The 1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented

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during the 1930–31

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men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was

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, coaching in his fourth season with the Wildcats. The team finished the season with a 16–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the

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and the

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Schedule and results

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Individual honors

* Joe Reiff – Consensus All-American

References

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