1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball
Big Ten Conference Champions; Helms Foundation National Champions; Premo-Porretta 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
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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 was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^[2]^[3]

Schedule and results

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

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1930–31 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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