1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball season

1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1UCLA[1][2]
NCAA Tournament1972
Tournament datesMarch 11 – 25, 1972
National ChampionshipLos Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Los Angeles, California
NCAA ChampionsUCLA
Helms National ChampionsUCLA
Other championsMaryland (NIT)
Player of the Year
(Naismith, Wooden)		Bill Walton, UCLA (Naismith)
Player of the Year
(Helms)		Bill Walton, UCLA

The 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball season began in December 1971, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament championship game on March 25, 1972, at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The UCLA Bruins won their eighth NCAA national championship with an 81–76 victory over the Florida State Seminoles.

Season headlines

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

Main article: 1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[4][5]

Associated Press
Ranking Team
1 UCLA
2 North Carolina
3 USC
4 Marquette
5 Ohio State
6 Maryland
7 Houston
8 Long Beach State
9 Louisville
10 Kentucky
11 Jacksonville
12 South Carolina
13 Michigan
14 Kansas
15 Penn
16 New Mexico
17 St. John's
18 Villanova
19 BYU
20 Oklahoma
UPI Coaches
Ranking Team
1 UCLA
2 Marquette
3 USC
4 North Carolina
5 Ohio State
6 Houston
7 Maryland
8 Louisville
9 Long Beach State
10 Kentucky
11 Jacksonville
12 New Mexico State
13 South Carolina
14 BYU
15 St. John's
16 Kansas
17 Villanova
18 Michigan
19 Harvard
20 Pacific

Conference membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Gulf States Conference Southland Conference
Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes University Division independent Discontinued basketball program
NYU Violets University Division independent Discontinued basketball program
Pacific Tigers West Coast Athletic Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Seattle Redhawks University Division independent West Coast Athletic Conference
South Carolina Gamecocks Atlantic Coast Conference University Division independent
Southwest Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Gulf States Conference Southland Conference

Regular season

Conferences

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[6] 		Conference
player of the year 		Conference
tournament 		Tournament
venue (City) 		Tournament
winner
Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina Barry Parkhill,
Virginia[7]		 1972 ACC men's basketball tournament Greensboro Coliseum
(Greensboro, North Carolina)		 North Carolina
Big Eight Conference Kansas State Isaac "Bud" Stallworth, Kansas[8] No Tournament
Big Sky Conference Weber State None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Minnesota None selected No Tournament
Ivy League Penn None selected No Tournament
Mid-American Conference Ohio Tom Kozelko, Toledo[9] No Tournament
Middle Atlantic Conference Temple (East); Rider (West) No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Louisville & Memphis State Larry Finch, Memphis State No Tournament
Ohio Valley Conference Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State, & Western Kentucky Les Taylor, Murray State No Tournament
Pacific 8 Conference UCLA None selected No Tournament
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Long Beach State Ed Ratleff, Long Beach State No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Kentucky & Tennessee Mike Edwards, Tennessee, & Tom Parker, Kentucky[10] No Tournament
Southern Conference Davidson Russ Hunt,
Furman[11]		 1972 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament Greenville Memorial Auditorium
(Greenville, South Carolina)
(Semifinals and Finals)		 East Carolina[12]
Southland Conference Louisiana Tech Dwight "Bo" Lamar,
Southwest Louisiana[13]		 No Tournament
Southwest Conference SMU & Texas Larry Robinson, Texas No Tournament
West Coast Athletic Conference San Francisco Mike Stewart, Santa Clara No Tournament
Western Athletic Conference BYU None selected No Tournament
Yankee Conference Rhode Island None selected No Tournament

Conference standings

1971–72 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina † 9 – 3   .750 26 – 5   .839
No. 14 Maryland 8 – 4   .667 27 – 5   .844
No. 20 Virginia 8 – 4   .667 21 – 7   .750
Duke 6 – 6   .500 14 – 12   .538
NC State 6 – 6   .500 16 – 10   .615
Wake Forest 3 – 9   .250 8 – 18   .308
Clemson 2 – 10   .167 10 – 16   .385
† 1972 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kansas State 12 – 2   .857 19 – 9   .679
Missouri 10 – 4   .714 21 – 6   .778
Oklahoma 9 – 5   .643 14 – 12   .538
Nebraska 7 – 7   .500 14 – 12   .538
Kansas 7 – 7   .500 11 – 15   .423
Iowa State 5 – 9   .357 12 – 14   .462
Colorado 4 – 10   .286 7 – 19   .269
Oklahoma State 2 – 12   .143 4 – 22   .154
Rankings from AP Poll[14]
1971–72 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Weber State 10 – 4   .714 18 – 11   .621
Gonzaga 8 – 6   .571 14 – 12   .538
Northern Arizona 8 – 6   .571 13 – 10   .565
Idaho State 8 – 6   .571 14 – 12   .538
Montana 7 – 7   .500 14 – 11   .560
Boise State 7 – 7   .500 14 – 12   .538
Montana State 6 – 8   .429 9 – 16   .360
Idaho 2 – 12   .143 5 – 14   .263
1971–72 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Minnesota 11 – 3   .786 17 – 6   .739
No. 19 Ohio State 10 – 4   .714 18 – 6   .750
No. 17 Indiana 9 – 5   .643 17 – 8   .680
Michigan 9 – 5   .643 14 – 10   .583
Michigan State 6 – 8   .429 13 – 11   .542
Wisconsin 6 – 8   .429 13 – 11   .542
Purdue 6 – 8   .429 12 – 12   .500
Illinois 5 – 9   .357 14 – 10   .583
Iowa 5 – 9   .357 11 – 13   .458
Northwestern 3 – 11   .214 5 – 18   .217
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Pennsylvania 13 – 1   .929 25 – 3   .893
Princeton 12 – 2   .857 20 – 7   .741
Harvard 8 – 6   .571 15 – 11   .577
Dartmouth 8 – 6   .571 14 – 12   .538
Brown 6 – 8   .429 10 – 16   .385
Yale 5 – 9   .357 7 – 17   .292
Columbia 3 – 11   .214 4 – 20   .167
Cornell 1 – 13   .071 5 – 19   .208
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 7 – 3   .700 15 – 11   .577
Toledo 7 – 3   .700 18 – 7   .720
Kent State 6 – 4   .600 7 – 17   .292
Western Michigan 5 – 5   .500 10 – 14   .417
Miami (Ohio) 4 – 6   .400 12 – 12   .500
Bowling Green State 1 – 9   .100 4 – 20   .167
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 MAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
University–Eastern
Temple † 6 – 0   1.000 23 – 8   .742
Saint Joseph's 5 – 1   .833 19 – 9   .679
American 3 – 3   .500 16 – 8   .667
Hofstra 2 – 4   .333 11 – 14   .440
Drexel 2 – 4   .333 11 – 14   .440
La Salle 2 – 4   .333 6 – 19   .240
West Chester 1 – 5   .167 9 – 16   .360
University–Western
Rider 8 – 2   .800 15 – 11   .577
Lafayette 7 – 3   .700 20 – 5   .800
Delaware 7 – 3   .700 18 – 7   .720
Lehigh 3 – 7   .300 10 – 14   .417
Bucknell 3 – 7   .300 5 – 18   .217
Gettysburg 2 – 8   .200 11 – 12   .478
† 1972 MAC men's basketball tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Louisville 12 – 2   .857 26 – 5   .839
No. 13 Memphis State 12 – 2   .857 21 – 7   .750
Saint Louis 9 – 5   .643 18 – 8   .692
Bradley 8 – 6   .571 17 – 9   .654
Wichita State 6 – 8   .429 16 – 10   .615
Tulsa 5 – 9   .357 15 – 11   .577
North Texas State 2 – 12   .143 8 – 18   .308
Drake 2 – 12   .143 7 – 19   .269
New Mexico State –   – 19 – 6   .760
West Texas State –   – 14 – 11   .560
Rankings from AP Poll[15]
1971–72 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Morehead State 9 – 5   .643 16 – 11   .593
Eastern Kentucky 9 – 5   .643 15 – 11   .577
Western Kentucky 9 – 5   .643 15 – 11   .577
Tennessee Tech 7 – 7   .500 14 – 11   .560
Murray State 6 – 8   .429 15 – 11   .577
East Tennessee State 6 – 8   .429 11 – 14   .440
Middle Tennessee 5 – 9   .357 15 – 11   .577
Austin Peay State 5 – 9   .357 10 – 14   .417
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA 14 – 0   1.000 30 – 0   1.000
Washington 10 – 4   .714 20 – 6   .769
Oregon State 9 – 5   .643 18 – 10   .643
USC 9 – 5   .643 16 – 10   .615
California 6 – 8   .429 13 – 16   .448
Stanford 5 – 9   .357 10 – 15   .400
Washington State 3 – 11   .214 11 – 15   .423
Oregon 0 – 14   .000 6 – 20   .231
As of April 15, 1972[16]
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Long Beach State* 10 – 2   .833 25 – 4   .862
Pacific 8 – 4   .667 17 – 9   .654
San Diego State 7 – 5   .583 18 – 10   .643
UC Santa Barbara 5 – 7   .417 17 – 9   .654
Cal State Los Angeles 5 – 7   .417 14 – 12   .538
San Jose State 5 – 7   .417 11 – 15   .423
Fresno State 2 – 10   .167 9 – 17   .346
* – Overall record adjusted to 23–3
Rankings from AP Poll[17]
1971–72 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Tennessee 14 – 4   .778 19 – 6   .760
No. 18 Kentucky 14 – 4   .778 21 – 7   .750
Alabama 13 – 5   .722 18 – 8   .692
Vanderbilt 10 – 8   .556 16 – 10   .615
Georgia 9 – 9   .500 14 – 12   .538
Ole Miss 8 – 10   .444 13 – 12   .520
Mississippi State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 13   .500
Auburn 6 – 12   .333 10 – 16   .385
LSU 6 – 12   .333 10 – 16   .385
Florida 4 – 14   .222 10 – 15   .400
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Davidson 8 – 2   .800 19 – 9   .679
Furman 8 – 3   .727 17 – 11   .607
William & Mary 6 – 4   .600 10 – 17   .370
East Carolina † 7 – 5   .583 14 – 15   .483
The Citadel 5 – 6   .455 12 – 13   .480
Richmond 3 – 9   .250 6 – 19   .240
VMI 2 – 10   .167 6 – 19   .240
† Southern Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
1971–72 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Louisiana Tech†* 8 – 0   1.000 23 – 3   .885
Lamar** 7 – 1   .875 13 – 13   .500
Texas-Arlington 5 – 3   .625 14 – 12   .538
Arkansas State*** 5 – 4   .556 12 – 14   .462
Abilene Christian 3 – 5   .375 17 – 8   .680
No. 8 Southwest Louisiana**** 0 – 8   .000 23 – 3   .885
Trinity (Tex.) 0 – 8   .000 6 – 18   .250
† Regular-season championship winner
* – Played as non-major program; conference record adjusted to 8–0.
** – Dispute conference record 6–2.
*** – Disputed conference record 4–4.
**** – Disputed record 8–0 conference, 25–4 overall.
Rankings from AP Poll[18]
1971–72 Southwest Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas 10 – 4   .714 19 – 9   .679
SMU 10 – 4   .714 16 – 11   .593
TCU 9 – 5   .643 15 – 9   .625
Texas A&M 9 – 5   .643 16 – 10   .615
Texas Tech 8 – 6   .571 14 – 12   .538
Arkansas 5 – 9   .357 8 – 18   .308
Baylor 4 – 10   .286 14 – 12   .538
Rice 1 – 13   .071 6 – 20   .231
Rankings from AP Poll
1971-72 WCAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
San Francisco 13 – 1   .929 20 – 8   .714
Santa Clara 11 – 3   .786 17 – 9   .654
Seattle 10 – 4   .714 17 – 9   .654
UNLV 8 – 6   .571 14 – 12   .538
Loyola (Calif.) 6 – 8   .429 11 – 15   .423
Pepperdine 5 – 9   .357 10 – 15   .400
Saint Mary's 3 – 11   .214 9 – 17   .346
Nevada 0 – 14   .000 2 – 24   .077
Rankings from AP Poll[19]
1971–72 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 BYU 12 – 2   .857 21 – 5   .808
UTEP 9 – 5   .643 20 – 7   .741
Arizona State 9 – 5   .643 18 – 8   .692
Colorado State 7 – 7   .500 15 – 9   .625
New Mexico 7 – 7   .500 15 – 11   .577
Utah 5 – 9   .357 13 – 12   .520
Arizona 4 – 10   .286 6 – 20   .231
Wyoming 3 – 11   .214 12 – 14   .462
Rankings from AP Poll[20]
1971–72 Yankee Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Rhode Island 8 – 2   .800 15 – 11   .577
Maine 6 – 4   .600 15 – 10   .600
Massachusetts 6 – 4   .600 14 – 12   .538
New Hampshire 5 – 5   .500 14 – 9   .609
Connecticut 5 – 5   .500 8 – 17   .320
Vermont 0 – 10   .000 5 – 19   .208

University Division independents

A total of 67 college teams played as University Division independents. Among them, Oral Roberts (26–2) had the best winning percentage (.929) and Florida State (28–5) finished with the most wins.[21]

1971–72 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Oral Roberts –   – 26 – 2   .929
No. 7 Marquette –   – 25 – 4   .862
Hawaii –   – 23 – 4   .852
No. 12 Marshall –   – 23 – 4   .852
No. 10 Florida State –   – 28 – 5   .848
Northern Illinois –   – 21 – 4   .840
No. 6 South Carolina –   – 24 – 5   .828
Duquesne –   – 20 – 5   .800
Syracuse –   – 22 – 6   .786
Providence –   – 21 – 6   .778
Detroit –   – 18 – 6   .750
Houston –   – 20 – 7   .741
Jacksonville –   – 20 – 8   .714
No. 15 Villanova –   – 20 – 8   .714
Pan American –   – 17 – 7   .708
Niagara –   – 21 – 9   .700
Penn State –   – 17 – 8   .680
Fordham –   – 18 – 9   .667
St. Bonaventure –   – 16 – 8   .667
Cincinnati –   – 17 – 9   .654
Georgia Southern –   – 17 – 9   .654
Colgate –   – 15 – 8   .652
St. John's –   – 19 – 11   .633
Fairleigh Dickinson –   – 15 – 9   .625
Illinois State –   – 16 – 10   .615
Virginia Tech –   – 16 – 10   .615
Canisius –   – 15 – 11   .577
Creighton –   – 15 – 11   .577
Holy Cross –   – 15 – 11   .577
Oklahoma City –   – 16 – 12   .571
Loyola (LA) –   – 14 – 11   .560
Rutgers –   – 14 – 11   .560
West Virginia –   – 13 – 11   .542
Hardin–Simmons –   – 14 – 12   .538
DePaul –   – 12 – 11   .522
Centenary –   – 13 – 12   .520
Long Island –   – 13 – 12   .520
Boston College –   – 13 – 13   .500
Dayton –   – 13 – 13   .500
Pittsburgh –   – 12 – 12   .500
Air Force –   – 12 – 13   .480
Fairfield –   – 12 – 13   .480
Saint Francis (PA) –   – 12 – 13   .480
Saint Peter's –   – 12 – 13   .480
Indiana State –   – 12 – 14   .462
St. Francis (NY) –   – 12 – 14   .462
Utah State –   – 12 – 14   .462
Xavier –   – 12 – 14   .462
Army –   – 11 – 13   .458
Manhattan –   – 11 – 13   .458
George Washington –   – 11 – 14   .440
Navy –   – 10 – 13   .435
Denver –   – 11 – 15   .423
Portland –   – 10 – 16   .385
Seton Hall –   – 10 – 16   .385
Southern Illinois –   – 10 – 16   .385
Ball State –   – 9 – 15   .375
Loyola (IL) –   – 8 – 14   .364
Tulane –   – 8 – 18   .308
Boston University –   – 7 – 16   .304
South Alabama –   – 7 – 17   .292
Iona –   – 6 – 17   .261
Butler –   – 6 – 20   .231
Georgia Tech –   – 6 – 20   .231
Notre Dame –   – 6 – 20   .231
Stetson –   – 6 – 20   .231
Georgetown –   – 3 – 23   .115
Rankings from AP Poll

Informal championships

Conference Regular
season winner 		Most Valuable Player
Philadelphia Big 5 Penn & Temple Corky Calhoun, Penn, & Chris Ford, Villanova

Penn and Temple both finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Main articles: 1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and 1972 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game

Final Four

National semifinals National finals
      
E North Carolina 75
ME Florida State 79
ME Florida State 76
W UCLA 81
MW Louisville 77
MW UCLA 96 Third place
E North Carolina 105
MW Louisville 91

National Invitation tournament

Main article: 1972 National Invitation Tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
    
Jacksonville 77
Maryland 91
Maryland 100
Niagara 69
St. John's 67
Niagara 69 Third place
Jacksonville 83
St. John's 80

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

Main article: 1972 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Henry Bibby G Senior UCLA
Jim Chones C Junior Marquette
Dwight Lamar G Junior Southwestern Louisiana
Bob McAdoo F Junior North Carolina
Ed Ratleff F Junior Long Beach State
Tom Riker F/C Senior South Carolina
Bill Walton C Sophomore UCLA


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Rich Fuqua G Junior Oral Roberts
Barry Parkhill G Junior Virginia
Jim Price G Senior Louisville
Bud Stallworth F Senior Kansas
Henry Wilmore G/F Junior Michigan

Major player of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach 		Interim
Coach 		New
Coach 		Reason
Georgetown Jack Magee John Thompson McGee was fired at the end of the season after the 1971–72 Georgetown team finished with a record of 3–23.
Hardin–Simmons Glen Whitis Russell Berry
Kentucky Adolph Rupp Joe B. Hall Rupp retired as the NCAA all-time leader in victories. He was replaced by lead assistant Hall.
LSU Press Maravich Dale Brown Maravich, father of NCAA career scoring leader Pete Maravich, was fired after the Tigers finished 10–16. He was succeeded by Washington State assistant Brown, who remained at LSU for 25 seasons.
Marshall Carl Tacy Bob Daniels Tacy left after the season to become the head coach at Wake Forest.
Wake Forest Jack McCloskey Carl Tacy McCloskey left after the season to become the head coach for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers.

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