1973-74 Season Summary

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Walton

AP Preseason #1: UCLA ▪ AP Final #1: North Carolina State

Conference Summary

Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	123	69	.641	3	1	1	North Carolina State	North Carolina State
2	Big Eight Conference	8	119	94	.559	1	1	1	Kansas
3	Big Sky Conference	8	107	104	.507	0	1	0	Idaho State Montana
4	Big Ten Conference	10	138	114	.548	3	1	0	Indiana Michigan
5	Independent	81	1183	935	.559	7	9	1	Notre Dame
6	Ivy Group	8	85	119	.417	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
7	Mid-American Conference	7	99	86	.535	0	1	0	Ohio
8	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	5	85	53	.616	0	0	0	Maryland-Eastern Shore Morgan State	Maryland-Eastern Shore
9	Middle Atlantic Conference	12	159	150	.515	0	1	0	La Salle (East) Saint Joseph's (East) Rider (West)
10	Missouri Valley Conference	9	130	106	.551	0	1	0	Louisville
11	Ohio Valley Conference	8	102	101	.502	0	1	0	Austin Peay Morehead State
12	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	105	77	.577	1	1	0	Long Beach State
13	Pacific-8 Conference	8	122	95	.562	2	1	1	UCLA
14	Southeastern Conference	10	149	112	.571	2	1	0	Alabama Vanderbilt
15	Southern Conference	8	99	112	.469	0	1	0	Furman	Furman
16	Southland Conference	6	58	63	.479	0	0	0	Arkansas State
17	Southwest Conference	8	100	110	.476	0	1	0	Texas
18	West Coast Conference	8	109	105	.509	0	1	0	San Francisco
19	Western Athletic Conference	8	126	89	.586	1	1	0	New Mexico
20	Yankee Conference	7	99	79	.556	0	0	0	Massachusetts

School	Conf	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	3/12	3/19	Final
North Carolina State	ACC	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
UCLA	Pac-8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2
Marquette	Ind	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	9	9	8	11	7	3	3
Maryland	ACC	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Notre Dame	Ind	8	8	6	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5
Michigan	Big Ten							18	14	15	20	16	15	19	17	16	12	7	6
Kansas	Big 8	13									18	17	16	16	15	15	14	6	7
Providence	Ind	6	6	8	9	9	14	10	7	8	9	11	11	11	12	8	5	8	8
Indiana	Big Ten	3	3	3	7	7	8	13	12	11	12	12	12	10	9	13	10	11	9
Long Beach State	PCAA	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	13	13	9	9	9	10
Purdue	Big Ten																	18	11
North Carolina	ACC	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	8	10	12
Vanderbilt	SEC				17	11	10	6	8	7	7	5	5	4	6	5	6	11	13
Alabama	SEC	18	18	13	10	13	7	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	12	11	13	14
Utah	WAC												19	17					15
Pittsburgh	Ind								17	16	13	10	7	7	11	14	13	15	16
Southern California	Pac-8			20	16	14	11	17	13	12	11	14	13	12	10	7	15	14	17
Oral Roberts	Ind										19	19				20		18	18
South Carolina	Ind			16	15			15	11	13	14	13	14	14	14	10	18	17	19
Dayton	Ind																20	16	20
School	Conf	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/2	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	3/12	3/19	Final
Arizona	WAC	15	15	14	14	12	15						20		18
Arizona State	WAC									20
Austin Peay	OVC					20	20
Centenary (LA)	Ind									18
Cincinnati	Ind				20				20
Creighton	Ind												17	15	16	19	19
Hawaii	Ind							20
Houston	Ind	14	14
Jacksonville	Ind	17	17	19	19
Kansas State	Big 8		13	15	13	18								18
Kentucky	SEC	10	10
Louisville	MVC	9	9	9	8	8	13	11	16	14	15	15	18	20	20	18	16
Maryland-Eastern Shore	MEAC											20
Memphis	Ind	20	20	10	12	16	18	19
Missouri	Big 8								18
Nevada-Las Vegas	WCC	19	19			19	15	16
New Mexico	WAC					17	12	8	15	19	17				19	17	17	20
Pennsylvania	Ivy	16	16	11
San Francisco	WCC	11	11	17
Syracuse	Ind			18	18	15	19
Texas-El Paso	WAC											18
Wisconsin	Big Ten						17	13	19	17	16

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Naismith Award:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
AP Player of the Year:	David Thompson (North Carolina State)
UPI Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
USBWA Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
Sporting News Player of the Year:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year:	David Thompson (North Carolina State)
Rupp Trophy:	Bill Walton (UCLA)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player:	David Thompson (North Carolina State)
NIT Most Valuable Player:	Mike Sojourner (Utah)