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1971-72 Villanova Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 20-8 (Independent)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Jack Kraft

PS/G: 81.5 (72nd of 221)

PA/G: 72.6 (60th of 221)

SRS: 10.08 (25th of 210)

SOS: 3.72 (34th of 210)

NCAA Tournament:
Won East First Round (85-70) versus East Carolina
Lost East Regional Semifinal (78-67) versus Pennsylvania
Lost East Regional Third Place (90-78) versus South Carolina

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
Villanova	18	18	-	-	-	14	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15

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 4, 1971	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	Ind	4.91	W	83	64		1	0	W 1	Calihan Hall
2	Mon, Dec 6, 1971	REG		Oregon	Pac-8	-0.80	W	78	73		2	0	W 2	Villanova Field House
3	Sat, Dec 11, 1971	REG	@	Princeton	Ivy	9.79	L	68	82		2	1	L 1	Jadwin Gymnasium
4	Wed, Dec 22, 1971	REG		Rider	Mid-Atl	-1.60	W	75	70		3	1	W 1	Villanova Field House
5	Mon, Dec 27, 1971	REG		Massachusetts	Yankee	0.68	W	100	83		4	1	W 2	Villanova Field House
6	Tue, Dec 28, 1971	REG		Tennessee (20)	SEC	7.80	W	76	67		5	1	W 3	Villanova Field House
7	Thu, Dec 30, 1971	REG		South Carolina (3)	Ind	14.32	W	77	76		6	1	W 4	Villanova Field House
8	Sat, Jan 8, 1972	REG	@	Canisius	Ind	-0.88	W	69	65		7	1	W 5	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
9	Mon, Jan 10, 1972	REG	@	Providence	Ind	7.15	L	69	76		7	2	L 1	Mullaney Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 15, 1972	REG	@	Xavier	Ind	-0.99	W	68	60		8	2	W 1	Schmidt Fieldhouse
11	Wed, Jan 19, 1972	REG	N	Pennsylvania (10)	Ivy	13.30	L	64	74		8	3	L 1
12	Sat, Jan 22, 1972	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Ind	8.68	L	69	71		8	4	L 2	Alumni Hall
13	Tue, Jan 25, 1972	REG		St. Bonaventure	Ind	9.36	W	87	72		9	4	W 1	Villanova Field House
14	Sat, Jan 29, 1972	REG	@	DePaul	Ind	-3.50	W	94	83		10	4	W 2	Alumni Hall
15	Fri, Feb 4, 1972	REG	N	Saint Joseph's	Mid-Atl	7.73	L	65	68		10	5	L 1
16	Wed, Feb 9, 1972	REG		Niagara	Ind	5.85	L	83	89		10	6	L 2	Villanova Field House
17	Sat, Feb 12, 1972	REG	N	Temple	Mid-Atl	8.18	W	80	66		11	6	W 1
18	Wed, Feb 16, 1972	REG		Duquesne	Ind	6.58	W	102	81		12	6	W 2	Villanova Field House
19	Mon, Feb 21, 1972	REG		Boston College	Ind	-2.36	W	92	70		13	6	W 3	Villanova Field House
20	Thu, Feb 24, 1972	REG		Seton Hall	Ind	-8.12	W	104	62		14	6	W 4	Villanova Field House
21	Sat, Feb 26, 1972	REG	N	La Salle	Mid-Atl	-5.21	W	86	73		15	6	W 5
22	Wed, Mar 1, 1972	REG	@	Notre Dame	Ind	-7.83	W	78	75		16	6	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
23	Sat, Mar 11, 1972	NCAA	N	East Carolina	Southern	-7.69	W	85	70		17	6	W 7	Jadwin Gymnasium
24	Thu, Mar 16, 1972	NCAA	N	Pennsylvania (3)	Ivy	13.30	L	67	78		17	7	L 1	WVU Coliseum
25	Sat, Mar 18, 1972	NCAA	N	South Carolina (6)	Ind	14.32	L	78	90		17	8	L 2	WVU Coliseum