1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team

1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	13–13 (9–9 SEC)
Head coach	Joe B. Hall (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Dick Parsons; Boyd Grant; Jim Hatfield;
Captain	Ronnie Lyons
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1973–74 college basketball season. This team would finish with the worst record of any Kentucky team coached by Joe B. Hall.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1* no, no	No. 10	Miami (OH)	W 81–68	1–0	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 3* no, no	No. 10	at No. 13 Kansas	L 63–71	1–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 8* no, no	No. 10	vs. No. 3 Indiana Indiana-Kentucky rivalry	L 68–77	1–2	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 10* no, no	No. 10	vs. No. 5 North Carolina	L 84–101	1–3	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
December 14* no, no		Iowa	W 88–80	2–3	Iowa Fieldhouse Iowa City, IA
December 21* no, no		Dartmouth UK Invitational Tournament	W 102–77	3–3	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 22* no, no		Stanford UK Invitation Tournament	W 78–77	4–3	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 29* no, no		vs. No. 3 Notre Dame	L 79–94	4–4	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 5 no, no		at LSU	L 84–95	4–5 (0–1)	LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
January 7 no, no		Georgia	W 80–74	5–5 (1–1)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 12 no, no		Auburn	W 79–58	6–5 (2–1)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 14 no, no		at Tennessee	L 54–67	6–6 (2–2)	Stokely Athletics Center Knoxville, TN
January 19 no, no		Ole Miss	W 93–64	7–6 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
January 21 no, no		at No. 10 Alabama	L 77–81	7–7 (3–3)	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
January 26 no, no		at Florida	W 91–82	8–7 (4–3)	Alligator Alley Gainesville, FL
January 28 no, no		No. 7 Vanderbilt	L 65–82	8–8 (4–4)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 2 no, no		Mississippi State	W 82–70	9–8 (5–4)	Mississippi State Gymnasium Starkville, MS
February 4 no, no		LSU	W 73–70	10–8 (6–4)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 9 no, no		at Georgia	W 86–72	11–8 (7–4)	Georgia Coliseum Athens, GA
February 11 no, no		at Auburn	L 97–99 ^OT	11–9 (7–5)	Auburn Coliseum Auburn, AL
February 16 no, no		Tennessee	W 61–58	12–9 (8–5)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 18 no, no		at Ole Miss	L 60–61	12–10 (8–6)	Tad Smith Coliseum Oxford, MS
February 23 no, no		No. 8 Alabama	L 71–94	12–11 (8–7)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
February 25 no, no		Florida	L 65–75	12–12 (8–8)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
March 2 no, no		at No. 6 Vanderbilt	L 69–71	12–13 (8–9)	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
March 4 no, no		Mississippi State	W 108–69	13–13 (9–9)	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ All-Time Results Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Kentucky Men's Basketball - Archives. Retrieved 2012-12-03.

[1] All-Time Results Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Kentucky Men's Basketball - Archives. Retrieved 2012-12-03.

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Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Centre (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Fabulous Five Point-shaving scandal Fiddlin' Five Rupp's Runts The Season Without Celebration "The Shot" Unforgettables Untouchables Comeback Cats John Wall Dance Tweakables Pursuit of Perfection 2011 Indiana game Basketbowl Champions Classic CBS Sports Classic The Rivalry: Red v. Blue The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Big Blue Nation Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 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 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 championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics