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Men's collegiate basketball season
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 .
The Top 20 from the AP Poll and Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[ 4] [ 5]
Conference membership changes [ edit ]
Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 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 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 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
University Division independents [ edit ]
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]
Penn and Temple both finished with 3–1 records in head-to-head competition among the Philadelphia Big 5.
Statistical leaders [ edit ]
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Post-season tournaments [ edit ]
National Invitation tournament [ edit ]
Semifinals & finals[ edit ]
Consensus All-American teams [ edit ]
Major player of the year awards [ edit ]
Major coach of the year awards [ edit ]
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
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