1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1974–75 record	19-8 (12-6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Johnny Orr
Assistant coach	Jim Dutcher
Assistant coach	Bill Frieder
Assistant coach	Richard Carter
MVP	Joe Johnson
MVP	C. J. Kupec
Captain	Joe Johnson
Captain	C. J. Kupec
Home arena	Crisler Arena

	Conf				Overall
1974–75 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Indiana	18	–	0	1.000	31	–	1	.969
#19 Michigan	12	–	6	.667	19	–	8	.704
Minnesota	11	–	7	.611	18	–	8	.692
Purdue	11	–	7	.611	17	–	11	.607
Michigan State	10	–	8	.556	17	–	9	.654
Ohio State	8	–	10	.444	14	–	14	.500
Iowa	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Wisconsin	5	–	13	.278	8	–	18	.308
Illinois	4	–	14	.222	8	–	18	.308
Northwestern	4	–	14	.222	6	–	20	.231

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1974–75 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Johnny Orr, the team finished second in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The team earned the second of four consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament invitations.^[2] Joe Johnson and C. J. Kupec served as team captains and shared team MVP honors.^[3] John Robinson led the Big Ten in field goal percentage with a 60.3% average in conference games,^[4] while Kupec led the conference in free throw percentage with an 88.0%.^[5] As a team, they led the conference in free throw percentage as well with a 75.8%.^[6] The team began the season ranked seventeenth, peaked at eleventh, and finished the season in nineteenth in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll. It was ranked for a total of eight of nineteen weeks during the season.^[7] The team ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.^[8] Kupec was selected as an All-American.^[9] The team's 74.4% free throw percentage was a school record that lasted 11 seasons.^[10] On January 2, 1975, Kupec went 14 for 14 in free throw attempts against Illinois which continues to be a school single-game record for most without a miss, surpassing Craig Dill's total of 12.^[11] The team set a school single-season free throw percentage record of 74.4% that would last until 1986.^[11]

In the 32-team 1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan was eliminated from the West Region in the first round by the UCLA Bruins 103–91.^[12]^[13]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP Poll^[7]	17	19	16			17	11	19										19	19

Team players drafted into the NBA

Six players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA Club
1975	4	2	56	C. J. Kupec	Los Angeles Lakers
1976	4	9	60	Wayman Britt	Los Angeles Lakers
1977	3	11	55	Steve Grote	Cleveland Cavaliers
1977	5	22	110	John Robinson	Los Angeles Lakers
1978	3	17	61	Dave Baxter	Seattle SuperSonics
1978	4	3	69	Joel Thompson	Houston Rockets

References

↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 197.
↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 12.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 9–10.
↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 33. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 34. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
↑ "Big Ten Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide". CBS Interactive. p. 37. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 68–83. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 85. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "All-Time Accolades". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. pp. 4–7.
↑ 2007-08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 174.
↑ 11.0 11.1 "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 14. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
↑ "1975 Men's College Basketball Bracket". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
↑ "1975 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
↑ "1975 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1976 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1977 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
↑ "1978 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

Venues	Waterman Gymnasium (1908–1923) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923–1967) Crisler Center (1967–present)

Rivalries	Duke Michigan State

Culture & lore	Maize Rage Fab Five (film) Scandal Michigan IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches

Seasons	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 1999–00 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

NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

Rankings

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References