1970-71 Men's Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 164-104, .612 W-L% (3rd of 19) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 5.57 (5th of 19)

SOS: 3.28 (5th of 19)

Regular Season Champion: Drake, Louisville and Saint Louis

Player of the Year: Jeff Halliburton

Coach of the Year: Robert Polk

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Drake and New Mexico State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (Drake and New Mexico State)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Drake)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Drake	9	5	.643	21	8	.724	83.6	73.7	8.8	2.9	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Louisville	9	5	.643	20	9	.690	85.1	76.1	10.4	4.3	Reg. Season Champion
3	Saint Louis	9	5	.643	17	12	.586	73.8	69.9	7.1	4.7	Reg. Season Champion
4	Memphis	8	6	.571	18	8	.692	84.3	79.6	5.2	3.7
4	Tulsa	8	6	.571	17	9	.654	84.2	79.3	7.4	4.9
6	Bradley	6	8	.429	13	12	.520	84.7	81.0	1.1	4.5
7	North Texas	4	10	.286	10	15	.400	72.9	76.2	-0.7	6.3
8	Wichita State	3	11	.214	10	16	.385	80.0	80.0	1.7	1.6
	West Texas A&M				19	7	.731	84.6	76.4	6.6	-0.2
	New Mexico State				19	8	.704	80.4	71.7	8.2	-0.1	NCAA Tournament

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/7	12/14	12/21	12/28	1/4	1/11	1/18	1/25	2/1	2/8	2/15	2/22	3/1	3/8	Final
New Mexico State	15	15	17	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	10	7	9	9	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
West Texas A&M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Louis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	20	-	-	17	13	16	-	-	-	-	19	15	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Drake	29	21	8	.724	9	5	9	1	6	5				34.6	71.3	.485					14.4	22.0	.657		47.8					21.0	83.6	73.7	8.76	2.91
2	Louisville	29	20	9	.690	9	5	10	1	6	6				34.1	72.1	.473					16.9	24.8	.683		46.6	15.0			16.1	19.4	85.1	76.1	10.40	4.32
3	Saint Louis	29	17	12	.586	9	5	12	1	3	8				29.0	67.8	.428					15.8	22.3	.705		43.7					18.8	73.8	69.9	7.07	4.75
4	Memphis	26	18	8	.692	8	6	8	1	3	7				31.4	71.4	.440					21.5	31.5	.681		52.2					20.8	84.3	79.6	5.23	3.73
5	Tulsa	26	17	9	.654	8	6	7	4	5	4				34.3	74.8	.458					15.5	24.5	.634		49.9					16.4	84.2	79.3	7.38	4.86
6	Bradley	25	13	12	.520	6	8	6	4	2	7				33.1	70.1	.472					18.5	27.4	.675		44.3	12.8				21.0	84.7	81.0	1.09	4.54
7	North Texas	25	10	15	.400	4	10	2	7	3	6				28.4	60.2	.471					16.2	23.6	.686		42.2					18.0	72.9	76.2	-0.72	6.33
8	Wichita State	26	10	16	.385	3	11	8	5	1	9				32.2	74.1	.434					15.7	23.5	.670		50.3	17.0				20.2	80.0	80.0	1.65	1.61
9	New Mexico State	27	19	8	.704			13	0	5	7				31.3	76.1	.411					17.8	27.9	.637		51.3	13.5				21.4	80.4	71.7	8.18	-0.09
10	West Texas A&M	26	19	7	.731			9	0	6	6				34.5	82.6	.417					15.7	26.6	.590		57.8					22.0	84.6	76.4	6.63	-0.18