1973–74 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1973–74 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Gus Ganakas in his fifth year as head coach of the Spartans. MSU finished the season 13–11, 8–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

1973–74 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (8–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gus Ganakas (5th season)
Assistant coach	Robert Nordmann
Captain	Mike Robinson
Home arena	Jenison Fieldhouse

1973–74 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Indiana	12	–	2		.857			23	–	5		.821
No. 6 Michigan	12	–	2		.857			22	–	5		.815
No. 11 Purdue	10	–	4		.714			21	–	9		.700
Wisconsin	8	–	6		.571			16	–	8		.667
Michigan State	8	–	6		.571			13	–	11		.542
Minnesota	6	–	8		.429			12	–	12		.500
Iowa	5	–	9		.357			8	–	16		.333
Ohio State	4	–	10		.286			9	–	15		.375
Northwestern	3	–	11		.214			9	–	15		.375
Illinois	2	–	12		.143			5	–	18		.217
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1972–73 season 13–11, 6–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Roster and statistics

1973–74 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb
12	William Glover	G	JR	6–2	7.0	2.2
15	Steve Borenstein	G	JR	5–10	–	–
21	David Cross	F	JR	6–5	–	–
22	Lovelle Rivers	F	JR	6–5	0.2	0.8
23	Benny White	G	SO	5–8	2.4	1.1
24	Cedric Milton	C	SO	6–9	4.7	3.4
25	Terry Furlow	F	SO	6–4	14.1	7.1
31	Mike Robinson	G	SR	5–11	22.4	2.9
32	Peter Davis	G	JR	6–1	5.4	1.2
33	Edgar Wilson	F	FR	6–4	2.7	1.6
34	Joe Shackleton	F	JR	6–2	0.3	0.1
41	Thomas McGill	F	JR	6–4	4.5	3.5
42	Brian Breslin	F	SR	6–5	4.4	2.6
44	Robert Chapman	F	FR	6–2	–	–
45	Lindsay Hairston	C	JR	6–7	16.2	13.6
–	Wayne Butler	F	FR	6–5	–	–
–	Dave Jackson	F	SO	6–4	–	–
–	Jim Shereda	C	SR	6–8	–	–
–	Kevin Vandenbussche	G	FR	6–4	–	–

Source

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Dec 1, 1973*		at Central Michigan	W 78–70	1–0	Rose Arena  Mount Pleasant, MI
Dec 8, 1973*		South Carolina	L 63–74	1–1	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 10, 1973*		Eastern Michigan	W 91–58	2–1	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 15, 1973*		Western Michigan	W 85–76	3–1	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 18, 1973*		at Toledo	L 51–79	3–2	The Field House  Toledo, OH
Dec 22, 1973*		at Detroit Mercy	L 71–73	3–3	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
Dec 28, 1973*		vs. Boston College Maryland Tournament	L 81–94	3–4	College Park, MD
Dec 29, 1973*		vs. Holy Cross Maryland Tournament	W 97–85	4–4	College Park, MD
Jan 5, 1974		at Purdue	L 75–77	4–5 (0–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
Jan 12, 1974		Ohio State	W 83–75	5–5 (1–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 14, 1974		at Illinois	W 90–82	6–5 (2–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 19, 1974		at No. 14 Michigan Rivalry	L 82–84	6–6 (2–2)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Jan 21, 1974		Iowa	W 95–86	7–6 (3–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 26, 1974		at Minnesota	W 67–66	8–6 (4–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Jan 28, 1974		Illinois	W 93–82	9–6 (5–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 2, 1974		Purdue	W 76–74	10–6 (6–2)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 4, 1974*		No. 3 Notre Dame	L 89–91	10–7	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 11, 1974		at Ohio State	W 75–67	11–7 (7–2)	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
Feb 16, 1974		Minnesota	L 50–56	11–8 (7–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 23, 1974		Northwestern	W 73–70	12–8 (8–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 25, 1974		at No. 10 Indiana	L 85–91	12–9 (8–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Mar 2, 1974		at Wisconsin	L 80–87	12–10 (8–5)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Mar 9, 1974		No. 16 Michigan Rivalry	L 87–103	12–11 (8–6)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source

Awards and honors

• Lindsay Hairston – All-Big Ten First Team
• Mike Robinson – All-Big Ten First Team

See also

• 1974 in Michigan