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1970-71 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary

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Record: 107-94, .532 W-L% (11th of 19)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.

Regular Season Champion: Western Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 1 (Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Western Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Western Kentucky)

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Notes
1 Western Kentucky* RF 12 2 .857 24 6 .800 *Overall W-L adjusted to 20-5
2 Murray State  10 4 .714 19 5 .792
2 Eastern Kentucky  10 4 .714 16 8 .667
4 East Tennessee State  8 6 .571 12 12 .500
5 Austin Peay  5 9 .357 10 14 .417
6 Morehead State  4 10 .286 8 17 .320
6 Tennessee Tech  4 10 .286 7 17 .292
8 Middle Tennessee  3 11 .214 11 15 .423

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
Western Kentucky 9 13 11 10 5 6 5 7 12 9 7 9 9 7 7 7
Murray State                 19 19 17 17        

NCAA Tournament

National Third Place
Western Kentucky won (77-75) versus Kansas

First Round
Western Kentucky won (74-72) versus Jacksonville (Mideast Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Western Kentucky won (107-83) versus Kentucky (Mideast Regional)

Regional Final
Western Kentucky won (81-78) versus Ohio State (Mideast Regional)

National Semifinal
Western Kentucky lost (92-89) versus Villanova