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

2008–09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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 Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
Nov 16, 2008* , BTN.com	Central Arkansas	W 81–39	1–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Nov 19, 2008* , BTN.com	Texas A&M-CC	W 66–48	2–0	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Nov 22, 2008*	at Brown	W 73–64	3–0	Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI
Nov 26, 2008*	at Butler	L 53–57	3–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Dec 1, 2008* , BTN.com	UC Riverside	W 59–43	4–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Dec 3, 2008* , ESPN2	Florida State	W 73–59	5–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Dec 6, 2008* , BTN	DePaul	W 63–36	6–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Dec 15, 2008* , BTN	UMKC	W 77–62	7–1	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Dec 20, 2008*	at Stanford	L 59–65	7–2	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
Dec 23, 2008* , BTN	SMU	W 66–55	8–2	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Dec 31, 2008 , ESPN2	at Penn State	L 57–61	8–3 (0-1)	Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Jan 3, 2009 , BTN	#10 Michigan State	L 66–77	8–4 (0-2)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 7, 2009 , BTN	at Wisconsin	L 45–74	8–5 (0-3)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
Jan 15, 2009 , ESPN2	#19 Purdue	L 61–63	8–6 (0-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 18, 2009 , BTN	#18 Minnesota	W 74–65	9–6 (1-4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 21, 2009 , BTN	at #7 Michigan State	W 70–63	10–6 (2-4)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Jan 24, 2009 , BTN	at Michigan	L 59–68	10–7 (2-5)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 28, 2009 , BTN	Indiana	W 77–75	11–7 (3-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Jan 31, 2009 , BTN	Wisconsin	W 66–63	12–7 (4-5)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 4, 2009* , BTN.com	Chicago State	W 75–63	13–7	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 7, 2009 , BTN	at Iowa	L 51–56	13–8 (4-6)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Feb 12, 2009 , ESPN2	#22 Illinois	L 59–60	13–9 (4-7)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 15, 2009 , BTN	Michigan	L 67–70 ^OT	13–10 (4-8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 18, 2009 , BTN	Ohio State	W 72–69	14–10 (5-8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Feb 22, 2009 , BTN	at Minnesota	L 45–72	14–11 (5-9)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
Feb 25, 2009 , BTN	at Indiana	W 75–53	15–11 (6-9)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
Feb 28, 2009 , BTN	Iowa	W 55–49	16–11 (7-9)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Mar 4, 2009 , BTN	at #19 Purdue	W 64–61	17–11 (8-9)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
Mar 8, 2009 , BTN	at Ohio State	L 47–52	17–12 (8-10)	Schottenstein Center Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
Mar 12, 2009 , BTN	vs. Minnesota	L 53–66	17–13 (8-10)	Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
NIT
Mar 18, 2009 , ESPNU	at Tulsa	L 59–68	17–14 (8-10)	Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
*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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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold

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