1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions; Helms Foundation National Champions; Premo-Porretta National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dutch Lonborg (4th season);
Captain	Bert Riel
Home arena	Old Patten Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1929–30 1931–32 →

1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Northwestern	11	–	1	.917	16	–	1	.941
Michigan	8	–	4	.667	13	–	4	.765
Minnesota	8	–	4	.667	13	–	4	.765
Purdue	8	–	4	.667	12	–	5	.706
Illinois	7	–	5	.583	12	–	5	.706
Indiana	5	–	7	.417	9	–	8	.529
Chicago	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Wisconsin	4	–	8	.333	8	–	9	.471
Ohio State	3	–	9	.250	4	–	13	.235
Iowa	2	–	10	.167	5	–	12	.294

The 1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Dutch Lonborg, coaching in his fourth season with the Wildcats. The team finished the season with a 16–1 record^[1] and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]^[3]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/8/1930*	Bradley	W 36–23	1–0	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
12/12/1930*	at Notre Dame	W 44–29	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, Indiana
12/20/1930*	Carleton	W 31–22	3–0	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
12/31/1930*	Alabama	W 32–10	4–0	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1/3/1931*	Notre Dame	W 20–17	5–0	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1/10/1931	Michigan	W 27–22	6–0 (1–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
1/12/1931	at Illinois	W 29–27	7–0 (2–0)	Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois
1/19/1931	at Michigan	W 26–21	8–0 (3–0)	Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan
1/24/1931	Ohio State	W 35–22	9–0 (4–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
2/7/1931	Chicago	W 31–16	10–0 (5–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
2/9/1931	Minnesota	W 35–26	11–0 (6–0)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
2/14/1931	at Chicago	W 27–15	12–0 (7–0)	Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago
2/16/1931	Illinois	L 28–35	12–1 (7–1)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
2/21/1931	at Iowa	W 40–30	13–1 (8–1)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
2/23/1931	at Minnesota	W 45–23	14–1 (9–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis
2/28/1931	at Ohio State	W 32–18	15–1 (10–1)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio
3/2/1931	Iowa	W 41–16	16–1 (11–1)	Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[4]

Individual honors

Joe Reiff – Consensus All-American

References

^ "Northwestern Wildcats season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York: ESPN Books. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 159). Northwestern University. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

[SR-1] "Northwestern Wildcats season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

[2] "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

[3] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York: ESPN Books. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[MGUIDE-4] "2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 159). Northwestern University. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

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v t e Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	Old Patten Gymnasium (1910–1940) Patten Gymnasium (1940–1952) Welsh–Ryan Arena (1952–present) Allstate Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Illinois
Culture & lore	"Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold