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1970-71 Big Ten Conference Season Summary
Record: 131-113, .537 W-L% (10th of 19)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Ohio State
NCAA Tournament: 1 (Ohio State)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Indiana)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Ohio State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Ohio State* R | 13 | 1 | .929 | 20 | 6 | .769 |
| 2 | Michigan | 12 | 2 | .857 | 19 | 7 | .731 |
| 3 | Purdue | 11 | 3 | .786 | 18 | 7 | .720 |
| 4 | Indiana | 9 | 5 | .643 | 17 | 7 | .708 |
| 5 | Illinois | 5 | 9 | .357 | 11 | 12 | .478 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 5 | 9 | .357 | 11 | 13 | .458 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 4 | 10 | .286 | 10 | 14 | .417 |
| 7 | Iowa | 4 | 10 | .286 | 9 | 15 | .375 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | .286 | 9 | 15 | .375 |
| 10 | Northwestern | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | 17 | .292 |
AP Poll Summary
| 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 | 3/9 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 20 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Illinois | 18 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 16 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 18 | |||||||
| Michigan | 20 | 16 | 16 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Purdue | 16 | 20 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Semifinal
Ohio State won (60-59) versus Marquette (Mideast Regional)
Regional Final
Ohio State lost (81-78) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
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