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1971-72 BYU Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-5 (12-2, 1st in WAC MBB)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Stan Watts

PS/G: 81.8 (63rd of 221)

PA/G: 74.1 (75th of 221)

SRS: 11.27 (15th of 210)

SOS: 3.92 (30th of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost West First Round (95-90) versus Long Beach State

WAC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1971-72 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/6	12/13	12/20	12/27	1/3	1/10	1/17	1/24	1/31	2/7	2/14	2/21	2/28	3/6	Final
BYU	19	15	6	7	8	18	14	13	13	10	10	11	7	7	8	9

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Dec 3, 1971	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	11.30	W	78	72		1	0	W 1	Marriott Center
2	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG		Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	7.73	W	73	72		2	0	W 2	Marriott Center
3	Thu, Dec 9, 1971	REG		New Mexico State	MVC	9.66	W	90	80		3	0	W 3	Marriott Center
4	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG		Creighton	Ind	-0.28	W	86	68		4	0	W 4	Marriott Center
5	Wed, Dec 15, 1971	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 8	-4.50	W	84	74		5	0	W 5	Gallagher-Iba Arena
6	Fri, Dec 17, 1971	REG	@	Kansas	Big 8	3.88	L	67	83		5	1	L 1	Allen Fieldhouse
7	Sat, Dec 18, 1971	REG	N	Cincinnati	Ind	7.70	W	82	79		6	1	W 1
8	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	REG	@	Utah State	Ind	-1.51	W	87	84		7	1	W 2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
9	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG	N	Indiana (7)	Big Ten	10.28	L	50	61		7	2	L 1	Norfolk Scope
10	Wed, Dec 29, 1971	REG	N	Rice	SWC	-12.43	W	96	73		8	2	W 1
11	Fri, Jan 7, 1972	REG		Arizona State	WAC	9.25	W	111	102		9	2	W 2	Marriott Center
12	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG		Arizona	WAC	-6.49	W	88	67		10	2	W 3	Marriott Center
13	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG	@	Utah	WAC	5.25	W	67	61		11	2	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
14	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG		Utah State	Ind	-1.51	W	101	82		12	2	W 5	Marriott Center
15	Thu, Jan 27, 1972	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	6.80	W	75	68		13	2	W 6	Moby Arena
16	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	-2.27	W	101	74		14	2	W 7	War Memorial Fieldhouse
17	Thu, Feb 3, 1972	REG		New Mexico	WAC	5.72	W	70	62		15	2	W 8	Marriott Center
18	Sat, Feb 5, 1972	REG		UTEP	WAC	10.72	W	57	53		16	2	W 9	Marriott Center
19	Fri, Feb 11, 1972	REG	@	Arizona	WAC	-6.49	W	86	78		17	2	W 10	Bear Down Gym
20	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG	@	Arizona State	WAC	9.25	L	95	99		17	3	L 1	Sun Devil Gymnasium
21	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		Utah	WAC	5.25	W	79	66		18	3	W 1	Marriott Center
22	Fri, Feb 25, 1972	REG		Wyoming	WAC	-2.27	W	70	56		19	3	W 2	Marriott Center
23	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG		Colorado State	WAC	6.80	W	105	85		20	3	W 3	Marriott Center
24	Fri, Mar 3, 1972	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	10.72	L	69	73		20	4	L 1	Memorial Gym
25	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	REG	@	New Mexico	WAC	5.72	W	61	60		21	4	W 1	University Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	NCAA	N	Long Beach State (5)	PCAA	13.77	L	90	95	OT	21	5	L 1	Holt Arena