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1969-70 Independent Season Summary
Record: 879-672, .567 W-L% (4th of 19)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Jacksonville
NCAA Tournament: 9 (Dayton, Houston, Jacksonville, New Mexico State, Niagara, Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure, Utah State and Villanova)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 8 (Duquesne, Houston, Marquette, New Mexico State, Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure, St. John's (NY) and Villanova)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 9 (Florida State, Houston, Jacksonville, Marquette, New Mexico State, Niagara, Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure and Utah State)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Jacksonville* RF | 27 | 2 | .931 | ||||
| New Mexico State* F | 27 | 3 | .900 | ||||
| Marquette | 26 | 3 | .897 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure* F | 25 | 3 | .893 | ||||
| Florida State | 23 | 3 | .885 | ||||
| Houston* | 25 | 5 | .833 | ||||
| Army | 22 | 6 | .786 | ||||
| Niagara* | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Utah State* | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Villanova* | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Notre Dame* | 21 | 8 | .724 | ||||
| St. John's (NY) | 21 | 8 | .724 | ||||
| Georgetown | 18 | 7 | .720 | ||||
| Duquesne | 17 | 7 | .708 | ||||
| Dayton* | 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||
| Manhattan | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||
| Long Island University | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||
| Georgia Tech | 17 | 10 | .630 | ||||
| Creighton | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| Seattle | 15 | 10 | .600 | ||||
| Boston University | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||
| Butler | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Oklahoma City | 17 | 13 | .567 | ||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||
| Southern Illinois | 13 | 10 | .565 | ||||
| Colgate | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Providence | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Denver | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Penn State | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Rutgers | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Saint Peter's | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Air Force | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Fairfield | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Iona | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| New York University | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| Syracuse | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| DePaul | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| West Texas A&M | 12 | 13 | .480 | ||||
| Loyola (LA) | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Boston College | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Virginia Tech | 10 | 12 | .455 | ||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 9 | 12 | .429 | ||||
| West Virginia | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| Canisius | 9 | 13 | .409 | ||||
| Fordham | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Marshall | 9 | 14 | .391 | ||||
| Miami (FL) | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||
| Texas-Pan American | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy | 7 | 18 | .280 | ||||
| Tulane | 5 | 18 | .217 | ||||
| Xavier | 5 | 20 | .200 | ||||
| Navy | 4 | 19 | .174 | ||||
| Portland | 4 | 22 | .154 | ||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 12/9 | 12/16 | 12/23 | 12/30 | 1/6 | 1/13 | 1/20 | 1/27 | 2/3 | 2/10 | 2/17 | 2/24 | 3/3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Bonaventure | 17 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Jacksonville | 18 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| New Mexico State | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Marquette | 8 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| Notre Dame | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| Florida State | 18 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
| Houston | 20 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | |
| Utah State | 20 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Niagara | 15 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 9 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Houston lost (107-98) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)
National Third Place
New Mexico State won (79-73) versus St. Bonaventure
Regional Third Place
Niagara lost (108-88) versus North Carolina State (East Regional)
Notre Dame lost (121-106) versus Iowa (Mideast Regional)
National Third Place
St. Bonaventure lost (79-73) versus New Mexico State
First Round
Dayton lost (71-64) versus Houston (Midwest Regional)
Houston won (71-64) versus Dayton (Midwest Regional)
Jacksonville won (109-96) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
New Mexico State won (101-77) versus Rice (Midwest Regional)
Niagara won (79-69) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
Notre Dame won (112-82) versus Ohio (Mideast Regional)
St. Bonaventure won (85-72) versus Davidson (East Regional)
Utah State won (91-81) versus Texas-El Paso (West Regional)
Villanova won (77-69) versus Temple (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Houston lost (92-87) versus Drake (Midwest Regional)
Jacksonville won (104-103) versus Iowa (Mideast Regional)
New Mexico State won (70-66) versus Kansas State (Midwest Regional)
Niagara lost (98-73) versus Villanova (East Regional)
Notre Dame lost (109-99) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
St. Bonaventure won (80-68) versus North Carolina State (East Regional)
Utah State won (69-68) versus Santa Clara (West Regional)
Villanova won (98-73) versus Niagara (East Regional)
Regional Final
Jacksonville won (106-100) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
New Mexico State won (87-78) versus Drake (Midwest Regional)
St. Bonaventure won (97-74) versus Villanova (East Regional)
Utah State lost (101-79) versus UCLA (West Regional)
Villanova lost (97-74) versus St. Bonaventure (East Regional)
National Semifinal
Jacksonville won (91-83) versus St. Bonaventure
New Mexico State lost (93-77) versus UCLA
St. Bonaventure lost (91-83) versus Jacksonville
National Final
Jacksonville lost (80-69) versus UCLA
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