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1974-75 Independent Season Summary
Record: 1182-990, .544 W-L% (10th of 20)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Texas-Pan American
NCAA Tournament: 9 (Boston College, Cincinnati, Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Syracuse and Utah State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Marquette, Memphis, Notre Dame, Providence and South Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Cincinnati, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Texas-Pan American R | 22 | 2 | .917 | ||||
| Charlotte | 23 | 3 | .885 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 25 | 4 | .862 | ||||
| Marquette* | 23 | 4 | .852 | ||||
| Stetson | 22 | 4 | .846 | ||||
| Cincinnati* | 23 | 6 | .793 | ||||
| Utah State* | 21 | 6 | .778 | ||||
| Rutgers* | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Creighton* | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||
| Memphis | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||
| South Alabama | 19 | 7 | .731 | ||||
| Syracuse* F | 23 | 9 | .719 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 20 | 8 | .714 | ||||
| Oral Roberts | 20 | 8 | .714 | ||||
| Boston College* | 21 | 9 | .700 | ||||
| California-Santa Barbara | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Florida State | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Portland State | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Virginia Commonwealth | 17 | 8 | .680 | ||||
| South Carolina | 19 | 9 | .679 | ||||
| St. John's (NY) | 21 | 10 | .677 | ||||
| Notre Dame* | 19 | 10 | .655 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Providence | 20 | 11 | .645 | ||||
| Georgetown* | 18 | 10 | .643 | ||||
| George Washington | 17 | 10 | .630 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 18 | 11 | .621 | ||||
| Houston | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Illinois State | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Tulane | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Virginia Tech | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Canisius | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| DePaul | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| South Florida | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 16 | 11 | .593 | ||||
| Jacksonville | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Duquesne | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Hawaii | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Saint Peter's | 15 | 12 | .556 | ||||
| Cleveland State | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Manhattan | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Air Force | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Long Island University | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 14 | 13 | .519 | ||||
| West Virginia | 14 | 13 | .519 | ||||
| Cal State Los Angeles | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Marshall | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Navy | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Northeastern | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Fairfield | 13 | 14 | .481 | ||||
| Niagara | 13 | 14 | .481 | ||||
| Fordham | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| Penn State | 11 | 12 | .478 | ||||
| Indiana State | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Oklahoma City | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Saint Louis | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Portland | 13 | 16 | .448 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Georgia Tech | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Southern Mississippi | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Xavier | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Ball State | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Butler | 10 | 16 | .385 | ||||
| Dayton | 10 | 16 | .385 | ||||
| Denver | 9 | 16 | .360 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||||
| Houston Baptist | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Mercer | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Samford | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Colgate | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||
| Villanova | 9 | 18 | .333 | ||||
| Buffalo | 8 | 17 | .320 | ||||
| Georgia Southern | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Georgia State | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Milwaukee | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 7 | 19 | .269 | ||||
| Charleston Southern | 4 | 16 | .200 | ||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 5 | 20 | .200 | ||||
| Iona | 4 | 19 | .174 | ||||
| Army | 3 | 22 | .120 | ||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | 3/11 | 3/18 | 3/25 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse | 20 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Cincinnati | 17 | 12 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Providence | 14 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 20 | |||||||||
| Centenary (LA) | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 18 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Houston | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 20 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Texas-Pan American | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Boston College lost (110-90) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Cincinnati won (95-87) versus Notre Dame (Midwest Regional)
Notre Dame lost (95-87) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
National Third Place
Syracuse lost (96-88) versus Louisville
First Round
Boston College won (82-76) versus Furman (East Regional)
Cincinnati won (87-79) versus Texas A&M (Midwest Regional)
Creighton lost (83-79) versus Maryland (Midwest Regional)
Georgetown lost (77-75) versus Central Michigan (Mideast Regional)
Marquette lost (76-54) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Notre Dame won (77-71) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)
Rutgers lost (91-78) versus Louisville (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (87-83) versus La Salle (East Regional)
Utah State lost (69-63) versus Montana (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Boston College lost (74-65) versus Kansas State (East Regional)
Cincinnati lost (78-63) versus Louisville (Midwest Regional)
Notre Dame lost (83-71) versus Maryland (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (78-76) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Regional Final
Syracuse won (95-87) versus Kansas State (East Regional)
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