The 1974–75 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the

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in intercollegiate

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during the 1974–75 season. The team played its home games in the

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in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the

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. Under the direction of

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Johnny Orr, the team finished second in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned the second of four consecutive NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament invitations. Joe Johnson and C. J. Kupec served as team captains and shared team MVP honors. John Robinson led the Big Ten in

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with a 60.3% average in conference games, while Kupec led the conference in

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percentage with an 88.0%. As a team, they led the conference in free throw percentage as well with a 75.8%. The team began the season ranked seventeenth, peaked at eleventh, and finished the season in nineteenth in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll. It was ranked for a total of eight of nineteen weeks during the season. The team ended the season unranked in the final UPI Coaches' Poll. Kupec was selected as an All-American. The team's 74.4%

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was a school record that lasted 11 seasons. On January 2, 1975, Kupec went 14 for 14 in

attempts against

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which continues to be a school single-game record for most without a miss, surpassing Craig Dill's total of 12. The team set a school single-season free throw percentage record of 74.4% that would last until 1986. In the 32-team 1975 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Michigan was eliminated from the West Region in the first round by the

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103–91.

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Team players drafted into the NBA

Six players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.

References

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Roster

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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