1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
NIT Champions
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
AP	No. 11
Record	21–9 (10–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Schaus (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Joe Sexson (14th season); Bob King (13th season); George Faerber (2nd season);
Captains	Frank Kendrick; John Garrett;
Home arena	Mackey Arena
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Indiana	12	–	2	.857	23	–	5	.821
No. 6 Michigan	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
No. 11 Purdue	10	–	4	.714	21	–	9	.700
Wisconsin	8	–	6	.571	16	–	8	.667
Michigan State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	12	–	12	.500
Iowa	5	–	9	.357	8	–	16	.333
Ohio State	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	9	–	15	.375
Illinois	2	–	12	.143	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1973–74 college basketball season. They finished the regular season with a record of 17–9 and received an invitation to the 1974 National Invitation Tournament, where they won the championship.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	55	John Garrett (C)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Jr	Peru, Indiana
F	34	Frank Kendrick (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Indianapolis, Indiana
G	20	Bruce Parkinson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Yorktown, Indiana
F	25	Jerry Nichols	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Greenwood, Indiana
F	33	Bruce Rose	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Kokomo, Indiana
C	32	Tom Scheffler	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	St. Joseph, Michigan
G	11	Dave Luke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Cincinnati, Ohio
F	41	Mike Steele	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Robinson, Illinois
G	15	Dick Satterfield	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Hagerstown, Indiana
G	30	Pat Manahan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Delphi, Indiana
F	23	Rob McCarter	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Robinson, Illinois
F	31	Gerald Thomas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Connersville, Indiana
F	42	Randall Shields	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	21	Tom Gilbert	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Speedway, Indiana
C	35	Dan McDermott	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	St. Louis, Missouri

Head coach

Fred Schaus (West Virginia)

Assistant coach(es)

Joe Sexson (Purdue)
Bob King (Butler)
George Faerber (Purdue)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Starting Lineup: F Frank Kendrick, F Jerry Nichols, C John Garrett, G Bruce Parkinson, G Dave Luke.^[1]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		SIU Edwardsville	W 117–71	1–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 3*		St. Joseph's (IN)	W 103–81	2–0	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 5*		Clemson	L 80–81 ^OT	2–1	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 8*		at Miami (OH)	L 85–86 ^OT	2–2	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
December 11*		Missouri	W 79–66	3–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 14*		at Indiana State	W 81–69	4–2	Hulman Center Terre Haute, IN
December 22*		Illinois State	W 114–85	5–2	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
December 27*		vs. No. 9 Providence Rainbow Classic	W 93–85	6–2	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
December 29*		at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	L 67–76	6–3	Neal S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, HI
January 1*		at Utah	L 85–87	6–4	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 5		Michigan State	W 77–75 ^OT	7–4 (1–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 7		at Northwestern	W 85–78	8–4 (2–0)	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 12		at Illinois	W 91–69	9–4 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
January 14		Northwestern	W 89–76	10–4 (4–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 21		No. 14 Michigan	W 85–84 ^OT	11–4 (5–0)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 26*		No. 3 NC State	L 81–86	11–5	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
January 28		at Ohio State	W 67–65	12–5 (6–0)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 2		at Michigan State	L 74–76	12–6 (6–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI
February 9		Minnesota	W 64–45	13–6 (7–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 11		at Iowa	L 111–112 ^3OT	13–7 (7–2)	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
February 16		Wisconsin	W 107–80	14–7 (8–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 18		Iowa	W 99–78	15–7 (9–2)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 23		at No. 19 Michigan	L 84–111	15–8 (9–3)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
February 26*		Bowling Green	W 99–83	16–8	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 2		Illinois	W 94–83	17–8 (10–3)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
March 9		at No. 13 Indiana Rivalry	L 79–80	17–9 (10–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
NIT Tournament
March 16*		vs. No. 8 North Carolina First Round	W 82–71	18–9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 19*	No. 18	vs. Hawaii Quarterfinals	W 85–72	19–9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 23*	No. 18	vs. Jacksonville Semifinals	W 78–63	20–9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
March 24*	No. 18	vs. Utah Finals	W 87–81	21–9	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP Poll^[2]																	18	11

References

^ ^a ^b "2003–04 Purdue men's basketball media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
^ "1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results".

[mediaguide-1] "2003–04 Purdue men's basketball media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[2] "1973–74 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results".

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v t e Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" 2023 Fairleigh Dickinson upset
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1896–97 1897–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics