| 74. Northwestern (14-17) | Rating: 80.89 | SOS Rank: 42 | Proj: 14-17 |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RNK | W-L | Res/Pct | Sco/MOV | QUAL | |
| Fri, | Nov 10 | Loyola MD | 316 | 8-22 | W | 79-75 | −19 |
| Mon, | Nov 13 | St Peter's | 213 | 14-18 | W | 75-66 | −7 |
| Wed, | Nov 15 | Creighton | 22 | 20-12 | L | 88-92 | −1 |
| Sat, | Nov 18 | *La Salle | 147 | 13-19 | W | 82-74 | +1 |
| Sun, | Nov 19 | *Texas Tech | 11 | 27-10 | L | 49-85 | −26 |
| Fri, | Nov 24 | Sacred Heart | 301 | 9-21 | W | 81-50 | +10 |
| Tue, | Nov 28 | at Georgia Tech | 114 | 13-19 | L | 51-52 | −2 |
| Fri, | Dec 1 | Illinois | 85 | 13-18 | W | 72-68 | −1 |
| Sun, | Dec 3 | at Purdue | 3 | 30-7 | L | 69-74 | +12 |
| Mon, | Dec 11 | Chicago St | 348 | 1-29 | W | 96-31 | +33 |
| Thu, | Dec 14 | Valparaiso | 144 | 13-17 | W | 84-50 | +24 |
| Sat, | Dec 16 | at DePaul | 104 | 11-20 | W | 62-60 | +2 |
| Fri, | Dec 22 | at Oklahoma | 40 | 18-14 | L | 78-104 | −19 |
| Sat, | Dec 30 | Brown | 251 | 10-16 | W | 95-73 | +4 |
| Tue, | Jan 2 | Nebraska | 61 | 22-11 | L | 55-70 | −17 |
| Fri, | Jan 5 | at Penn St | 30 | 24-13 | L | 63-78 | −6 |
| Wed, | Jan 10 | Minnesota | 98 | 15-17 | W | 83-60 | +17 |
| Sun, | Jan 14 | at Indiana | 73 | 16-15 | L | 46-66 | −17 |
| Wed, | Jan 17 | Ohio St | 16 | 25-9 | L | 65-71 | −2 |
| Sat, | Jan 20 | Penn St | 30 | 24-13 | W | 70-61 | +11 |
| Tue, | Jan 23 | at Minnesota | 98 | 15-17 | W | 77-69 | +9 |
| Mon, | Jan 29 | at Michigan | 10 | 31-7 | L | 47-58 | +2 |
| Thu, | Feb 1 | at Wisconsin | 67 | 15-18 | W | 60-52 | +12 |
| Tue, | Feb 6 | Michigan | 10 | 31-7 | W | 61-52 | +15 |
| Sat, | Feb 10 | at Maryland | 38 | 18-13 | L | 57-73 | −9 |
| Tue, | Feb 13 | at Rutgers | 118 | 14-19 | L | 58-67 | −10 |
| Sat, | Feb 17 | Michigan St | 4 | 30-5 | L | 60-65 | +4 |
| Mon, | Feb 19 | Maryland | 38 | 18-13 | L | 64-71 | −6 |
| Thu, | Feb 22 | Wisconsin | 67 | 15-18 | L | 64-70 | −9 |
| Sun, | Feb 25 | at Iowa | 83 | 14-19 | L | 70-77 | −5 |
| Thu, | Mar 1 | *Penn St | 30 | 24-13 | L | 57-65 | −2 |