1973-74 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: North Carolina State

Final Four: Kansas, Marquette, NC State and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Walton

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	123	69	.641	12.84	7.26	3	1	1	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
2	Pacific-8 Conference	8	122	95	.562	8.90	6.54	2	1	1	UCLA
3	Western Athletic Conference	8	126	89	.586	6.92	4.38	1	1	0	New Mexico
4	Big Eight Conference	8	119	94	.559	6.05	5.03	1	1	1	Kansas
5	Big Ten Conference	10	138	114	.548	5.95	5.58	3	1	0	Indiana, Michigan
6	Southeastern Conference	10	149	112	.571	5.24	3.47	2	1	0	Alabama, Vanderbilt
7	Mid-American Conference	7	99	86	.535	1.70	1.19	0	1	0	Ohio
8	Missouri Valley Conference	9	130	106	.551	1.69	1.29	0	1	0	Louisville
9	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	105	77	.577	1.18	0.81	1	1	0	Cal State Long Beach
10	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	109	105	.509	0.93	2.14	0	1	0	San Francisco
11	Independent	81	1183	935	.559	-2.02	-1.20	7	9	1
12	Southwest Conference	8	100	110	.476	-4.55	-2.24	0	1	0	Texas
13	Big Sky Conference	8	107	104	.507	-5.39	-3.43	0	1	0	Idaho State, Montana
14	Ohio Valley Conference	8	102	101	.502	-5.78	-4.05	0	1	0	Austin Peay, Morehead State
15	Southern Conference	8	99	112	.469	-6.69	-3.23	0	1	0	Furman	Furman
16	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	5	85	53	.616	-7.22	-6.21	0	0	0	Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State	Maryland-Eastern Shore
17	Ivy League	8	85	119	.417	-8.12	-5.04	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
18	Yankee Conference	7	99	79	.556	-9.06	-6.20	0	0	0	Massachusetts
19	Middle Atlantic Conference	12	159	150	.515	-10.64	-6.57	0	1	0	La Salle (East), Saint Joseph's (East), Rider (West)
20	Southland Conference	6	58	63	.479	-11.03	-7.46	0	0	0	Arkansas State

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	3/12	3/19	Final
Long Beach State	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	13	13	9	9	9	10
Memphis	20	20	10	12	16	18	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	9	9	9	8	8	13	11	16	14	15	15	18	20	20	18	16	-	-
Kentucky	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jacksonville	17	17	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	17	13	19	17	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marquette	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	9	9	8	11	7	3	3
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2
UTEP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oral Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	-	-	-	20	-	18	18
Alabama	18	18	13	10	13	7	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	12	11	13	14
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11
Pitt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	13	10	7	7	11	14	13	15	16
South Carolina	-	-	16	15	-	-	15	11	13	14	13	14	14	14	10	18	17	19
USC	-	-	20	16	14	11	17	13	12	11	14	13	12	10	7	15	14	17
Utah	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	-	-	-	-	15
Creighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	16	19	19	-	-
UNLV	19	19	-	-	19	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	14	15	20	16	15	19	17	16	12	7	6
Indiana	3	3	3	7	7	8	13	12	11	12	12	12	10	9	13	10	11	9
NC State	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Missouri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona	15	15	14	14	12	15	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	18	-	-	-	-
Houston	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	6	7
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	17	11	10	6	8	7	7	5	5	4	6	5	6	11	13
Maryland-Eastern Shore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	8	10	12
Penn	16	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hawaii	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	6	6	8	9	9	14	10	7	8	9	11	11	11	12	8	5	8	8
Kansas State	-	13	15	13	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	16	20
Syracuse	-	-	18	18	15	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
New Mexico	-	-	-	-	17	12	8	15	19	17	-	-	-	19	17	17	20	-
Centenary (LA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	8	8	6	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5
Austin Peay	-	-	-	-	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Francisco	11	11	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

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