pacific-88 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UCLA	26-4	12-2	★ NCAA AP 2
USC	24-5	11-3	AP 17
Oregon	15-11	9-5
Washington	16-10	7-7
Oregon State	13-13	6-8
Stanford	11-14	5-9
California	9-17	3-11
Washington State	8-21	3-11

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Alabama	22-4	15-3	★ AP 14
Vanderbilt	23-5	15-3	★ NCAA AP 13
Tennessee	17-9	12-6
Mississippi	15-10	9-9
Florida	15-11	9-9
Kentucky	13-13	9-9
Mississippi State	16-10	8-10
LSU	12-14	6-12
Auburn	10-16	5-13
Georgia	6-20	2-16

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Furman	22-9	11-1	★ 🏆 NCAA
Richmond	16-12	10-4
Davidson	18-9	7-3
East Carolina	13-12	8-6
William & Mary	9-18	5-6
Citadel	10-14	4-9
VMI	6-18	3-9
Appalachian State	5-20	1-11

Southland5 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas State	17-8	4-0	★
Texas-Arlington	7-18	2-2
Lamar	6-19	0-4
McNeese State	20-5
Louisiana Tech	8-13

Southwest8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Texas	12-15	11-3	★ NCAA
Texas Tech	17-9	10-4
SMU	15-12	10-4
Texas A&M	15-11	7-7
Arkansas	10-16	6-8
Baylor	12-13	5-9
Rice	11-17	5-9
TCU	8-17	2-12

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
San Francisco	19-9	12-2	★ NCAA
Seattle	15-11	11-3
UNLV	20-6	10-4
Loyola Marymount	13-14	6-8
St. Mary's	15-13	5-9
Nevada	11-15	4-10
Pepperdine	8-18	4-10
Santa Clara	8-19	4-10

Western Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Mexico	22-7	10-4	★ NCAA
Utah	22-8	9-5	AP 15
Arizona	19-7	9-5
Arizona State	18-9	9-5
UTEP	18-7	8-6
BYU	11-15	6-8
Colorado State	12-14	5-9
Wyoming	4-22	0-14

Yankee7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Massachusetts	21-5	11-1	★
Connecticut	19-8	9-3
New Hampshire	16-9	8-4
Rhode Island	11-14	6-5
Vermont	9-17	3-9
Boston University	9-16	2-9
Maine	14-10	2-10

Independent81 teams

School	W-L	Note
Notre Dame	26-3	NCAA AP 5
Providence	28-4	NCAA AP 8
Pittsburgh	25-4	NCAA AP 16
Charlotte	22-4
Centenary	21-4
Marquette	26-5	NCAA AP 3
South Carolina	22-5	NCAA AP 19
Oral Roberts	23-6	NCAA AP 18
South Alabama	22-6
Creighton	23-7	NCAA
St. John's	20-7
Georgia Southern	19-7
Southern Illinois	19-7
Syracuse	19-7	NCAA
Virginia Commonwealth	17-7
Cincinnati	19-8
Boston College	21-9
Florida State	18-8
Rutgers	18-8
Dayton	20-9	NCAA AP 20
Hawaii	19-9
Jacksonville	20-10
Manhattan	18-9
Mercer	16-8
Detroit	17-9
Fairfield	17-9
Houston	17-9
Illinois State	17-9
Marshall	17-9
St. Bonaventure	17-9
Stetson	17-9
DePaul	16-9
Memphis State	19-11
Northeast Louisiana	16-10
Utah State	16-10
Colgate	15-10
Portland State	16-11
Seton Hall	16-11
Texas-Pan American	13-9
George Washington	15-11
Portland	15-11
St. Francis (PA)	15-11
Ball State	14-12
Butler	14-12
Canisius	14-12
Penn State	14-12
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	14-12
Northeastern	12-11
LIU-Brooklyn	13-12
Duquesne	12-12
Georgetown	13-13
Oklahoma City	13-13
Virginia Tech	13-13
Indiana State	12-14
Loyola-Chicago	12-14
Niagara	12-14
Tulane	12-14
Air Force	11-13
Iona	11-13
St. Francis (NY)	11-13
Fairleigh Dickinson	11-14
Hardin-Simmons	11-14
South Florida	11-14
Denver	11-15
Southern Mississippi	11-15
Navy	9-13
West Virginia	10-15
Fordham	8-17
Northern Illinois	8-17
Eastern Michigan	8-18
Holy Cross	8-18
St. Peter's	8-18
Xavier	8-18
Villanova	7-19
Army	6-18
Houston Baptist	6-19
Cleveland State	6-20
Samford	6-20
Buffalo	5-20
Georgia Tech	5-21
Georgia State	1-25

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1974 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1974 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Nevada 76, Stanford 69
Nov 30 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
Nebraska 58, Kansas State 54
Mar 2 · regular season · 7.1% win chance
Montana State 75, Oregon 72
Dec 1 · regular season · 8.3% win chance
Wisconsin-Milwaukee 59, Air Force 58
Feb 9 · regular season · 8.4% win chance
Oregon State 61, Indiana 48
Dec 28 · regular season · 8.8% win chance
Boston University 95, Boston College 94
Jan 16 · regular season · 9.1% win chance
St. Mary's 86, Hawaii 85
Jan 25 · regular season · 10.0% win chance
Auburn 87, Mississippi State 81
Jan 21 · regular season · 10.1% win chance
Army 58, Northeastern 57
Mar 2 · regular season · 10.8% win chance
Rider 71, Lafayette 70
Feb 2 · regular season · 11.2% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.