1973–74 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1973–74 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1973–74 season.The team was coached by Digger Phelps and was ranked in the Associated Press poll for the entirety of the season.On January 19, the Fighting Irish defeated UCLA 71–70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.Forward John Shumate was the team's captain and leading scorer, averaging 24.2 points per game.After the season, Shumate was selected as a first-team player on the 1974 All-America team.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketballNCAA Men's Division I TournamentDigger PhelpsDick DiBiasoJohn ShumateJoyce CenterProvidencePittsburghUNC CharlotteCentenaryMarquetteSouth CarolinaOral RobertsSouth AlabamaCreightonSt. John'sGeorgia SouthernSouthern IllinoisSyracuseCincinnatiBoston CollegeFlorida StateRutgersDaytonHawaiiJacksonvilleManhattanMercerDetroitFairfieldHoustonIllinois StateMarshallSt. BonaventureStetsonDePaulMemphis StateNortheast LouisianaUtah StateColgatePortland StateSeton HallPan AmericanGeorge WashingtonPortlandSaint Francis (PA)Ball StateButlerCanisiusMilwaukeePenn StateNortheasternLong IslandDuquesneGeorgetownOklahoma CityVirginia TechIndiana StateLoyola ChicagoNiagaraTulaneAir ForceSt. Francis (NY)Fairleigh DickinsonHardin-SimmonsSouth FloridaDenverSouthern MississippiWest VirginiaFordhamNorthern IllinoisEastern MichiganHoly CrossSaint Peter'sXavierVillanovaHouston BaptistCleveland StateSamfordBuffaloGeorgia TechGeorgia StateAP PollUniversity of Notre DameAssociated Press1974 All-America teamMichiganSt. Paul, MinnesotaAdrian DantleyWashington, D. C.Toby KnightShoreham, NYSouth Bend, INLong Island City, NYSpring Lake, NJElizabeth, New JerseyWalk-onredshirtNotre Dame, INSt. John ArenaColumbus, OhioWelsh-Ryan ArenaEvanston, IllinoisIndianaAssembly HallBloomington, IndianaKentuckyFreedom HallLouisville, KentuckyKansasAllen FieldhouseLawrence, KansasPauley PavilionLos Angeles, CAMichigan StateJenison FieldhouseEast Lansing, MichiganTom Gola ArenaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaRose Hill GymThe Bronx, NYCarolina ColiseumColumbia, SCUniversity of Dayton ArenaDayton, OhioNCAA TournamentHulman CenterTerre Haute, IndianaColeman ColiseumTuscaloosa, Alabama1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankingsPhoenix SunsGary BrokawMilwaukee BucksCleveland CavaliersNotre Dame FieldhouseNotre Dame LeprechaunCrossroads ClassicHead coachesStatistical leadersSeasonsList of seasons1926–271930–311935–361962–631968–691969–701970–711975–761976–771977–781978–791979–801980–811981–821984–851985–861986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931995–961997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25