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1971-72 Houston Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-7 Overall W-L adjusted to 21-6 (Independent)

Coach: Guy Lewis

PS/G: 92.6 (7th of 221)

PA/G: 79.9 (150th of 221)

SRS: 11.62 (13th of 210)

SOS: 1.62 (75th of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Lost Midwest First Round (85-74) versus Texas

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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
Houston	7	12	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	19	-

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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	Wed, Dec 1, 1971	REG	@	Stanford	Pac-8	2.81	W	87	67		1	0	W 1	Maples Pavilion
2	Thu, Dec 2, 1971	REG	@	California	Pac-8	4.04	L	81	82		1	1	L 1	Harmon Gym
3	Sat, Dec 4, 1971	REG		Tennessee	SEC	7.80	W	67	65		2	1	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
4	Mon, Dec 6, 1971	REG	@	Louisiana	Southland	12.70	L	88	97		2	2	L 1	Blackham Coliseum
5	Fri, Dec 10, 1971	REG		Arizona State (17)	WAC	9.25	L	97	98		2	3	L 2	Hofheinz Pavilion
6	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG		Arizona State (17)	WAC	9.25	W	88	76		3	3	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
7	Mon, Dec 20, 1971	REG		Washington State	Pac-8	-0.18	W	84	73		4	3	W 2	Hofheinz Pavilion
8	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	-3.90	W	100	66		5	3	W 3	Hofheinz Pavilion
9	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	0.09	W	106	73		6	3	W 4	Hofheinz Pavilion
10	Mon, Jan 3, 1972	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	-0.39	L	69	73		6	4	L 1	University of Dayton Arena
11	Thu, Jan 6, 1972	REG		Colorado	Big 8	-3.68	W	70	66		7	4	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
12	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG		Rice	SWC	-12.43	W	101	73		8	4	W 2	Hofheinz Pavilion
13	Sun, Jan 16, 1972	REG	@	Florida State (12)	Ind	12.95	L	79	86		8	5	L 1	Tully Gymnasium
14	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-6.93	W	104	79		9	5	W 1	Hofheinz Pavilion
15	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	REG		Florida State (12)	Ind	12.95	W	94	86		10	5	W 2	Hofheinz Pavilion
16	Mon, Feb 7, 1972	REG		Denver	Ind	-7.80	W	98	69		11	5	W 3	Hofheinz Pavilion
17	Thu, Feb 10, 1972	REG		Centenary (LA)	Ind	-3.70	W	100	83		12	5	W 4	Hofheinz Pavilion
18	Mon, Feb 14, 1972	REG		Loyola (LA)	Ind	-7.38	W	104	86		13	5	W 5	Hofheinz Pavilion
19	Thu, Feb 17, 1972	REG	@	Centenary (LA)	Ind	-3.70	W	93	82		14	5	W 6	Gold Dome
20	Sat, Feb 19, 1972	REG		South Carolina (7)	Ind	14.32	W	95	85		15	5	W 7	Hofheinz Pavilion
21	Mon, Feb 28, 1972	REG	@	Jacksonville	Ind	7.99	L	108	110		15	6	L 1	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
22	Sat, Mar 4, 1972	REG	@	Denver	Ind	-7.80	W	94	91		16	6	W 1	DU Fieldhouse
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	NCAA	N	Texas	SWC	0.97	L	74	85		16	7	L 1	Pan American Center