1971-72 College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Florida State, Louisville, UNC and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Walton

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: UCLA

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	122	73	.626	10.55	5.67	3	1	1	North Carolina	North Carolina
2	Pacific-8 Conference	8	124	92	.574	9.12	5.60	1	1	1	UCLA
3	Missouri Valley Conference	10	161	104	.608	6.04	3.70	2	1	1	Louisville, Memphis
4	Western Athletic Conference	8	120	86	.583	5.03	3.45	1	1	0	Brigham Young
5	Big Ten Conference	10	135	106	.560	5.00	3.70	3	1	0	Minnesota
6	Big Eight Conference	8	102	109	.483	3.09	2.95	0	1	0	Kansas State
7	Southeastern Conference	10	144	115	.556	2.67	2.13	1	1	0	Kentucky, Tennessee
8	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	111	76	.594	2.34	1.66	1	1	0	Cal State Long Beach
9	Independent	67	959	768	.555	-2.03	-0.82	6	8	1
10	Mid-American Conference	6	66	81	.449	-2.28	0.48	0	1	0	Ohio
11	Middle Atlantic Conference	11	155	126	.552	-3.51	-2.43	0	1	0	Temple (East), Rider (West)
12	Ivy League	8	100	105	.488	-3.89	-1.44	1	1	0	Pennsylvania
13	Ohio Valley Conference	8	111	94	.541	-3.98	-2.62	0	1	0	Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State, Western Kentucky
14	Southwest Conference	8	108	101	.517	-4.17	-2.21	0	1	0	Southern Methodist, Texas
15	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	100	109	.478	-5.02	-2.32	0	1	0	San Francisco
16	Southland Conference	6	87	69	.558	-7.92	-5.59	1	1	0	Louisiana Tech
17	Southern Conference	7	84	103	.449	-8.65	-4.32	0	1	0	Davidson	East Carolina
18	Big Sky Conference	8	102	105	.493	-10.90	-7.95	0	1	0	Weber State
19	Yankee Conference	6	71	78	.477	-12.63	-8.94	0	0	0	Rhode Island
20	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1	15	11	.577			0	0	0	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina A&T

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
Princeton	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	14	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Long Beach State	8	6	13	9	10	8	7	4	5	5	8	9	6	6	5	5
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18	19	20	11	13
Louisville	9	16	17	19	15	7	5	6	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	4
Kentucky	10	7	7	11	12	19	15	-	-	-	-	17	18	-	-	18
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jacksonville	11	8	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	-	-	-	-	-
Marquette	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	7	7
Northern Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCLA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ohio	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oral Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	17	16
Florida State	-	18	9	14	-	20	12	11	10	12	14	14	11	10	14	10
South Carolina	12	11	3	3	3	4	4	5	11	8	9	7	9	8	6	6
USC	3	13	10	5	5	11	10	8	7	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan	13	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	16	-	-
Indiana	-	-	12	8	7	5	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17
Duquesne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana	-	-	16	12	13	15	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	11	9	8
Virginia	-	-	19	18	11	9	8	9	8	7	6	6	13	12	15	20
NC State	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	20	15	17	15	14	19	18	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arizona State	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	5	4	10	6	6	10	9	7	6	9	7	8	15	14	-	19
Houston	7	12	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	13	19	-
Kansas	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oklahoma	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	17	14	8	10	9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall	-	-	-	20	17	13	20	16	14	11	11	10	8	9	10	12
UNC	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	3	3	2
Penn	15	10	5	13	14	6	6	10	9	6	5	5	4	4	2	3
Villanova	18	18	-	-	-	14	11	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Hawaii	-	-	-	-	18	16	19	18	15	14	18	16	17	15	12	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	12	13	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	16	19	19	-	-	-	16	11
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	19	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
Maryland	6	5	15	15	16	12	-	-	18	-	-	19	12	18	13	14
BYU	19	15	6	7	8	18	14	13	13	10	10	11	7	7	8	9
New Mexico	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.

1971-72 Season Pages