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1969-70 Niagara Purple Eagles Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-7 (Independent)

Rank: 17th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Frank Layden

PS/G: 84.3 (39th of 203)

PA/G: 77.8 (113th of 203)

SRS: 3.15 (64th of 196)

SOS: 0.15 (101st of 196)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (79-69) versus Pennsylvania
Lost East Regional Semifinal (98-73) versus Villanova
Lost East Regional Third Place (108-88) versus NC State

AP Poll Summary

1969-70 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Niagara	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17

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	Sat, Dec 6, 1969	REG		Iona	Ind	-13.01	W	94	54		1	0	W 1	Gallagher Center
2	Sat, Dec 13, 1969	REG		Long Island University	Ind	-3.80	W	61	56		2	0	W 2	Gallagher Center
3	Thu, Dec 18, 1969	REG	N	Rutgers	Ind	-5.44	W	73	61		3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Dec 23, 1969	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-3.75	W	91	83		4	0	W 4	Schmidt Fieldhouse
5	Fri, Dec 26, 1969	REG	N	Rice	SWC	-3.66	W	101	94		5	0	W 5
6	Mon, Dec 29, 1969	REG	N	Tennessee (6)	SEC	3.27	W	69	68		6	0	W 6
7	Tue, Dec 30, 1969	REG	@	Oklahoma City	Ind	-2.34	W	87	75		7	0	W 7	Fredrickson Fieldhouse
8	Sat, Jan 10, 1970	REG	N	Canisius	Ind	-6.13	W	101	75		8	0	W 8	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
9	Wed, Jan 14, 1970	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	12.81	L	92	102		8	1	L 1	Villanova Field House
10	Fri, Jan 16, 1970	REG	@	Saint Peter's	Ind	-5.09	L	73	77		8	2	L 2
11	Thu, Jan 22, 1970	REG	@	St. Francis (NY)	Ind	-26.55	W	111	89		9	2	W 1	Pope Physical Education Center
12	Sat, Jan 24, 1970	REG	@	Providence	Ind	0.64	W	94	85		10	2	W 2	Mullaney Gymnasium
13	Sat, Jan 31, 1970	REG	@	St. Bonaventure (3)	Ind	19.63	L	81	89		10	3	L 1	Reilly Center
14	Sat, Feb 7, 1970	REG		DePaul	Ind	-2.18	W	79	73		11	3	W 1	Gallagher Center
15	Tue, Feb 10, 1970	REG	@	Fairfield	Ind	-9.28	W	71	65		12	3	W 2	Alumni Hall
16	Thu, Feb 12, 1970	REG	@	Fordham	Ind	-3.39	W	77	68		13	3	W 3	Rose Hill Gymnasium
17	Sat, Feb 14, 1970	REG	@	La Salle	Mid-Atl	1.37	L	90	101		13	4	L 1	The Spectrum
18	Sat, Feb 21, 1970	REG		St. John's (NY)	Ind	5.36	W	72	70		14	4	W 1	Gallagher Center
19	Wed, Feb 25, 1970	REG		Syracuse	Ind	-7.65	W	91	83		15	4	W 2	Gallagher Center
20	Sun, Mar 1, 1970	REG	N	St. Bonaventure (3)	Ind	19.63	L	68	104		15	5	L 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
21	Thu, Mar 5, 1970	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-6.13	W	60	57		16	5	W 1	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
22	Sat, Mar 7, 1970	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (7)	Ivy	12.74	W	79	69		17	5	W 2	Jadwin Gymnasium
23	Thu, Mar 12, 1970	NCAA	N	Villanova	Ind	12.81	L	73	98		17	6	L 1	Carolina Coliseum
24	Sat, Mar 14, 1970	NCAA	N	NC State (10)	ACC	13.67	L	88	108		17	7	L 2	Carolina Coliseum