1972-73 Men's College Basketball Season Summary

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National Champion: UCLA

Final Four: Indiana, Memphis, Providence and UCLA

Consensus Player of the Year: Bill Walton III

AP Preseason #1: UCLA

AP Final #1: UCLA

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Conference Summary

Sorted by SRS

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	AP	NCAA	FF	Regular Season Champ	Tournament Champ
1	Southeastern Conference	10	143	119	.546	3.13	2.44	0	1	0	Kentucky
2	Big Ten Conference	10	141	105	.573	8.87	7.29	0	1	1	Indiana
3	Pacific-8 Conference	8	126	88	.589	8.61	5.16	0	1	1	UCLA
4	Atlantic Coast Conference	7	124	70	.639	11.21	6.00	0	1	0	NC State	NC State
5	Ohio Valley Conference	8	110	96	.534	-3.19	-2.39	1	1	0	Austin Peay
6	Western Athletic Conference	8	121	93	.565	5.16	4.27	0	1	0	Arizona State
7	Middle Atlantic Conference	11	158	124	.560	-5.55	-4.60	0	1	0	Saint Joseph's (East), Lafayette (West)
8	Missouri Valley Conference	10	150	117	.562	3.35	2.61	0	1	1	Memphis
9	Big Eight Conference	8	115	96	.545	2.33	2.54	0	1	0	Kansas State
10	Independent	72	999	857	.538	-2.87	-1.24	0	8	1
11	Southwest Conference	8	100	105	.488	-3.37	-1.80	0	1	0	Texas Tech
12	Mid-American Conference	6	80	77	.510	-0.71	0.23	0	1	0	Miami (OH)
13	Pacific Coast Athletic Association	7	104	79	.568	0.20	0.55	0	1	0	Long Beach State
14	West Coast Athletic Conference	8	109	102	.517	-1.50	-0.06	0	1	0	San Francisco
15	Ivy League	8	91	116	.440	-8.59	-4.80	0	1	0	Pennsylvania
16	Yankee Conference	7	88	87	.503	-10.50	-8.00	0	0	0	Massachusetts
17	Big Sky Conference	8	106	103	.507	-7.27	-5.75	0	1	0	Weber State
18	Southern Conference	7	86	99	.465	-7.45	-3.34	0	1	0	Davidson	Furman
19	Southland Conference	5	61	68	.473	-7.52	-4.77	0	1	0	Louisiana Tech
20	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	1	17	14	.548			0	0	0	Maryland-Eastern Shore	North Carolina A&T

Coaches Polls

Coaches Polls Table
		Week Poll
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	Pre	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
UCLA	Pac-8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NC State	ACC	10	7	6	4	3	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Long Beach State	PCAA	8	6	7	6	6	6	8	6	5	4	3	3	3	5	3	3
Marquette	Ind	5	5	3	2	2	2	3	7	8	9	10	5	5	4	5	4
Providence	Ind	18	18	14	13	12	13	10	9	13	12	15	11	8	6	6	5
Indiana	Big Ten			12	10	14		16	11	6	5	4	10	14	13	10	6
Kansas State	Big 8	15	11		15	11	16	14	10	15	13	12	9	7	8	8	7
Louisiana	Southland	13	8	8	8	9	8	13	15	10	15	14	17	15	12	12	7
Minnesota	Big Ten	4	4	5	5	5	3	7	5	7	6	5	4	4	3	4	9
Maryland	ACC	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	8	7	9	11	13	10
Memphis	MVC	14	13								16	16	15	11	10	11	11
UNC	ACC	12	12	9	14	12	9	6	4	3	8	6	6	6	7	7	12
Arizona State	WAC															16	13
Syracuse	Ind															14	14
Kentucky	SEC	7	9														15
South Carolina	Ind			13		19	17	20			19			19	19		16
Missouri	Big 8			10	7	7	7	5	8	11	10	9	12		15	15	17
Houston	Ind	11		15	18			15	12	9	11	11	8	10	9	9	18
Weber State	Big Sky														15	19	19
Penn	Ivy	9	10	11	11	8	20	19									20
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
School	Conf	Pre	12/5	12/12	12/19	12/26	1/2	1/9	1/16	1/23	1/30	2/6	2/13	2/20	2/27	3/6	Final
St. John's (NY)	Ind						12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13		17
New Mexico	WAC				16		10			18		18	18	12	14	18
St. Joseph's	Mid-Atl														19	20
San Francisco	WCAC			18	19		14	11	13	19	19	17		17	17
Tennessee	SEC		19												17
Jacksonville	Ind		19							17			19		19
Alabama	SEC							17	16	11	7	7		16
Louisville	MVC					20	15	18	19					17
Oral Roberts	Ind	19	15	17										19
USC	Pac-8	17	15										14
BYU	WAC	15				14	18				18	20	16
Oregon State	Pac-8									19	17	18	20
Vanderbilt	SEC			19	12	10	11	9	19	16
Michigan	Big Ten		13			17			17
Florida State	Ind	2	2	2	9	17	19		18
Washington	Pac-8					14
Furman	Southern				17
Marshall	Ind				20
Oklahoma	Big 8			16
Iowa	Big Ten			20
Ohio State	Big Ten	6	17

Award Winners

Consensus All-America Teams

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

Season Leaders

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