1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats Basketball 260px Big Ten Conference Big Ten 16–1 11–1 Dutch Lonborg 4th Bert Riel Old Patten Gymnasium Big Ten Conference ChampionsHelms Foundation National Champions 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 recordNorthwestern Wildcats season-by-season results sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/northwestern/ May 20, 2014 and was the champion of the Big Ten. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions Rauzulu's Street 2004 http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm May 20, 2014 October 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001213129/http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/basketball/college/helmscollegechampionship.htm deadESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game ESPN ESPN Books New York 2009 541 978-0-345-51392-2 Schedule and results no no no |- !colspan=9| Regular season 12/8/1930 yes 1930 men Bradley Braves Bradley Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 36–23 1–0 12/12/1930 yes yes Notre Dame Notre Dame Fieldhouse South Bend, Indiana 44–29 2–0 12/20/1930 yes 1930 men Carleton Knights Carleton Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 31–22 3–0 12/31/1930 yes 1930 men Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 32–10 4–0 1/3/1931 yes Notre Dame Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 20–17 5–0 1/10/1931 Michigan Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 27–22 6–0 (1–0) 1/12/1931 yes Illinois Huff Hall Champaign, Illinois 29–27 7–0 (2–0) 1/19/1931 yes Michigan Yost Field House Ann Arbor, Michigan 26–21 8–0 (3–0) 1/24/1931 1930 men Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 35–22 9–0 (4–0) 2/7/1931 1930 men Chicago Maroons Chicago Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 31–16 10–0 (5–0) 2/9/1931 1930 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 35–26 11–0 (6–0) 2/14/1931 yes 1930 men Chicago Maroons Chicago Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago 27–15 12–0 (7–0) 2/16/1931 Illinois Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 28–35 12–1 (7–1) 2/21/1931 yes 1930 men Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA 40–30 13–1 (8–1) 2/23/1931 yes 1930 men Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis 45–23 14–1 (9–1) 2/28/1931 yes 1930 men Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Ohio Expo Center Coliseum Columbus, Ohio 32–18 15–1 (10–1) 3/2/1931 1930 men Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Old Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois 41–16 16–1 (11–1) Source2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide Yearly Results (p. 159) Northwestern University 2008 http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/nw/graphics/mediaguides08/m-basket/Historycont%27d_p154-169-reduced.pdf PDF May 20, 2014 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110124/http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/nw/graphics/mediaguides08/m-basket/Historycont%27d_p154-169-reduced.pdf dead Individual honors Joe Reiff – Consensus All-American References Category:Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball seasons Northwestern Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Team Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Team