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1970-71 Independent Season Summary
Record: 879-714, .552 W-L% (7th of 19)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Marquette
NCAA Tournament: 8 (Duquesne, Fordham, Houston, Jacksonville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Utah State and Villanova)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 7 (Houston, Jacksonville, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure, Utah State and Villanova)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 7 (Duquesne, Fordham, Houston, Jacksonville, Marquette, Notre Dame and Villanova)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Notes |
| Marquette* R | 28 | 1 | .966 | |||||
| Fordham* | 26 | 3 | .897 | |||||
| Jacksonville* | 22 | 4 | .846 | |||||
| Duquesne* | 21 | 4 | .840 | |||||
| Hawaii | 23 | 5 | .821 | |||||
| Villanova* F | 27 | 7 | .794 | *Overall W-L adjusted to 23-6 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 21 | 6 | .778 | |||||
| Houston* | 22 | 7 | .759 | |||||
| Utah State* | 20 | 7 | .741 | |||||
| Syracuse | 19 | 7 | .731 | |||||
| Georgia Tech | 23 | 9 | .719 | |||||
| Providence | 20 | 8 | .714 | |||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 16 | 7 | .696 | |||||
| Rutgers | 16 | 7 | .696 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 18 | 8 | .692 | |||||
| Notre Dame* | 20 | 9 | .690 | |||||
| Dayton | 18 | 9 | .667 | |||||
| St. John's (NY) | 18 | 9 | .667 | |||||
| Denver | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Florida State | 17 | 9 | .654 | |||||
| Loyola (LA) | 16 | 10 | .615 | |||||
| Marshall | 16 | 10 | .615 | |||||
| Colgate | 15 | 10 | .600 | |||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 15 | 10 | .600 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 14 | 10 | .583 | |||||
| Boston College | 15 | 11 | .577 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | 13 | 10 | .565 | |||||
| Southern Illinois | 13 | 10 | .565 | |||||
| Creighton | 14 | 11 | .560 | |||||
| Virginia Tech | 14 | 11 | .560 | |||||
| Manhattan | 13 | 11 | .542 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| Detroit Mercy | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| Niagara | 14 | 12 | .538 | |||||
| West Virginia | 13 | 12 | .520 | |||||
| Centenary (LA) | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Navy | 12 | 12 | .500 | |||||
| Texas-Pan American | 13 | 13 | .500 | |||||
| Air Force | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Georgetown | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Seattle | 12 | 14 | .462 | |||||
| Army | 11 | 13 | .458 | |||||
| Saint Peter's | 11 | 13 | .458 | |||||
| Iona | 10 | 12 | .455 | |||||
| Penn State | 10 | 12 | .455 | |||||
| George Washington | 11 | 14 | .440 | |||||
| Seton Hall | 11 | 15 | .423 | |||||
| Long Island University | 10 | 15 | .400 | |||||
| Butler | 10 | 16 | .385 | |||||
| Canisius | 8 | 13 | .381 | |||||
| Fairfield | 9 | 15 | .375 | |||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 9 | 16 | .360 | |||||
| Oklahoma City | 9 | 16 | .360 | |||||
| Xavier | 9 | 17 | .346 | |||||
| DePaul | 8 | 17 | .320 | |||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 8 | 17 | .320 | |||||
| Tulane | 8 | 18 | .308 | |||||
| Boston University | 7 | 18 | .280 | |||||
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 19 | .269 | |||||
| New York University | 5 | 20 | .200 | |||||
| Portland | 5 | 21 | .192 | |||||
| Loyola (IL) | 4 | 20 | .167 | |||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fordham | 18 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||||||
| Jacksonville | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Notre Dame | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| Houston | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Duquesne | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 15 | ||||||||
| Villanova | 8 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| Army | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 12 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Fordham won (100-90) versus South Carolina (East Regional)
Houston won (119-106) versus Notre Dame (Midwest Regional)
Marquette won (91-74) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Notre Dame lost (119-106) versus Houston (Midwest Regional)
First Round
Duquesne lost (70-65) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
Fordham won (105-74) versus Furman (East Regional)
Houston won (72-69) versus New Mexico State (Midwest Regional)
Jacksonville lost (74-72) versus Western Kentucky (Mideast Regional)
Marquette won (62-47) versus Miami (OH) (Mideast Regional)
Notre Dame won (102-94) versus Texas Christian (Midwest Regional)
Utah State lost (91-82) versus Brigham Young (West Regional)
Villanova won (93-75) versus Saint Joseph's (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Fordham lost (85-75) versus Villanova (East Regional)
Houston lost (78-77) versus Kansas (Midwest Regional)
Marquette lost (60-59) versus Ohio State (Mideast Regional)
Notre Dame lost (79-72) versus Drake (Midwest Regional)
Villanova won (85-75) versus Fordham (East Regional)
Regional Final
Villanova won (90-47) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
National Semifinal
Villanova won (92-89) versus Western Kentucky
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