1974-75 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Kentucky, Louisville, Syracuse and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: David Thompson

AP Preseason #1: North Carolina State

AP Final #1: UCLA

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	124	69	.642	12.87	7.52	3	2	0	Maryland	North Carolina
2	Pacific-8 Conference	8	141	81	.635	11.29	7.43	2	2	1	UCLA
3	Southeastern Conference	10	146	121	.547	7.61	6.13	2	2	1	Alabama, Kentucky
4	Big Ten Conference	10	148	123	.546	7.36	6.42	2	2	0	Indiana
5	Western Athletic Conference	8	133	81	.621	6.75	4.79	1	2	0	Arizona State
6	Missouri Valley Conference	9	141	106	.571	5.71	4.27	2	2	1	Louisville
7	Mid-American Conference	8	122	90	.575	4.03	2.75	0	1	0	Central Michigan
8	Big Eight Conference	8	111	102	.521	2.71	3.40	1	2	0	Kansas
9	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	6	90	68	.570	0.40	0.30	0	1	0	Cal State Long Beach
10	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	116	94	.552	0.19	1.44	1	1	0	Nevada-Las Vegas
11	Independent	83	1182	990	.544	-3.01	-1.86	5	9	1
12	Southwest Conference	8	97	110	.469	-3.34	-2.05	0	1	0	Texas A&M
13	Big Sky Conference	8	104	107	.493	-4.19	-1.97	0	1	0	Montana
14	Ohio Valley Conference	8	108	95	.532	-5.19	-3.85	0	1	0	Middle Tennessee	Middle Tennessee
15	Ivy League	8	93	116	.445	-6.59	-3.86	1	1	0	Pennsylvania
16	Southern Conference	8	95	114	.455	-7.81	-3.48	0	1	0	Furman	Furman
17	Yankee Conference	7	86	93	.480	-9.86	-6.55	0	0	0	Massachusetts
18	East Coast Conference	12	149	159	.484	-10.12	-6.36	0	1	0	American (East), La Salle (East), Lafayette (West)	La Salle
19	Southland Conference	6	54	69	.439	-11.92	-8.57	0	0	0	McNeese State
20	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	5	62	64	.492	-22.73	-19.86	0	0	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/24	12/31	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	3/4	3/11	3/18	3/25	Final
Princeton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12
Memphis	15	16	14	11	16	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	8	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4
Kentucky	16	15	-	20	17	9	7	10	11	5	5	4	7	4	6	6	5	2	2
Marquette	5	8	7	6	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	9	9	6	5	5	10	10	11
UCLA	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	5	4	2	2	1	1
La Salle	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	9	7	13	12	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
UTEP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18	17	-	-	-
Alabama	9	11	10	8	7	6	8	7	6	9	7	7	5	8	7	10	11	11	10
Oregon State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	20	17	15	15	13	-	18
Purdue	13	12	15	15	15	18	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Carolina	7	5	13	14	11	15	16	20	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USC	10	10	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	6	8	10	10	12	11	13	18	-	-
Creighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	14	13	13	-	-	-	-
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
UNLV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	20	17
Michigan	17	19	16	-	-	17	11	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19
Clemson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	18	16	11	14	14	-	-	-
Oregon	-	-	18	19	19	11	9	8	8	11	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
NC State	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	2	6	5	4	7	8	9	8	8	7
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona State	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	9	10	12	10	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	8
Arizona	19	18	17	13	10	14	10	13	13	15	17	19	15	19	19	-	-	-	-
Houston	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	6	7	9	18	-	-	-	-	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	-	-	19	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	11	9	8	10	8	8	15	14	14	10	12	11	13	14	12	7	6	9	9
Stanford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn	20	14	12	9	9	12	-	-	-	-	20	14	12	10	10	11	15	17	-
Providence	14	17	20	16	12	10	19	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	15
Minnesota	18	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	19	18	17	20	-	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	17	19	-	19	-	-	-	20	16	-	-	-
Cincinnati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	12	12	13
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	6	6
Maryland	4	4	5	5	5	7	5	5	3	8	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5
Centenary (LA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	17	19	18	-
Notre Dame	12	13	11	12	13	19	-	-	-	16	14	16	11	16	16	12	9	14	14
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	16

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1974-75 Season Pages