1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1930–31 record	16–1 (11–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dutch Lonborg (4th year)
Captain	Bert Riel
Home arena	Old Patten Gymnasium

	Conf				Overall
1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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

Rankings from AP Poll

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 were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2]

Schedule and results

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

Source^[3]

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.
↑ "2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Yearly Results (p. 159). Northwestern University. 2008. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball

Venues	Old Patten Gymnasium (1910–1940) Patten Gymnasium (1940–1952) Welsh-Ryan Arena (1952–present)

Culture & lore	History "Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat

People	Head coaches

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Helms national championship in bold