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1972-73 Independent Season Summary
Record: 999-857, .538 W-L% (11th of 20)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Providence
NCAA Tournament: 8 (Houston, Jacksonville, Marquette, Oklahoma City, Providence, South Carolina, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Florida State, Houston, Marquette, Oral Roberts and South Carolina)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Houston, Marquette, Providence and Syracuse)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| Providence* RF | 27 | 4 | .871 | ||||
| Marquette* | 25 | 4 | .862 | ||||
| Houston* | 23 | 4 | .852 | ||||
| Syracuse* | 24 | 5 | .828 | ||||
| Virginia Tech | 22 | 5 | .815 | ||||
| Jacksonville* | 21 | 6 | .778 | ||||
| Oklahoma City* | 21 | 6 | .778 | ||||
| Oral Roberts | 21 | 6 | .778 | ||||
| South Carolina* | 22 | 7 | .759 | ||||
| Marshall | 20 | 7 | .741 | ||||
| Northeastern | 19 | 7 | .731 | ||||
| St. John's (NY)* | 19 | 7 | .731 | ||||
| Centenary (LA) | 19 | 8 | .704 | ||||
| Florida State | 18 | 8 | .692 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | 17 | 8 | .680 | ||||
| Duquesne | 16 | 8 | .667 | ||||
| Fairfield | 18 | 9 | .667 | ||||
| Cincinnati | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Denver | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| George Washington | 17 | 9 | .654 | ||||
| Penn State | 15 | 8 | .652 | ||||
| Detroit Mercy | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 16 | 9 | .640 | ||||
| Indiana State | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Manhattan | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Utah State | 16 | 10 | .615 | ||||
| Notre Dame | 18 | 12 | .600 | ||||
| Air Force | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||||
| Creighton | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Hawaii | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Rutgers | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| Stetson | 15 | 11 | .577 | ||||
| DePaul | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| South Alabama | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Trinity (TX) | 14 | 11 | .560 | ||||
| Canisius | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||||
| Butler | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Charlotte | 14 | 12 | .538 | ||||
| Illinois State | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Long Island University | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Navy | 13 | 12 | .520 | ||||
| Dayton | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Portland State | 12 | 12 | .500 | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 13 | 13 | .500 | ||||
| Georgetown | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Tulane | 12 | 14 | .462 | ||||
| Army | 11 | 13 | .458 | ||||
| Boston College | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Colgate | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Villanova | 11 | 14 | .440 | ||||
| Fordham | 12 | 16 | .429 | ||||
| Southern Illinois | 11 | 15 | .423 | ||||
| West Virginia | 10 | 15 | .400 | ||||
| Cleveland State | 9 | 14 | .391 | ||||
| Ball State | 9 | 15 | .375 | ||||
| Niagara | 9 | 16 | .360 | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | 8 | 15 | .348 | ||||
| Holy Cross | 9 | 17 | .346 | ||||
| Southern Mississippi | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||||
| Portland | 9 | 19 | .321 | ||||
| Seton Hall | 8 | 17 | .320 | ||||
| Georgia Southern | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Saint Peter's | 8 | 18 | .308 | ||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | 18 | .280 | ||||
| Iona | 6 | 16 | .273 | ||||
| Samford | 5 | 20 | .200 | ||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 5 | 21 | .192 | ||||
| Texas-Pan American | 4 | 22 | .154 | ||||
| Xavier | 3 | 23 | .115 | ||||
AP Poll Summary
| School | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 19 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| Marquette | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Houston | 15 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 13 |
| Syracuse | 14 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Florida State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 19 | ||||||||
| Jacksonville | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 16 | |||||||
| Oral Roberts | 18 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||
| South Carolina | 16 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| St. John's (NY) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
| Virginia Tech | 19 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
Regional Third Place
Marquette won (88-73) versus Austin Peay (Mideast Regional)
National Third Place
Providence lost (97-79) versus Indiana
Regional Third Place
South Carolina won (90-85) versus Louisiana-Lafayette (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse won (69-68) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
First Round
Houston lost (102-89) versus Louisiana-Lafayette (Midwest Regional)
Jacksonville lost (77-75) versus Austin Peay (Mideast Regional)
Marquette won (77-62) versus Miami (OH) (Mideast Regional)
Oklahoma City lost (103-78) versus Arizona State (West Regional)
Providence won (89-76) versus Saint Joseph's (East Regional)
South Carolina won (78-70) versus Texas Tech (Midwest Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (62-61) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
Syracuse won (83-82) versus Furman (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Marquette lost (75-69) versus Indiana (Mideast Regional)
Providence won (87-65) versus Pennsylvania (East Regional)
South Carolina lost (90-76) versus Memphis (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse lost (91-75) versus Maryland (East Regional)
Regional Final
Providence won (103-89) versus Maryland (East Regional)
National Semifinal
Providence lost (98-85) versus Memphis
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