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1972-73 Providence Friars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-4 (Independent)

Rank: 4th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Dave Gavitt

PS/G: 89.7 (8th of 230)

PA/G: 76.4 (144th of 230)

SRS: 15.72 (7th of 215)

SOS: 2.59 (55th of 215)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (89-76) versus Saint Joseph's
Won East Regional Semifinal (87-65) versus Pennsylvania
Won East Regional Final (103-89) versus Maryland
Lost National Semifinal (98-85) versus Memphis
Lost National Third Place (97-79) versus Indiana

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AP Poll Summary

1972-73 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/4	12/11	12/18	12/25	1/1	1/8	1/15	1/22	1/29	2/5	2/12	2/19	2/26	3/5	Final
Providence	-	19	14	18	17	13	11	9	14	12	12	8	7	6	5	4

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	Sat, Dec 9, 1972	REG	@	St. Francis (NY)	Ind	-21.66	W	94	58		1	0	W 1	Generoso Pope Athletic Complex
2	Mon, Dec 11, 1972	REG		Fairfield	Ind	0.96	W	93	57		2	0	W 2	Providence Civic Center
3	Fri, Dec 15, 1972	REG	N	South Carolina	Ind	11.10	W	79	64		3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Dec 16, 1972	REG	N	Santa Clara	WCAC	8.55	L	92	97		3	1	L 1
5	Tue, Dec 19, 1972	REG		Oregon	Pac-8	6.89	W	73	60		4	1	W 1	Providence Civic Center
6	Sat, Dec 23, 1972	REG		DePaul	Ind	1.38	W	107	80		5	1	W 2	Providence Civic Center
7	Tue, Jan 2, 1973	REG		Brown	Ivy	-7.58	W	83	53		6	1	W 3	Providence Civic Center
8	Thu, Jan 4, 1973	REG		Rhode Island	Yankee	-5.70	W	79	59		7	1	W 4	Providence Civic Center
9	Sat, Jan 6, 1973	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	1.98	W	77	64		8	1	W 5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
10	Wed, Jan 10, 1973	REG		Western Kentucky	OVC	-7.38	W	118	88		9	1	W 6	Providence Civic Center
11	Sat, Jan 13, 1973	REG		Duquesne	Ind	8.27	W	87	79		10	1	W 7	Providence Civic Center
12	Sat, Jan 20, 1973	REG	@	UCLA (1)	Pac-8	27.98	L	77	101		10	2	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
13	Wed, Jan 24, 1973	REG		Massachusetts	Yankee	2.54	W	91	78		11	2	W 1	Providence Civic Center
14	Sat, Jan 27, 1973	REG		Jacksonville (13)	Ind	10.87	W	87	84		12	2	W 2	Providence Civic Center
15	Wed, Jan 31, 1973	REG	@	Boston College	Ind	-4.24	W	73	64		13	2	W 3	Roberts Center
16	Sat, Feb 3, 1973	REG	@	Niagara	Ind	1.01	W	70	66		14	2	W 4	Gallagher Center
17	Wed, Feb 7, 1973	REG		Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	13.25	W	81	75		15	2	W 5	Providence Civic Center
18	Sat, Feb 10, 1973	REG	@	Rhode Island	Yankee	-5.70	W	102	81		16	2	W 6	Keaney Gymnasium
19	Mon, Feb 12, 1973	REG		Cleveland State	Ind	-10.67	W	113	79		17	2	W 7	Providence Civic Center
20	Thu, Feb 15, 1973	REG	@	Holy Cross	Ind	-7.13	W	94	75		18	2	W 8	Worcester Auditorium
21	Tue, Feb 20, 1973	REG	@	Villanova	Ind	-1.59	W	86	71		19	2	W 9	Villanova Field House
22	Sat, Feb 24, 1973	REG		Seton Hall	Ind	-11.71	W	87	65		20	2	W 10	Providence Civic Center
23	Sat, Mar 3, 1973	REG	@	St. John's (NY) (17)	Ind	9.75	W	93	90		21	2	W 11	Madison Square Garden (IV)
24	Mon, Mar 5, 1973	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	-0.66	W	103	88		22	2	W 12	Providence Civic Center
25	Thu, Mar 8, 1973	REG	@	Brown	Ivy	-7.58	W	93	80		23	2	W 13	Marvel Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
26	Sat, Mar 10, 1973	NCAA	N	Saint Joseph's (18)	Mid-Atl	13.25	W	89	76		24	2	W 14	Alumni Hall
27	Thu, Mar 15, 1973	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (18)	Ivy	6.22	W	87	65		25	2	W 15	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
28	Sat, Mar 17, 1973	NCAA	N	Maryland (8)	ACC	17.12	W	103	89		26	2	W 16	Charlotte Coliseum (I)
29	Sat, Mar 24, 1973	NCAA	N	Memphis (12)	MVC	11.53	L	85	98		26	3	L 1	St. Louis Arena
30	Mon, Mar 26, 1973	NCAA	N	Indiana (6)	Big Ten	16.57	L	79	97		26	4	L 2	St. Louis Arena