2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball

NIT, First Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2008–09 record	17–14 (8–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bill Carmody
Home arena	Welsh-Ryan Arena

	Conf				Overall
2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 Michigan State	15	–	3	.833	31	–	7	.816
#17 Purdue†	11	–	7	.611	27	–	10	.730
Illinois	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
Penn State	10	–	8	.556	27	–	11	.711
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	11	.667
Wisconsin	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	22	–	11	.667
Michigan	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northwestern	8	–	10	.444	17	–	14	.548
Iowa	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Indiana	1	–	17	.056	6	–	25	.194

† 2009 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2008–09 college basketball season. This was head coach Bill Carmody's ninth season at the Northwestern. The Wildcats are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They finished the season 17–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play, lost in the first round of the 2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and were invited to the 2009 National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to the University of Tulsa. Northwestern matched their school record for most wins in a season and recorded their first post-season appearance since 1999.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular Season
Nov 16, 2008*	Central Arkansas	W 81–39	1–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 19, 2008*	Texas A&M-CC	W 66–48	2–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nov 22, 2008*	at Brown	W 73–64	3–0	Pizzitola Sports Center
Nov 26, 2008*	at Butler	L 53–57	3–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Dec 1, 2008*	UC Riverside	W 59–43	4–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 3, 2008*	Florida State	W 73–59	5–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 6, 2008*	DePaul	W 63–36	6–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 15, 2008*	UMKC	W 77–62	7–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 20, 2008*	at Stanford	L 59–65	7–2	Maples Pavilion
Dec 23, 2008*	SMU	W 66–55	8–2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 31, 2008	at Penn State	L 57–61	8–3 (0-1)	Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 3, 2009	#10 Michigan State	L 66–77	8–4 (0-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 7, 2009	at Wisconsin	L 45–74	8–5 (0-3)	Kohl Center
Jan 15, 2009	#19 Purdue	L 61–63	8–6 (0-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 18, 2009	#18 Minnesota	W 74–65	9–6 (1-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 21, 2009	at #7 Michigan State	W 70–63	10–6 (2-4)	Breslin Center
Jan 24, 2009	at Michigan	L 59–68	10–7 (2-5)	Crisler Arena
Jan 28, 2009	Indiana	W 77–75	11–7 (3-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 31, 2009	Wisconsin	W 66–63	12–7 (4-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 4, 2009*	Chicago State	W 75–63	13–7	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 7, 2009	at Iowa	L 51–56	13–8 (4-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Feb 12, 2009	#22 Illinois	L 59–60	13–9 (4-7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 15, 2009	Michigan	L 67–70 ^OT	13–10 (4-8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 18, 2009	Ohio State	W 72–69	14–10 (5-8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 22, 2009	at Minnesota	L 45–72	14–11 (5-9)	Williams Arena
Feb 25, 2009	at Indiana	W 75–53	15–11 (6-9)	Assembly Hall
Feb 28, 2009	Iowa	W 55–49	16–11 (7-9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 4, 2009	at #19 Purdue	W 64–61	17–11 (8-9)	Mackey Arena
Mar 8, 2009	at Ohio State	L 53–66	17–12 (8-10)	Schottenstein Center
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 12, 2009	vs. Minnesota	L 53–66	17–13 (8-10)	Conseco Fieldhouse
NIT
Mar 18, 2009	at Tulsa	L 59–68	17–14 (8-10)	Reynolds Center
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

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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